Trapped wind 5yo - what can help?

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DD (5.9) has been complaining of stomach pain (around belly button) for 10 days now. No other symptoms (temperature, vomiting etc).

Saw the GP last Monday and he examined her stomach. Suggested worm medicine. No change.

Took her to the hospital on Sat eve as she seemed to be getting worse. They diagnosed trapped wind and gave her medicine up the bum for ten mins to clear her out.

She still complained of pain but the next day (yesterday) said the pain had gone at about 10am. No pain for the rest of the day til around 6pm when she started complaining of stomach pain again. She hadn't done a poo but there was def some wind in there.

Any suggestions? Am going to the pharmacy soon to ask for anything that might help - a friend mentioned some homeopathic remedies she finds helpful.

I would like to try something and then if by the end of the week, there is no sign of improvement, go back to the GP. He mentioned doing some tests for intolerance etc if it didn't improve.

Thanks in advance.

The only way I can relieve myself from trapped wind is to get on all fours , then rock my body back and fourth. Take some quick deep breaths whilst in that position and it soon flows out. Trapped wind can be bloody painful, but 9 times out of 10 this method works for me. I also find if I eat something like a curry too late then I can pretty much guarantee I will have wind that very evening. I know certain foods are a certain trigger for me. I hope you find out what's going on with your Daughter soon x

Will she try peppermint tea or fennel tea? Both are very good for wind and tummy pain associated with wind. When I was little my mum used to give me Indian brandee from the chemist it was brill for tummy ache, also kaolin and morphine mixture! No idea if you can get either now I'm going off to Google! Hope your dd feels better soon

boiled water can help as can tablets thst look like green tic tacs called windcheaters

Can you give Gaviscon/Rennie tablets I wonder? Not sure what age they can be given?

This massage is amazing, and works wonders for wind and constipation. You could do it for your Daughter rather than have her do it herself if you prefer.

www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/resources/patient-information/gi/abdominal-massage-for-constipation.pdf

Peppermint tea, or fennel water are great too. For the fennel water, boil water and pound up a teaspoon of fennel seeds whilst you wait. Steep the seeds in the water for 2 minutes. You can either drink it from the cup, or sip it from the spoon as I do.

It may sound odd, but has your Daughter experienced a bereavement, stress, worry or anxiety recently? A few years ago, I was being bullied at work, and suffering from stress and anxiety as a result. This caused excruciating stomach pains, and trapped wind type symptoms. I had to go for an ultrasound scan, urine, stool and blood tests etc in order to rule out other matters first, as the pain was so severe. I had similar too when I experienced a bereavement.

I hope your Daughter gets better soon.

Also, try and think of everything your Daughter ate and drank between when she said she felt better, and the pain beginning again. Write these products down, and keep a food and drink diary and note if and when the pain minimises or decreases.

If the pain continues, worsens, or other symptoms develop, I’d take her to A&E if I were you.

This image lists a variety of potential diagnoses for each affected area of the abdomen.

www.abdopain.com/images/abdomen-grid-of-causes.jpg

Camomile tea helps. Or a cup of boiling water. (Obviously let it cool slightly).

I would second the abdominal massage. Works wonders.

I used to get this as a child and I have since wondered if it was a reaction to something I had eaten. Could it be something that disagrees with her?

Wow...A&E gave a suppository/enema to a 5yo? I took my 5yo to A&E when he was screaming with faecal impaction and all they gave me was a box of Movicol plus a photocopy of the NICE guidelines which say they would never, ever, under any circumstances insert anything into a child's rectum unless preservation of life depended upon it.

Thank you for your responses. She is still complaining but also has good moments in the day when she says it doesn't hurt.

Saw the GP again last Friday evening and he examined her again. Said he could feel her stomach was hard where the colon is on the left side so he gave us some children's laxative powders to take twice a day. If no improvement in a week, he said she should have a scan/blood tests.

I think she is constipated as she didn't go much last week and when she did, the poos were hard/pellets etc.

I also have an appointment with our paediatrician (we see her once a year for a check up) but it's not for another two weeks.

I will try the massage.

Elphaba we are in France so they have a different way of doing things I guess. I remember when the kids were babies, the doctor would sometimes give suppositories for pain relief - quite common here.