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Doctor appointment

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Doors247 · 02/04/2025 13:41

Hi,

I'm taking my 9 year old dd to the doctors tomorrow as I have concerns regarding her health.
She is always in pain esp in knees and ankles (her knees have swollen up a few times and the first time I took her to A&E as it was quite bad there was no reason for this to happen, they did an xray and said nothing to worry about).
Also she gets poorly quite a lot and she now has bald patches on her scalp (and they are quite scaley and scaby, which never really seems to heal).
On their own, it could be one of them things, but collectively, I'm worried there is more going on that needs to be investigated.

She had bloods done 4 years ago due to always being poorly, and nothing was discovered other than some sort of allergy levals being high (not sure what it was, though).

Do you think as its one appointment, they will be ok with going through it all?
Can not get a double appointment as high levels of demand

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Realisation14 · 02/04/2025 15:10

I would write each symptom down as bullet points on a notepad and bring it with you and say you want to discuss these points which may or may not be connected.

Losttheplotornot · 02/04/2025 15:30

When dc1 was unwell (took 5 years of being fobbed off to get a diagnosis) I went in with a list of symptoms, apologised and said I'd requested a double appointment but been refused and said I felt unless we looked at this holistically (incase they were linked) we wouldn't get to the bottom of it. Turned out dc had a refractory coeliac disease and need autoimmune drugs and tube feeding. The symptoms were all related but may not have been they included mouth ulcers, bowel incontinence, hair loss (in patches), dry skin, vomiting, pale looking, pain in joints, fatigue. Go in there be polite but firm it all needs looking at as a whole so nothing is missed.

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Doors247 · 02/04/2025 15:34

Thank you, I will write it all down as short hand and to the point as possible.

@Losttheplotornot I have celiac disease,hope your child is ok now.

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Doors247 · 02/04/2025 20:28

I have put pictures up of swelling in her knee (which has now happened a few times).
And of her scalp if anyone has experienced the same in their child?

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