Tummy ache almost every day after eating, feels poorly and needs to sit/lie down; runny poo, full runny nappy every night; starting to not know when he needs a wee and just wees on the floor; seems quite distressed and says he didn't feel it coming (has been potty trained during the day for 9 months at least); after tummy ache often needs a big runny poo in a hurry! Please help me with any suggestions as to what you think this might be:
Doctors have suggested three things one after the other; all three have proved to be not the case- I need now to suggest to them what it might be, so they check them all out, rather than waiting months while they bark up another wrong tree (diagnosis) with tests and appointments, and meanwhile my DS is feeling ill every day.
They firstly came up with: "It's nothing".
Next they said his tonsils look enlarged (though they said it could be he just always has large tomsils) They said the possible tonsil infection could be causing glands in his tummy to swell up causing the pain. They told me these infections can't be treated, sometimes last 5 to 8 weeks. Told me to wait until he has had three days running with no tummy ache, then they would check if the tonsils were still swollen. If they were still swollen even after tummy ache's disappeared then he may need them out. I, like an idiot, did as I was told and waited and waited, with DS complaining of tummy ache after he'd eaten almost every day. 8 weeks later I go back to say he STILL has tummy ache almost every day and now he doesn't seem to know when he's about to wee anymore (after being toilet trained for 8 months) and is peeing all over the floor every day. His poo is still runny and still the tummy ache.
She then said maybe a urine infection, due to the weeing. Took wee wee and checked it- no sign of urine infection. Sending me now to Paediatric Gastroenterology, but I need to wait another two weeks for appt and feel so sorry for the poor little lad that I want to go see doctor tomorrow to demand she think what else it might be. I don't want to go another few weeks or months waiting for results when we're barking up the wrong tree again, like with the tonsilitis and the urine infection.
I want to go armed with all the possibilities, so i can ask her, assertively, what about this illness, could it be this? If not, why not? What about that illness, could it be that? If not, why not? Can we check these things out instead of putting all our eggs in one basket again with the gastroenterology.
Any suggestions very welcome!
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What might this be-DS (nearly4) has a tummy ache at least once a day nearly every day for past 6 months! Also lots of runny poo. Now starting to not control his wees; lots of accidents
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weewee · 23/08/2009 19:34
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