My daughter see a gi doctor today?!
Question: My daughter see a gi doctor today.?
and he was so nice shes 9 years old and she was so scared i had to hold her down we told her that he had to take a swab and do a rectal exam with the tip of it she was freaking out! we had to drive 1 1/2 hours to see him, and she didn't want to do anything of what she was told to do ,no blood was found in her bowel test, and now shes going to get a gi endoscopy tube down her thoart wen shes a sleep to check inside her belly shes been having stomach pain right in the middle of stomach and dr asked about certain foods bother her and we said no i already tried the no milk and wheat for a week test and that didn't hurt she curls up in a ball wen her stomach is hurting i notice it starts to hurting about a hour are two after she eats this Had's been going on about a year now the doctor put her on a antacid med and a ibs med and it don't seem to help her. she said it grabs her some like a fist, and she was crying all the way to the Dr's today a whole 11/2 hours and at the office and all the way home she gets herself so worked up and shes really going to be crying wen i have to take and get blood work for the dr, and i dread the day that hes going to do the tube down her throat, i know that she will be sleeping and there's no prepping for that she just ate at 6 and now its 8 o'clock and she said her stomach hurts now, does anyone have a clue of what she has that they think might be going on and no she seen a theapist and theres nothing going on. anyways my daughter is very open with myself her dad and older sister were a close knit family and shes a real good kid but it breaks my heart to see her in so much pain and she loves school and teacher and friends but since last year wen this started she wants to be home taught and i said no but she saids around 10 am her stomach feels really bad it really throbs like a tooth ache yes she is a nevoues neily and she used to love amusment rides now she wont get on one, shes a tiny little girl, and she losts 4 pounds in two weeks because of the pain after eating this is riping my heart out i want to cry as im writing this but shes playing the wii game so i put on a fake happy face i got to go now shes coming over for me to play the game with her, if anyone can think of why this came on so suddenly write me back please bye got to go.Health Question & Answer
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I am a nurse, and unfortunately we do see these cases often. The best thing is to let your daughter have the GI scope done. They probably want to check for an ulcer, or something of that nature. I've helped do GI's on several patients when I was in nursing school, and it's true, they don't remember any of it, or feel anything. Hopefully she'll be ok, and maybe they can get you an answer. The rectal exam was done to check for bleeding, or blood in the stool. That's the first warning sign of internal bleeding. Glad it came out ok. Good luck with the rest of it! Health Question & Answer
Gallbladder or apendicitis.?Health Question & Answer
I know it is hard to deal with a child who isn't well and know one knows why. I think you are doing the right thing to rule out any digestive disorders.
You said she has seen a therapist and nothing is going on. Did she change schools.? Or did something happen at school that she can't come to terms with or was told she must keep it a secret or something bad might happen to her family.?
In any case, I wish you and your family the best.Health Question & Answer
You said she has seen a therapist and nothing is going on. Did she change schools.? Or did something happen at school that she can't come to terms with or was told she must keep it a secret or something bad might happen to her family.?
In any case, I wish you and your family the best.Health Question & Answer
My daughter started developing stomach problems like you described. We thought all of the same things you did. We tried dairy free,lactaid,pepto,maalox. She had all the tests, all negative. She would be like your daughter,crying in pain. She started missing a lot of school. She lost about 20 pounds in several months. We had her in counseling. It did turn out being the wheat. She did not have celiac disease but gluten intolerance. It took longer than a week to start to see improvement. After a few months she was pain free. She started eating small amounts of wheat recently and had no side effects. After eating more and more she irritated her intestinal tract again and is again in pain. She is now again gluten free. It is all about moderation. It is a difficult diet to get use to. But it will be life long for my daughter. I wish you luck with your daughter and hopefully they will find out what is wrong soon.Health Question & Answer