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5 year old daughter -strange symptoms…need help!?

Our 5 year old has bad seasonal allergies, asthma and reflux. For the last two years she has been complaining of stomach pains (off and on) and leg pains. No one knows what they are from, except for the excuse of growing pains. I personally don’t think she has asthma, she does NOT wheeze. She has passed out several times from mild exercise. When she awakens, she says her chest hurt, but she is fine and can breath…no wheezing.

She has had two MAJOR drug reactions to Penicillin and Cefcil (sp?). Her joints swelled up and had massive hives that turned into bruising. Each reaction lasted 2 weeks long. Two doctors said this was not normal for a drug reaction.

My gut instinct is something else is wrong. Please help me, I don’t know who else to turn to. I have an appt for her to see a Gastro. Dr. next week, but i am getting a bit impatient!

Thank you!!

I strongly suggest that you get her tested for Celiac Disease. This is something that can affect many areas but there are not many doctors who will accept that it actually is something. I will tell you that I had some strange symptoms and so did my children and once they diagnosed me they tested my children and they had it to. The main symptoms seen are the gastro symptoms. This is basically a wheat and gluten intolerance that damages your intestine which in turn makes it to where you can not absorb nutrients. The more studies that go on the more people they are finding to have it and many who do not have any of the normal symptoms. All it takes is a blood test. It is worth it. I am only 26 years old and because of this that was never caught as a child I have osteoporsis, insulin resistance, thyroid disorders, asthma, depression but I just thought I was going to die because no one could find the answer to what was going on. I nearly died when I was 15 and it still took them close to ten years to find the answer but it saved my life. I could not get off the couch and at the same time it was as if we were losing my son who was a year and half at the time. My doctor saved both of our lives. I started the gluten free support group here in my town and have helped many many people with this problem. Please get her checked. Many doctors will say it is not that and not worth the check but I will tell you that from my experience, it is very much worth it, it could save her a lot of medical conditions and problems if it is that and you catch it now. I hope this helps. Good luck.

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Chiari Malformation symptoms in infant disappear than reappear?

When my son was only a few months old he would have these “gagging” fits. We would feed him and he could not keep it down. We made several Er visits and spec visits at our local childrens hospital but they all thought we were crazy. One nurse even told my husband and me that we were giving him his bottle wrong. Anyway this went on for months. He also had torticolus, weak to no cry, several ear infections that led to tubes and mulitple other problems. Around 10-12 months he was diagnosed with silent acid reflux. To this day I have never heard of anyone dx with this. Fast forward 4 years and he has had a mRi bc of a lump on his spine. During the MRI they found CM, but said it was minor. He has had gastro problems and has qualified for state preschool bc of his voice quality plus we take him to an outside pathologist. He has an appt next month but my ? is can Cm symptoms lessen with time and then reapper later. He still c/o something catching when he drinks but seems OK

Often symptoms appear in adolescence. See-
“Many people with the Chiari I Malformation experience no symptoms. When symptoms are present, they usually do not appear until adolescence or early adulthood, but can occasionally be seen in young children. ” Your son probably exhibited some mild symptoms earlier, or as dx by the doctors, he had some other problem.
All the best for your son!

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Taking A Look At Common Acid Reflux Symptoms

Acid reflux symptoms encompass everything from chest pain, nausea and shortness of breath to a sour taste in the mouth, sore throat and coughing fits. Due to its varying nature, it can masquerade itself as many other problems. How can you tell heartburn from more serious ailments that could land you in the hospital?

Thirty-one patients flooded into the Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency room in Boston, complaining of serious chest pain. It was later found that 57% of the patients merely suffered from Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease. Study investigator Dr. Julia J. Liu commented, “Often the role of acid reflux has been overlooked as a potential factor in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious chest pain.

But, it is important for patients never to assume their chest pain is caused by GERD, until they have been thoroughly evaluated by a physician to rule out heart disease. If they experience persistent chest pain, they should seek emergency medical care.”

There are two types of heartburn – upright reflux, where patients are awake with noticeable discomfort, and supine reflux, which is more frequent in women and occurs when patients are asleep. Nighttime GERD affects approximately 10% of Americans, according to a study done by Dynogen Pharmaceuticals. In a separate study (conducted at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson), nearly three-fourths of the patients with chronic gerd symptoms also suffered sleeping symptoms such as snoring, coughing and chest pain.

“Nighttime GERD affects a large number of patients, and the impact on sleep and quality of life should not be underestimated,” commented study leader Dr. Fass, who hopes to find more effective cures for supine reflux. Studies show that esophagus damage can occur with too much exposure to acid.

So how can you tell GERD / acid reflux symptoms from other similar ailments? More than half of the people who suffer chronic acid reflux also have dyspepsia, a condition where they feel nauseous, disgustingly full and suffer abdomen pain after eating. Dyspepsia is not necessarily a telltale sign of GERD.

Often times the chest pain worries people the most, who believe they may be having a heart attack. Both a heart attack and gerd symptoms could arrive after a heavy meal and leave its victim gasping for breath, doubled over with abdomen pain and sweating. In some cases, displaced acid in the esophagus activates nerves that impair blood flow to the heart temporarily, which can be a terrifying sensation!

While chest pain should not be taken lightly, here are some key differences to help you differentiate an Alkaseltzer cure from a trip to the hospital. Symptoms usually last for hours, while a heart attack generally lasts several minutes. H2 blockers or antacids will cure heartburn, while symptoms from a heart attack (like irregular heartbeat, pain, sweating and disorientation) will persist 15-20 minutes after taking the medication.

Chest pain associated with symptoms may radiate vertically from the gut to the esophagus, but heart attacks often start beneath the right breast bone or on the left side of the chest and radiate along the length of the arms or from the chest to the back. You’ll feel heartburn and acid reflux symptoms worsen if you’re bending or lifting shortly after you’ve eaten, but with a heart attack, the smallest exertion makes you feel as though your heart may burst at any moment.

It may be shocking to have acid reflux symptoms suddenly, when you’ve been eating a particular food your whole life. The incidence of indigestion generally increases with age but can happen to teenagers and babies as well. For acid reflux treatment, diet modifications should be tried first and antacids kept on hand for emergency situations.

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had appendix out but i’m in constant pain still??

Here are my symptoms
* Pain in the area of the appendix ( I HAVE had mine out 2 months ago)
* I notice the pain all the time and it is worse after I exercise or push in
* Yellowy mucous on stools
* Blood in stool 2 weeks ago ( 3 episodes)
* Doctors took out appendix coz I had symptoms of appendicitis but really had a bag of fluid around appendix
* They said it was a viral infection and that the bag was filled with poisonous fluid
* Get pain all along right hand side of abdo that is worse after eating
* my doctor was feeling stomach and said I had pain around my gallbladder
* Get pains in lower left abdo only SOMETIMES
* Have had some reflux ( I had a fundo when young, and reflux usually only plays up when something else is wrong)
I am booked in to see my gastro in a week.

I have no idea whats wrong with me and was hoping if maybe someone has any ideas or has been through the same thing??
Please reply ASAP.

I can’t say for sure but seem with the yellow stool that you might still have an infection of one of the ducts were not sealed properly which may be excreting bile from the gall bladder. Could also maybe your Colon as well. Ask specialist to just a a check on those.

Anyother thing i can think of is Gallstones

GoodLuck!

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