I am getting desperate and very worried as my two-year-old hasn't been right since about mid November. Symptoms since around that time have been:
- more tired than usual, e.g. saying he's tired and spending time lying on the floor in the afternoon
- not wanting to play outside e.g. if we go somewhere outside he often just wants to be held or sit in the buggy
- rubbing his eyes / face / head constantly, mainly his forehead and around his eyes
- eczema on his face and forehead
- sniffing constantly
- saying his eyes hurt, particularly when he wakes up in the night and in the morning. Sometimes if I ask exactly where he points direct to his eyeball, other times he says his eyes and his nose. So I'm not sure if it's actually his eyes.
- Last week he also started saying it hurt when he did a wee and wet the bed twice.
- It's affecting his concentration e.g. with new toys instead of getting on and playing he has to stop to keep sniffing and rubbing his face.
I've been to the GP four times so far. First time they gave hydrocortisone for his face, and said the rest of the symptoms were likely just down to successive viruses. Second time they looked in his ears and said they were full of fluid, prescribed a week's antibiotics. Third time said fluid in his ears had gone, one ear was a bit pink and thought he had conjunctivitis (if he does it's v mild). Thought the head rubbing was down to dry skin and/or conjunctivitis, and the rest of the symptoms down to successive viruses. Fourth time was after the bed wetting and pain on weeing and they found blood in his urine and diagnosed a UTI. Those symptoms have now cleared but everything else remained.
I'm starting to get really worried about this and would be grateful for any ideas what could be going on. I'm ready to throw money at the problem but I don't know what type of specialist I would take him to - dermatologist / ENT / allergy / ophthalmologist or even neurologist??? Back to GP and be more insistent??