Hello 👋
Long post sorry!! My daughter was diagnosed with hypermobility last July and we’ve mostly just had problems with her falling over, easy bruising, constipation and the need of writing aids. Anyway…..
In March she had a bout of sickness (then a massive poo) followed by a lot of diarrhoea a few days later. All was fine since then and I put her back on iron gummies as they helped with the bruising and made up for the lack of iron containing foods that she doesn’t eat (very sensory driven when it comes to food)! She last had a poo on Sunday and woke up this morning to 5 bouts of diarrhoea and a lot of gagging / tiny amount of sick. After she passed what we heard as a big poo (couldn’t see due to the amount of liquid in the loo 🤢) she felt much better. I took her to out of hours and they checked her over - all obs and tummy were fine. Doctor said there’s nothing sinister and it seems like she’s completely cleared. Just told to increase her fruit intake and keep a food diary. However they can’t refer to paediatrics as GP will need to, spoke to GP and they can’t refer either??! They’ve referred her to physio instead and I’ve ordered some probiotics in the meantime.
I guess what I’m trying to find out here is if anyone has experienced the same with their little ones? My older daughter is hypermobile too and has these bouts, but they’re so unpredictable and I actually worry about going anywhere too far now! Any advice greatly appreciated!