I got a scare outa my wits one time when Alycia had high fever and started to have hallucinations. That happened 2 years ago when she was almost 3 years old. She was having high fever for a few days, despite being on medication and one morning, she woke up and told me that she saw a snowman at the window and she appeared to be in a daze! I thought she had brain damage resulting from the high fever and quickly brought her to see the pediatrician. She also had rashes resulting from the high fever, which hubby and I were worried sick that it was Dengue fever. The dr ordered a blood test done and thank God, all was well. In fact, Alycia’s fashion is that whenever she has very high fever (above 38.5 degrees Celsius), red blood spots and rashes will appear on her face and body. After noticing this trend several times, I no longer get worried when she gets blood spots and rashes when she has high fever now. My mum told me that I used to be like this too when I was a toddler, so I guess it’s all in the genes.
Alycia is very prone to getting fevers. In fact, she will have fever whenever she has a throat infection (something which she gets very frequently as she has a sensitive throat, just like daddy and mummy) or runny nose. Each time her body is burning with a high fever, she tends to have a mild hallucination and will say things that she will not say when she is normal, which is really scary. As she grew older, the high fevers are lesser now, thank God! But she is still pretty much prone to having throat infections and can’t eat too much heaty food like biscuits, chocolates, crackers and deep fried food.
Here’s an article on hallucinations and high fever, which I obtained from the internet :
A high fever, especially in children, can evoke hallucinations, consciousness changes, or dream-like states that resemble hallucinogenic states. Requires urgent medical attention.Hallucinations can arise from a high fever or other illness involving a fever. These type of febrile hallucinations arise particularly in children and the elderly.Hallucinations can affect any of the senses: visual hallucinations (seeing things), aural hallucinations (hearing noises or voices), taste hallucinations, or sensory hallucinations.
My daughter had hallucinations during a sickness with high fevers, I knew that this could happen. What is really bothering me now is that she still has a type of hallucination where she thinks things are going in fast motion. She gets very scared and asks us to stop talking so fast, or she thinks there is a round thing in front of her going around really fast. Last night she said that this round thing was going very fast in front of her and then she said that she could here a boy voice saying “ok, ok, ok”. This is all happening 2 1/2 weeks after her fevers!
Any thoughts or comments on this? Has anyone experienced this with their children?
Jennifer… I think it’s best to bring your daughter to see the pediatrician.
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My 10 yr. old son had the exact reaction with 102 fever for the past two nights…where he woke up scared saying that everything was moving too fast. It took 15-20 minutes to get him to calm down and get back to some sense of normalcy.
I took him to a doctor today who is not his primary physician since it is a Saturday. The doc I saw ran a blood test..fine, a strep test..fine, then prescribed an antibiotic, a steroid, and soem cough syrup. The doc didn’t know why my son would be hallucianting with the fever but said that if it happens again to see the primary doc and possibly be admitted to the hospital to run more tests.
If anyone knows how to prevent this or has additional, helpful information, please post it. Thank you.
My son also recently had the same reaction after having the flu and 104 fever. He had them at night and once when awake. He has had several of them. He states that we are talking fast and he is afraid of the loud sound that sounds like a chinese gong. He seemed very aware of his surroundings and wanted to go to the bathroom each time and then would try to hide under his covers or other areas of the house from the noise. I have been unerved by all of these episodes and so far all tests have proved negative (thankfully) but it still doesn’t explain why this is happening. I was wondering if any of the earlier posts had any additional information? Thank you.