My son is 3 and I have the following list of symptoms that he has experienced. Can anyone offer any directions to look in? He has had stool tests to look for giardia (sp?) and other parasites as well as reducing substances. All were negative. He goes to the doc tomorrow for blood work, additional stool tests and is also supposed to have a barium enema and a sweat test later in the week.
• Diarrhea – started mid fall (October?). Always had a lot of mucus in it.
• Bowel movements of JUST mucus – happens about weekly or more often, often multiple times in a day. Sometimes there is a small amount of stool with it.
• Had a week or more that the mucus would seep out. Sometimes I would only notice it on his underwear, sometimes it would soak through his pants.
• Sometimes he would also seep stool. There was more than wet gas, but less than a bowel movement.
• Stopped eating foods – started noticing that he wasn’t eating his lunch at day care (used to make a “happy plate” several times a week). This started mid fall as well. In December I don’t remember seeing any happy plates and often will get notes that he has only eaten ½ or ¼ of his meal. Sometimes he will only eat the fruit.
• Reflux has started again. It is really bad. We can hear it in his chest when we hold him. Gets worse in the evenings. He hasn’t been on meds for this for years. (Noticed it in the last month, gotten really bad in the last couple of weeks)
• On December 28 after dinner (Owen would only eat apple sauce and had about a half of a cup) his belly got swollen and REALLY hard. We gave him Tums and gas drops and it helped after a little while but he could hardly move for a little while.
• I have noticed that he is more willing to eat in the morning and seems very bloated by evening.
• His bowel movements are VERY loud. When he does pass stool it often explodes out him with force.
• He rarely complains of pain, but he does get very irritable and we can tell when his stomach is bothering him.
• Started Flagyl (3ml, 3x day) on 12/31/13
• Eliminated dairy 12/31/13
• Diarrhea – started mid fall (October?). Always had a lot of mucus in it.
• Bowel movements of JUST mucus – happens about weekly or more often, often multiple times in a day. Sometimes there is a small amount of stool with it.
• Had a week or more that the mucus would seep out. Sometimes I would only notice it on his underwear, sometimes it would soak through his pants.
• Sometimes he would also seep stool. There was more than wet gas, but less than a bowel movement.
• Stopped eating foods – started noticing that he wasn’t eating his lunch at day care (used to make a “happy plate” several times a week). This started mid fall as well. In December I don’t remember seeing any happy plates and often will get notes that he has only eaten ½ or ¼ of his meal. Sometimes he will only eat the fruit.
• Reflux has started again. It is really bad. We can hear it in his chest when we hold him. Gets worse in the evenings. He hasn’t been on meds for this for years. (Noticed it in the last month, gotten really bad in the last couple of weeks)
• On December 28 after dinner (Owen would only eat apple sauce and had about a half of a cup) his belly got swollen and REALLY hard. We gave him Tums and gas drops and it helped after a little while but he could hardly move for a little while.
• I have noticed that he is more willing to eat in the morning and seems very bloated by evening.
• His bowel movements are VERY loud. When he does pass stool it often explodes out him with force.
• He rarely complains of pain, but he does get very irritable and we can tell when his stomach is bothering him.
• Started Flagyl (3ml, 3x day) on 12/31/13
• Eliminated dairy 12/31/13