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To think there is something really wrong with Dd's tummy?

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TurtleTop · 01/02/2020 19:42

Apologies in Advance for the grammar \typos posting from a phone with broken screen!

Dd is 9. Last Sunday night she was in tears with bad tummy. Monday I booked an appt first thing with Gp, she then said she felt absolutely fine, so I called back and cancelled. Obviously she almost immediately said it was really painful.

So took her to pharmacist who said she could try gaviscon and some sort off wind tablets as she thought it wAs trapped wind causing the symptoms. Didn't really do anything tbh and she still hurt Tuesday so she stayed home a second day. Intermittent pain but less than Monday.

Wednesday she went to school but they called me to collect her after lunch when the pain came back. I got a doc appointment for the evening. Doctor said it was reflux, eat more yogurt. Come back in a week if not any better.

Thursday and Friday intermittent pain.

Today she felt terrible so 111 organised an out off hours appt with a practice nurse. She said it felt like dd had constipation and could feel it in her stomach. Gave us movicol. Said it could take a couple days.

She has had four sachets today and still in pain. But she has been for two poos. She was pretty hysterical just now when I tried to get her to sleep. She's just laying next to me in pain.

It feels like one side under her rib is puffier than other side

Symptoms to date have been

Nausea
Acid reflux
Bloat
Tiny bit of blood in poo
Green poo twice (I haven't seen it, her description)
head ache
Churning tummy
Pain all over stomach to the touch and inside

She hasn't had fever

Three HCPs and three different ideas for what is wrong. HmmSad

Thoughts?

OP posts:
Elephantonascooter · 03/02/2020 06:46

Everytime you step near a hcp your daughter seems to be magically better... I.e she isn't unwell and is enjoying the attention. Is there any reason she could be pineing for your attention at the moment? "my tummy hurts mummy" seems more "I want a cuddle to make it better" to me. And now she's in quite deep with all the mentions of doc and a and e. I would look for signs of high temp and what your dd does when poorly (my DS goes very quiet and still) and go off that

ItWillBeBetterinAugust · 03/02/2020 06:52

Glad you took her back. My DD had a urinery tract infection when she was 9 which the prescribed 3 day course of antibiotics didn't clear, but the first GP didn't recognise and said she just had a bug - saw a different GP who did a urine test but the dip stick didn't show an infection and they took three days to call us with the results of the culture test (or whatever the more thorough test is) by which time thankfully we'd been seen by a locum who actually did a blood test, turned white and sent us to a specialist paediatric urology unit where they did various scans and tests and her temperature rose to 41.5 and wouldn't come down and they discovered that her kidney was massively inflamed.

She very nearly lost a kidney, or worse. So I'd never be reassured by just one doctor seeing her for 5 minutes and saying it's nothing and will go away on its own if that goes against your judgement, living with her 24/7.

Hope she's better soon Flowers

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TurtleTop · 03/02/2020 07:47

Everytime you step near a hcp your daughter seems to be magically better... I.e she isn't unwell and is enjoying the attention. Is there any reason she could be pineing for your attention at the moment? "my tummy hurts mummy" seems more "I want a cuddle to make it better" to me. And now she's in quite deep with all the mentions of doc and a and e. I would look for signs of high temp and what your dd does when poorly (my DS goes very quiet and still) and go off that

The practice nurse said she could feel impacted fecal matter and dd was in serious pain when she felt her tummy or was asked to hop. The nurse asked her pain from 1-10 and she said '8' Sad When the A&E doctor asked she said '4'

She wasn't fine for the practice nurse, the pharmacist or the first GP she saw on Wed. She didn't know I'd made a GP appt the Monday before when she came downstairs saying she felt better. She wanted to go to school. The kid bloody loves going to school Confused. The pain has been intermittent since it started, regardless of where we are. That's why it has been confusing. She was in serious pain Saturday night and whipped herself up into hysterics, she couldn't fake that if she wanted to. I'm guessing (really hoping) she was significantly better yesterday in the afternoon at A&E because the movicol had started to help. She feels rough this morning but still "better" than she had been.

@ItWillBeBetterinAugust your poor dd Flowers

OP posts:
anon2000000000 · 03/02/2020 11:10

My reply may have got lost above, have you googled mesenteric adenitis? My son had this recently and was in agony. He was admitted to hospital with it.

Pumpkintopf · 04/02/2020 00:18

How is she now op?

WLAH · 07/12/2020 21:58

Interested to know how got on as my Dd presenting with similar. Appendix been ruled out. Awaiting coeliac results. Saying abdominal migraine or constipation

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