I wanted to see if anyone could let me know if their children have experienced any of these symptoms. My daughter has had chronic issues with stomach pain since the day she was born. I started out breast feeding and she had so many problems with constipation and diarrhea that I switched to formula and eventually we found out she had a protein allergy so she was put on a special formula which helped. Once we started her on baby food she started having constipation/diarrhea problems again. We stopped giving her baby food, (which I made from scratch and it was all organic) because she was so impacted we figured we would give her system a little longer. We started about 2 months later and the same problems continued. Throughout multiple trips to a GI specialist my daughter was 10 months old and she was on miralex, 2 tablespoons 3 times a day plus her diet was anything and everything that helped with constipation. She did pretty good for about a year and then it started back up again and this time it was much worse than before. Her poops are so large that I would go to the hospital if mine were ever that large, sorry for the info but its extremely large. Whats weird is that she will have diahhrea for several days where I get worried about her being dehydrated and then all of a sudden she is constipated. Last week she had runny green diahhrea starting on Sunday and going through Wednesday. She complained of her stomach hurting, which she does pretty much daily but it wasnt super bad. Thursday she started complaining of it hurting and by Friday she kept trying to go to the bathroom but it was too large for her to pass. We finally gave her a suppository Friday night and again it was huge. I don't understand how someone can go through diahhrea for several days and then be constipated to the point where its 3 inches in diameter and almost 6 inches long, and keep in mind this is a 4 year old. Since Friday she hasnt pooped again and tonight we will be giving her another suppository because she is in so much pain all she does is lay around, she barely eats and she just wants to lay on the couch. She also has ran chronic fevers all of her life and no doctor has been concerned until recently. After 5 pediatricians I finally found an amazing one and he has been checking into everything. She gets sick all the time and has had every bacterial infection you can think of and has developed asthma. He has been so amazing and check her immune system and found out that she did have an immune defiency. He has no idea what is causing the fevers and pooping issues and he ended up referring us to an infectious disease doctor who then said we need to go back to the GI specialists. I have my appointment in 2 days but I am so concerned with this pooping. She keeps getting tears because of the size of the poop and I feel so incredibly bad for her. Has anyone had any of these experiences??
All of her health problems are:
Chronic constipation and diahhrea
Chronic fevers normally in the range of 99.5 to 100.5, once or twice a week it *will spike to around 101 occasionally up to 102. We have kept fever charts *for almost a year and even take her temp rectally. Her fevers rarely go *away even with tylenol or motrin.
Stomach pain which gets severe at times where she doesnt want to play or *eat and she will start sleeping way more than normal.
Her stomach also gets really large, some days her shorts wont even fit her because her stomach protrudes out so big. She looks pregnant at times its so big.
She also has a slight case of malrotation, her intestines aren't in the right place and if they were to twist she would need immediate surgery. She just had an xray 2 months ago to make sure that the intestines were still okay. The infectious disease doctor wants her to see the GI doctor again and suggested another MRI with barium to check it thoroughly like they have done in the past.
She has had multiple allergy tests and is only allergic to rye. She was allergic to more as a child but has since outgrown them. She has had the tests where they prick the back, prick the arms, and blood work.
She also has had blood work done to rule out celiac disease and many other diseases and conditions.
Her blood work has also indicated inflammation somewhere in her body but the doctor said it may have been because she was sick. She was sick and on antibiotics for almost 6 months because of a staph infection.
I know this was long and I am sorry for this...I feel like all her symptoms have to go together somehow but no one has been able to figure it out. 2 doctors have mentioned chrohns disease but they said its mostly diagnosed in teens or early adulthood. The infectious disease doctor said although its diagnosed later on in life the patients say that they have had problems their entire life.
Any information would be appreciated. I want to be prepared as much as possible because we need to figure something out. Its so bad that she was constantly sent home from pre-k so we had to pull her out again. I am worried that when she starts school again she is going to be sent home frequently.
Thank you!!!
All of her health problems are:
Chronic constipation and diahhrea
Chronic fevers normally in the range of 99.5 to 100.5, once or twice a week it *will spike to around 101 occasionally up to 102. We have kept fever charts *for almost a year and even take her temp rectally. Her fevers rarely go *away even with tylenol or motrin.
Stomach pain which gets severe at times where she doesnt want to play or *eat and she will start sleeping way more than normal.
Her stomach also gets really large, some days her shorts wont even fit her because her stomach protrudes out so big. She looks pregnant at times its so big.
She also has a slight case of malrotation, her intestines aren't in the right place and if they were to twist she would need immediate surgery. She just had an xray 2 months ago to make sure that the intestines were still okay. The infectious disease doctor wants her to see the GI doctor again and suggested another MRI with barium to check it thoroughly like they have done in the past.
She has had multiple allergy tests and is only allergic to rye. She was allergic to more as a child but has since outgrown them. She has had the tests where they prick the back, prick the arms, and blood work.
She also has had blood work done to rule out celiac disease and many other diseases and conditions.
Her blood work has also indicated inflammation somewhere in her body but the doctor said it may have been because she was sick. She was sick and on antibiotics for almost 6 months because of a staph infection.
I know this was long and I am sorry for this...I feel like all her symptoms have to go together somehow but no one has been able to figure it out. 2 doctors have mentioned chrohns disease but they said its mostly diagnosed in teens or early adulthood. The infectious disease doctor said although its diagnosed later on in life the patients say that they have had problems their entire life.
Any information would be appreciated. I want to be prepared as much as possible because we need to figure something out. Its so bad that she was constantly sent home from pre-k so we had to pull her out again. I am worried that when she starts school again she is going to be sent home frequently.
Thank you!!!