I'm getting worried DD is getting worse - can anybody help?

[cardy]

I posted this earlier on another thread, however since then DD seems to be agony, can a bug/wind really cause so much pain?

DD woke in the early hours of Sat morning with tummy ache and didn't really go back to sleep as her tummy was hurting too much. She was sick on Sat am but seemed to improve (except very tired) during the day - until last night when going to bed said her tummy really hurt, this has gone on all day today and she had been sick again (but not lots like a sickness bug). She has had normal poos. The pain seems to come in waves and she seems very distressed when she gets it. DH has just taken her to the emergency doctor (as it got so bad that we thought it was an appendicitus). The doc said it is wind, and prescribed calpol, hot drinks and a hot water bottle. No diifference so far.

My question - can wind really cause so much pain, complete loss of appetite, vomitting and lethergy?

Any other suggestions

Has she got a temperature? I personally would phone the doctor's again. It is possible that it's just a painful bug - I've had really painful bugs - but maybe the doctor can prescribe soemthing more specifc for this sort of pain.

No she hasn't got a temp and the pain does come in waves (Almost like contractions but about 15/20 mins apart). It just that when she gets them she seems in such agony. We've tried neurofen and calpol.

Have you tried giving her hot water? It's very soothing - something I use when I have IBS cramps.

Yes the doc did suggest that, but she's taken very little of it. Is it usual to have vommiting and feeling do under the weather with IBS?

DS1 had something similar - was very frightening at the time, and we actually ended up spending a few hours in the children's ward whilst he had a blood test.
Turned out to be a stomach virus, and he was completely better within 2 days.
However, if nurofen and calpol aren't helping the pain at all, I would get back in touch with the doctor.
I hope she's on the mend soon.

It does sound like spasms of the bowel. There is a specfic drug for this (buscopan)- but I don't know if it's used for children or not. I would phone the doctor and ask - because bowel spasms can be incredibly painful, I remember sweating and nearly fainting with the pain.

Was he in a lot of pain? Did calpol help?i've never used it for tummy pain, just colds/temps etc, does it work for this too?

Does it sound like appendicitis?

She wants to go to sleep but can't because of the pain.

I've been hospitalised twice with what turned out to be IBS, so yes, it can make you feel awful! Your poor dd.

Can she lie on her front with her knees pulled up underneath her, chest on the floor and bottom in the air. It always seems to help me.

Peppermint tea is good too.

I only saw the out-of-hours locum, I think we'll try the GP tomorrow.

windeze baby or deflatine? rubbing her lower back around the spine might help. i used to get sore trapped wind and all of these helped.

Funny you should say that Littlefish that seems to be her default position at the moment. How do you treat IBS?

windeze maybe even

She has got a hotwater bottle and I've been rubbing her tummy which she seems to like. How do you actually get the wind out?

I take aloe vera gel every day, avoid spicy or very rich food and try to drink lots of water.

Regular exercise is supposed to help too.

go see your GP tommorow

When dd had colic as a baby, we used to lie her on her back, and bicycle pedal her legs for her. This made her toot like a trooper!

Is your dd too old to let you do this to her?

My DD (8) had this recently, she was in alot of pain after a tummy bug. The doc said it was wind but I was seriously worried. She found that massage helped. I sat on her bed all evening just massaging her tummy (quite hard) - it seems to help alot.

I hope she is better soon.

OMG!!!!! My mom used to make me do the bicycle thing as a kid. It does work

Rub her tummy in a clockwise direction - beginning on her right hand corner, and ending on the left hand corner

Perhaps we should call you Paulafartbottom

I used to do the clockwise massage around the bellybutton to her when she was baby (learnt it at baby massage), it seems to help. I keep saying 'can you trump?', nothing as yet. I would have through that with a bug she'd have been sick more or have diarrhoea.

Could it be a UTI?

Dd1 had a horrendous tummy ache for a couple of days, so bad she was screaming. She then developed a temp and eventually found out it was a UTI.