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Get help from a doctor quickly if your baby or young child shows any of these signs:

General

• cannot be woken or is responding less than usual to what is going on around

• has glazed eyes and is not focusing on anything

• seems more floppy, drowsy or less alert than usual

• has a convulsion or fit

• has an unusual cry for one hour or more

• has been badly injured

• there is a bulge in the groin which gets bigger with crying

Temperature

• feels to cold or too hot (temperature is 38.3 or higher)

Circulation and Skin Colour

• body is much paler than usual or suddenly goes very white

• nails are blue or big toe is completely white or colour does not return to toes within 3 seconds of a squeeze

• has a rash of large red or purple spots, or bruising

Breathing

• goes blue or stops breathing

• breathes more quickly than normal or grunts

• is wheezing when breathing out

• there is indrawing of the chest visible with each breath

Vomiting and Diarrhoea

• has vomited at least half the feed after each of the last three feeds

• has green vomit

• has vomiting and diarrhoea together

• has taken less fluid than usual

• has passed less urine than usual

• has a large amount of blood in nappy