Hello everyone!
I have an 11 year old daughter who has been getting tummy aches for a few months. They are not very bad pains as far as I can tell, although some are worse than others. It always comes on during eating , usually towards the end of the meal, and then can last for a couple of hours, gradually fading away. There is no sickness or diarrhoea. She finishes her meals and it doesn't seem to matter whether it is a meal she likes or dislikes (she has always been quite fussy, but I don't believe this is a behaviour thing). She is otherwise a fit, well, thriving child.
The pain does seem to be closely sited to her stomach - obviously with her age we thought of puberty related things but that doesn't seem to be the case. She has noted the tummy aches on her diary for a couple of months and I cannot see a pattern, other than that it will happen for a few days, then disappear for a few days.
Because I have Crohn's Colitis I am obviously concerned that she may have some gut problem. However, I never had any problems until I was 40 and my condition was quick onset and now controlled on medication after a couple of nasty initial flares, so there is not a strong family link.
I'm sure that if I took her to the GP now there would be little that they could do based on such mild symptoms, and I don't think it warrants anything as invasive as a gastroscopy, but I know that with any kind of IBD an early diagnosis would be better than waiting until any permanent damage is done.
At the moment I am going to start a food diary for her to see if she is sensitive to any particular foods and then there may be something to go on if we do go the see a doctor.
I just wondered if anyone else had any similar experiences, or any advice on what else I need to do.
I don't want to overreact when, at present, we seem to just be dealing with a few tummy aches, but it's the link to eating which is worrying me.
Thanks in advance.
Nitty.
I have an 11 year old daughter who has been getting tummy aches for a few months. They are not very bad pains as far as I can tell, although some are worse than others. It always comes on during eating , usually towards the end of the meal, and then can last for a couple of hours, gradually fading away. There is no sickness or diarrhoea. She finishes her meals and it doesn't seem to matter whether it is a meal she likes or dislikes (she has always been quite fussy, but I don't believe this is a behaviour thing). She is otherwise a fit, well, thriving child.
The pain does seem to be closely sited to her stomach - obviously with her age we thought of puberty related things but that doesn't seem to be the case. She has noted the tummy aches on her diary for a couple of months and I cannot see a pattern, other than that it will happen for a few days, then disappear for a few days.
Because I have Crohn's Colitis I am obviously concerned that she may have some gut problem. However, I never had any problems until I was 40 and my condition was quick onset and now controlled on medication after a couple of nasty initial flares, so there is not a strong family link.
I'm sure that if I took her to the GP now there would be little that they could do based on such mild symptoms, and I don't think it warrants anything as invasive as a gastroscopy, but I know that with any kind of IBD an early diagnosis would be better than waiting until any permanent damage is done.
At the moment I am going to start a food diary for her to see if she is sensitive to any particular foods and then there may be something to go on if we do go the see a doctor.
I just wondered if anyone else had any similar experiences, or any advice on what else I need to do.
I don't want to overreact when, at present, we seem to just be dealing with a few tummy aches, but it's the link to eating which is worrying me.
Thanks in advance.
Nitty.