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Could this be appendix?

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girliefriend · 27/07/2013 14:57

7yo dd c/o pain lower abdo around the belly button on and off since ystd afternoon, low fever. Eating and drinking fine, bowels o.kay.

Have rung 111 and waiting got G.P to ring back as suddenly got concerned this might be her appendix. Anyone with any experience?

The pain seems severe.

tia

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feelyucky · 27/07/2013 18:37

anorexia is one of the classical signs of appendicitis in children. if she has gone off food that would be worrisome.

hope she feels better soon and its nothing major

Happypiglet · 27/07/2013 18:37

Sounds like it to me.... Take some bits to GP may need to go straight to hospital...

CaptainJamesTKirk · 27/07/2013 22:04

Any update? I'm guessing that because there hasn't been one after 7pm that the doctor wanted to see her. If it is appendicitis then sending you hugs.

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girliefriend · 27/07/2013 23:22

Hi guys we are just back from the hospital!! The oohs dr wasn't sure so admitted her, dd was fine on the ward typically - playing and complaining she felt hungry!

Waited ages to see a dr who checked her over and decided its unlikely, although not impossible, to be her appendix. More likely to be swollen glands in her abdo (I have forgotton the name of the poster who suggested that but thankyou for the heads up as i had never heard of that before!!)

So we have been allowed home, dd now in bed asleep, have got open access to the ward should she get worse or the pain becomes severe again. Fingers crossed it is just a virus and she is now on the mend.

Thanks again to everyone who posted

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SoupDragon · 28/07/2013 07:54

Great :) hopefully it will indeed turn out to be nothing.

throckenholt · 28/07/2013 10:11

hopefully it is mesenteric adenitis rather than appendix, but if it is then you can expect repeat performances for a few years :(. Calpol and sympathy is all you can treat it with. Also my DS had problems sitting cross legged on the floor, so when he had an attack we let the school know and the let him sit on a chair, and also let him off sport if he didn't feel up to it (he is very sporty so it was a sure sign of genuine pain if he didn't want to join in).

Hope she feels better soon.

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girliefriend · 28/07/2013 11:38

Oh dear I'm hoping this is just a one off throcken she seems fine this morning, running around the garden rescuing butterflies from our naughty cat!!

I think its things like this that give you so many grey hairs as a parent!!

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throckenholt · 28/07/2013 16:47

I am glad she has perked up - fingers crossed it was a one off.

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