Hi all..My boy has been tired and pale for
the past 6 weeks and his teacher has said
he's not coping very well at school which
is unusal for him as he loves school...
He had his blood tested a month ago which
showed some slight abnormality in his
white blood count (a little low) and his
thyroxine was only slightly low. His
urine test showed luekocytes also but they
apparently lost his sample in transit to
the lab and said there was no need to
repeat the test. The doc said the tests
indicated an infection going on somewhere
in his body but gave him no medication.
Last week, my boy did'nt want to go to
school and when I did get him there, he
cried and cried and was very upset. His
teacher said he was still not coping very
well so I took him back to the doc.
Further tests showed again some
abnormality so they placed him on an
antibiotic. I did'nt feel he needed one
as he had no sign of fever or runny nose
or anything. He has finished the course
of antibiotic, and still he is tired and
pale. He is very exercise intolerant,
just walking down the street tires him
out. He has had his heart tested (ekg and
chest xray) about 6 weeks ago and that was
all fine. My question is, can he have an
infection going on in his body for 6
weeks?? They are testing his bloods again
in three weeks time. What happens if they
are still abnormal? Or is this quite
common? Thanks
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 11-06-05 17:40pm
Hi there! I am so sorry your son is not
feeling too well, have you thought about
getting a second opinion from another
doctor. I am no dr but it could be a
immune situation, like mono, chronic
fatigue syndrome, I am not sure if kids
get this this early or not.
If the tests continue to show something
they will probably send him to a
specialist. You are both in my thought
and prayers, I do hope they find out what
is going on soon so they can start
treating it faster.
Please keep us posted and we will try to
be positive that it is just a prolonged
bug or something that they can treat fast!
You might want to try home school for a
while(just a suggestiion).
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busymum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Location: NZ
Posted: 11-07-05 13:12pm
Hi there and thanks for your reply. I
do'nt think there's a need for a 2nd
opinion just yet, will wait and see what
the next set of blood tests reveal. I'm
having a discussion today with his teacher
to see how he has coped with being back at
school this week...And if its the same
then I will take him back out (he has had
a week off) and home school until we know
what the problem is. I've also discussed
whether there could be any bullying going
on and both bailey and the school have
said no to that so I think we can be
fairly certain its not a problem with
school. But we'll wait and see in a few
weeks time, hopefully like you say it may
just be a prolonged bug! Will update when
we know something...:) thanks again
