So glad to find this forum!
In 2016 my daughter was hospitalized with severe stomach pain, nausea for 5 days. Unfortunately in our area there isn’t a GI specialist so she didn’t get scoped. They ran all tests possible. She tested positive for h pylori and they released her with a whole lot of medications and recommend seeing a specialist. We never did. She was better and we attributed this to anxiety and stress from school. The antibiotics helped but her diet suffered. She is a poor picky eater. Finding foods that satisfy her isn’t easy.
She started getting migraines in June of this year. In August she came to me telling me she has diarrhea. My daughter is a very private person so who knows how long she had it before she told me. Since August to today she has lost 5 lbs, went from a very active 11 year old to a sickly, frail little girl. We have done blood test, stool test, attempted antibiotics but her tummy couldn’t tolerate it, and we finally saw a specialist at UCLA. Last night I got the call that one of her test came back really elevated and it was concerning. I went into a daze after she said those words. She mentioned IBD and she wants to scope her. Everything else she said is a blank to me. She is putting in for the referral and sometime next year she will have the procedure.
The past stool samples I had to get her poop didn’t appear like diarrhea and she is not acting as lethargic. Could she be getting better without any treatment? Do we continue with the scope?
Thank you for reading!
In 2016 my daughter was hospitalized with severe stomach pain, nausea for 5 days. Unfortunately in our area there isn’t a GI specialist so she didn’t get scoped. They ran all tests possible. She tested positive for h pylori and they released her with a whole lot of medications and recommend seeing a specialist. We never did. She was better and we attributed this to anxiety and stress from school. The antibiotics helped but her diet suffered. She is a poor picky eater. Finding foods that satisfy her isn’t easy.
She started getting migraines in June of this year. In August she came to me telling me she has diarrhea. My daughter is a very private person so who knows how long she had it before she told me. Since August to today she has lost 5 lbs, went from a very active 11 year old to a sickly, frail little girl. We have done blood test, stool test, attempted antibiotics but her tummy couldn’t tolerate it, and we finally saw a specialist at UCLA. Last night I got the call that one of her test came back really elevated and it was concerning. I went into a daze after she said those words. She mentioned IBD and she wants to scope her. Everything else she said is a blank to me. She is putting in for the referral and sometime next year she will have the procedure.
The past stool samples I had to get her poop didn’t appear like diarrhea and she is not acting as lethargic. Could she be getting better without any treatment? Do we continue with the scope?
Thank you for reading!
