11 Year Old With Stomach Problem Posted: 01-18-04 13:14pm
I have an 11 year old son with an ongoing
stomach ache problem. He's had regular
bowel movements on a daily basis, never
having any problem with constipation,
however, he develops a stomach ache
usually within a half hour after eating
and has to have a bowel movement. He's
complained for close to a year about these
tummy aches, and for a while, I thought it
was a psychological thing. I brought him
in to the doctor the other day, and she
did an abdominal x ray. She claims he's
"full of poop" and constipated, and says
that he's constipated throughout his
intestines down to his rectum. Said to
bring him home, feed him fiber and give
him some laxatives. Well, i've done
this...It's been about 5 days, and he's
going poop about as much as he's always
gone, and the stomach aches have
intensified. She did also say that on the
x rays she saw some little "white spots,
but didn't know what they
are"...Concerning to me....And here I am
wondering...What do I do??...Should I
bring the kid in for a second opinion, or
could this indeed be a really bad case of
constipation (remember, he has daily bowel
movements). The stomach aches don't
always subside after he has a bowel
movement. Seems that lately, the heating
pad helps. The pain is generally in the
lower abdomen, all over. I'm
confused..Not sure what to do, and wonder
if anyone else has dealt with this same
kind of thing....I hate seeing my little
boy in pain. And he's not dealing with
any issues at school, he's a well adjusted
kid, no problems at home, everything is
fine with him psychologically.
Help!!!!!
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Digestive Problems Posted: 01-18-04 13:38pm
Was he checked for any obstruction?
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GreenEyedBrookie
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Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Michigan
Posted: 01-23-04 10:10am
He had an abdominal x ray taken..Showed
some bm in the intestines, and to the
rectum, but it wasn't considered an
obstruction....I was told to get him
cleaned out, keep a diary of his food
intake, and come back in 3 weeks for
further testing....I ended up taking him
in to er cause of this horrible pain, and
the doctor said the symptoms could be
indicative of either crohns or irritable
bowel....After the 3 weeks of logging
everything, we'll go back and go from
there...
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famulan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 7 Location: PA
Posted: 01-23-04 12:18pm
I just started reading this book called
"cleanse & purify thyself" book 1, by
richard anderson, n.D., n.M.D. And this
is exactly what it talks about. It
describes what happens to the body when we
get backed up from too many toxins and not
enough electrolytes. It also talks about
how to go about purging your body of
toxins and mucoids. This book also says,
"constipation is characterized by having
less then two bowel movements dailey, and
even having two is less than ideal." I
recommend this book..It could really help.
I am about half way through the book and
plan to 'cleanse' myself when I finish.
Other then that, your son (and everyone
really) should try to eat more foods that
are alkaline forming...Such as fresh and
raw fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, figs
etc. Hope your son gets better.
Have you tried an enema ,? Safe for
children. U can be impacted and have reg
bowel movements the other stool just works
its way aroudn the obstruction , try
metamucil too . But prob best bet would
be an enema then the metamucil and upping
his fiber but just fiber alone I doubt
would clean the obstruction out
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Raene
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 37 Location: ON, Canada
Posted: 01-21-07 22:22pm
Hi, maybe you should bring up celiac
disease at his next appoinment. If his
pain occurs shortly after eating, it's
possible that he's gluten-intolerant.
Good luck
