I’ll give a quick summary of symptoms…
DD started suffering from nausea after eating nearly 2 years ago (when she was 8. She’s now 10). Initially, we all thought it was an anxiety thing as covid restrictions had meant we ended up in a long isolation around that time (we don’t live in the U.K.).
This persisted, despite support with her emotional well-being becoming a big focus for us. Other signs of anxiety dissipated, except the nausea. I went back and forth to the GP and they didn’t do much, until one GP suggested trying omeprazole. Finally, that helped! However, it didn’t get rid of the nausea completely. We had a referral for gastro, and they did a gastroscopy. She had to come off the medication for 4 weeks before that. This made her very unwell. She was barely eating at all and the nausea was causing her to spiral into panic attacks after eating, when she did try to eat. The gastroscopy showed esophagitis, gastritis and the valve that stops stomach acid coming up was open. We resumed the omeprazole, which does help to an extent, but the nausea still persisted. She then had a PH test, to check acidity levels over a 24 hour period. They did this test when she was on omeprazole to check if it was fully blocking the acid reflux. The test is come back that the acid reflux is under control. They have done bloods, and she had to do a lactose breath test and they have shown up nothing. They are saying there’s no more they can do to help her. They want to try to withdraw the omeprazole at the end of the year to see if she can now cope without it. I’m afraid for her. She doesn’t like going to friends houses, or school trips or anything like that. She will be sitting with her head in the toilet after 50% of the meals she eats. This has gone on too long now and I don’t know how to help her.
any advice much appreciated.