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poo question!

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:12

why are pale stools a bad sign? and how long before I should be concerned.... dd has had this for about 2 weeks

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clementine · 19/02/2005 22:13

isn't it a sign of dehydration?

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HunkerMunker · 19/02/2005 22:14

Think this gives some of the reasons (a quick google, I haven't favourite-placed this site...!), but I'm quite sure there are other reasons that are totally unharmless. How is she in herself?

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Gobbledigook · 19/02/2005 22:14

Low in iron I think.

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clementine · 19/02/2005 22:15

I stand corrected.

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:17

dd is actually not a happy bunny... she only 16 months, and has suffered really awful trapped wind since 8 months... very painful. We think its made worse by gluten, but this cantbe the only problem as lately she is bad again although being gluten free... pleading with doctors to help us sort it out.

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foxinsocks · 19/02/2005 22:18

I can't believe they haven't sorted this all out yet. Poor you and her.

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lucy5 · 19/02/2005 22:20

Are you still breastfeeding, it could be something you are eating. My friends ds had similar problems and when she cut things out of her diet it calmed down.

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:23

yes i am still breastfeeding, I am gluten free too. am very careful what i what because it does affect her. Foxinsocks... tell me about it... my head is sore from banging it against the wall

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:26

thats should read 'what i eat'!!

Also... is this normal... if i sit near my dd's cot at night (not that near either) i can here her stomach churing away, and if i put my hand on her tummy i can feel the bubbles, it feels quite violent.

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lucy5 · 19/02/2005 22:31

Poor little thing, I dont have any advice, just empathy its awful when your kids arent well. If your head can take it, keep banging away, someone will listen eventually, probably a locum.

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:33

we've had 2 appointments with a peadiatrician, the best they seem to manage is prescribe gaviscon, which of course isnt working.... dd gets so bloated that she looks like a famine victim... I'm not exagerating, this cant be normal.

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:54

bump, need your opinions

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lockets · 19/02/2005 22:55

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:57

sometimes, yes. definately in pain at night when she has wind, and during the day when she has wind, as she screams. on bad nights she screams for up to 4 hours.

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vict17 · 19/02/2005 22:57

My ds had very pale poos last week - a stomach bug was going round nursery and he would only have milk and petit filous - so I think it was the lack of real food that made them pale. they are back to normal now

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spod · 19/02/2005 22:59

dds are often pale though

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vict17 · 19/02/2005 23:00

could you ask to be referred to a specialist?

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spod · 19/02/2005 23:02

what sort of specialist?

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vict17 · 19/02/2005 23:02

sorry, I'm not sure, but your gp or paeditrican should be able to help?

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spod · 19/02/2005 23:04

they havent helped yet! first went to GP with my concerns 7 months ago. pead seems to think its ok to send me off with some gaviscon and a followup appointment for 12 weeks time!

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vict17 · 19/02/2005 23:05

poor you I would have thought they would ask for a sample if they were seriously concerned.

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spod · 19/02/2005 23:07

they did do a sample, (not that they have communicated thresults to me, am assuming normal!) as they did blood tests.. but all this was during a 'less bad' phase iykwim.

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bobbybob · 19/02/2005 23:56

Pale stools is a sign of not absorbing fat correctly.

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