... or am I worrying about nothing?!
My son is 7 and has had bowel issues for the past 3 years. He has good days (sometimes good weeks) but generally we're talking explosive, VERY windy, splattery, wet and sticky with regular accidents. He tends to be ok at school but the evenings can be terrible. We make sure that he goes every day (on bad days it is multiple times anyway) - he's definitely not constipated.
He gets extremely bloated, but rarely complains of tummy ache. He almost always looks uncomfortable, although will claim not to be.
His general health is pretty good and he is a normal weight and height - although he was a tall and chunky toddler and is now average in height and much slimmer.
He seems very low on energy and very clumsy compared to his peers, and can be extremely emotional and angry at times.
Recently he has also been suffering with mouth ulcers (small white sores) and seems to constantly have a low-grade fever - it's between 37.5 and 38 every evening. I only noticed the ongoing fever as he'd been poorly with a cough and had quite a high temp for several days so I was watching to make sure it was coming back to normal and it never has.
We've been the the drs several times over the years and have always been told it's behavioural or constipation causing the bowel issues - apparently very common.
There's no family history of coeliacs, although we do have type 1 diabetes in the family, which I've heard can be connected.
I just feel so sorry for him, but can't work out whether I'm over-reacting.
Sorry for the mammoth post - thank you if you made it to the end!