I also have a daughter who seems to be suffering from Mesenteric Adenitis. She turns 5 in a month. This MA was diagnosed 2 years ago, as a once off I guess, when she had a vomiting bug at the beginning of winter.
The MA lingered on for about 3 weeks, and at the time we had a newborn baby, and both my husband and I were up almost all night every night between the two of them, mostly to my daughter who had MA. We were exhausted and thought she had a vomiting bug that would never end... it was our worst nightmare.
At the time she was hospitalised then sent home with no answer except give her panadol and Neurofen - which was no help and didn't work. We were beside ourselves. The only thing that helped was putting her in a hot shower or us rubbing her tummy... ALL NIGHT!!!! We were told at first it was probably an attention seeking thing to the new baby. But we knew better than this... a 3 year old isnt clever enough to start crying of stomach pains while still asleep. And she was in far too much pain to be faking it. Now 2 years on I am 8 weeks off having our 3rd baby and worried about how we'll cope if we dont sort out the MA quickly.
Now we are seeing the same lingering symptoms once again of MA, as she has a vomiting bug now. It seems to go like this - the acute vomiting seems to die down and she can hold down fluids and after a while can mostly eat without vomiting, but then still occasionally vomits. Putting a cold pack on her tummy helps a bit, but thats all.
I am glad I've found this chat site this time to hear other peoples stories, it seems to help. And at least we are assuming somewhat of a diagnosis this time... last time we had no idea.
Sorry about the essay, but the big question is, I'm desperate someone please tell me WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR MA?