[Mamabug]

DEisclaimer: Dr appt has been made!

The 5yo lad has wandered in complaining of yet another sore tummy this morning. He does this quite often. Either in the morning. Or will stop in the middle of a meal and say his tummy hurts. Or won't want food to start with. Or will wake up in the middle of the night and tell me his tummy hurts.

He doesn't feel like he is going to be sick - he is quite good at knowing when he will be sick!

He doesn't have a temperature, just says his tummy hurts. The area is all around his belly button, from under his ribs to the pubic area, and hurts when I press it.

The bouts last between about 15 minutes to a couple of hours, and he seems to bounce back with no ill effects.

I have finally decided enoug is enough and have made a dr appt, but I think he may just look at me with that "really? you brought him in because of this?" look!!

WDYT - am I over reacting to a little boy looking for a few more cuddles, or is it worth checking out?????

And if it is 'something', join the guessing game and let me know what your suspicions are!!!

[OneMore?]

1st guess - Giardia
2nd guess - reflux

Not paranoid at all....Good luck

[Neko NoNo]

Trust your instinct. When you say "yet another", how long has this been going on? Any other symptoms? My first thought is coeliac disease, or some intolerance, but that is on my mind at the moment as we are maybe going that route with DS. Any anxiety issues?

Good luck and I hope it is sorted soon.

[RatbagBob]

Doesn't sounds like giardia from my experience of it, when DD had it she was OK in the morning, chucking in the afternoon, limp and lethargic in the early evening. But if you're not sure, ask if he has a metallic taste in his mouth, as this is an easy diagnostic tool.

Mamabug, no other idea what it is, but good luck, I hope you get answers and no, you're not being silly xx

[Kenzi_Bubble]

Possibly IBS, I still go through periods of pain in my belly. When I was younger I couldn't pinpoint the painful spot

[mumto3princesses]

No, not paranoid at all.

We just found last year that one of our 9yr old twins has been walking around with reflux pain since forever. We just found out by chance when we decided to have her seen by a Paed for something else. He did a check up and questioned her if anything hurt when he pressed on her tummy and she said yes. She never mentioned it to us because she has always had it and thought it was normal to have pain.

eta: she gets pain elsewhere in her tummy when she has constipation issues and also gets general tummy pain and nausea with anxiety. She does tell us when she had that though as its not always there.

This post has been edited by mumto3princesses: 25/01/2013, 07:10 AM

[miinii]

I have finally decided enoug is enough and have made a dr appt, but I think he may just look at me with that "really? you brought him in because of this?" look!!

WDYT - am I over reacting to a little boy looking for a few more cuddles, or is it worth checking out?????

If your doctor looks at you like that then i would probably be finding a new doctor that i am comfortable bringing my child to no matter the reason. A doctor should make you feel comfortable not worry that your wasting their time.

My 5 yo DD went through about 8 weeks of Belly aches and throwing up atleast once a week. For her it would last anywhere from 2 hours to the whole day. Was absolutely horrible. Every test came up fine so we started the elimination process to see if it was something she ate. we never really found out what it was exactly as it stopped just as fast as it started and she hasnt been sick in a few months now.

Hope you get some answers OP

This post has been edited by miinii: 25/01/2013, 07:09 AM

[CupOfCoffee]

I am another for trust your instinct.

My son when he was young complained of headaches and stomach aches quite often (almost always before school). I thought he was faking to get out of school (which he did try to do on occasion), but one day I took him to the dr who referred us to a paediatric neurologist. Turns out he was getting vascular migraines and we were able to control them.

It doesn't hurt to take them to the dr (In retrospect I wish I had done it straight away), so I think you have done the right thing. I hope he feels better soon.

[Mamabug]

Hi Kate!

Um. Please don't mention intollerances...three of us are wading our way through elimination diets at the moment!!! He isn't one of them...

It has been going on for more than a year. He eats like a horse normlly, is a very confident little lad and is generally full of beans. It is just these 'bouts'. WHich part of me thinks is his way of getting extra cuddles , which can be tricky to find sometimes when he is one of four!

OneMore? - reflux, huh? Never thought of that. He was medicated for silent reflux until he was 18mo. His father is still on reflux medication (!) and my other three had reflux as well...never thought it could be that still lingering...

[JustBeige]

it would only be silly if it only happened once and you were rushing him down there.

I do think its justified.

I would have thought food related also except you said he sometimes isnt eating.

My guess is food related (gluten) + normal anxiety - which usually manifests in their bellys at this age.