Updated: Seeing doctor tomorrow who isn't convinced
Please forgive me for this disorganized post. I have a lot going through my mind and don't know how to word it.
Anyway, My 11 year old son has been having tummy troubles for a few years now. Last week we saw a new pediatrician who ordered a few blood tests. They called with the results today and said the only thing he tested positive for was allergy to cockroaches and some sort of weed that we don't have around here. She said, "If you notice any more problems, just call for an appointment". Which this just burns me up, as he always has problems, for years now.
He's had 'problems' since he was young. He was diagnosed "failure to thrive" as a toddler. He has diarrhea quite often, at least every couple days accompanied with abdominal pain. He sometimes throws up in the mornings when he first gets up, about once a week. We are noticing that certain foods set him off such as red meats, lunch meats, fatty foods such as sausages. He's quite small for his age, very thin and lanky. He's always been that way though. Doctors never seemed to agree that he had these issues.
His father and I divorced when he was very young. We have no contact with him but recently found out that his sister was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was in her early teens. This made me research it and the symptoms fit.
The problem is that the doctor seems convinced he has an intestinal parasite. For the past two years we have been living in the country of Mexico. We came back to the states last month to get his health taken care of. She says that he must have picked up a worm or something while there. But what she isn't hearing is that he's had these issues long BEFORE moving to Mexico and he actually had LESS problems while living in Mexico. That and we regularly gave our children anti-parasitic tablets as a preventative. I don't see how there is any way these symptoms are caused by bugs in the intestinal tract, especially given that he had these symptoms before we even moved there.
So when the doctor heard my annoyance she asked me to come in again so we could talk some more.
I don't know what to do. Obviously my suspicions of Crohn's disease may be incorrect, but something is definitely not right with my son. What can I do? Should I ask for a referral to another type of doctor, and if so which type?
Thanks.
Please forgive me for this disorganized post. I have a lot going through my mind and don't know how to word it.
Anyway, My 11 year old son has been having tummy troubles for a few years now. Last week we saw a new pediatrician who ordered a few blood tests. They called with the results today and said the only thing he tested positive for was allergy to cockroaches and some sort of weed that we don't have around here. She said, "If you notice any more problems, just call for an appointment". Which this just burns me up, as he always has problems, for years now.
He's had 'problems' since he was young. He was diagnosed "failure to thrive" as a toddler. He has diarrhea quite often, at least every couple days accompanied with abdominal pain. He sometimes throws up in the mornings when he first gets up, about once a week. We are noticing that certain foods set him off such as red meats, lunch meats, fatty foods such as sausages. He's quite small for his age, very thin and lanky. He's always been that way though. Doctors never seemed to agree that he had these issues.
His father and I divorced when he was very young. We have no contact with him but recently found out that his sister was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was in her early teens. This made me research it and the symptoms fit.
The problem is that the doctor seems convinced he has an intestinal parasite. For the past two years we have been living in the country of Mexico. We came back to the states last month to get his health taken care of. She says that he must have picked up a worm or something while there. But what she isn't hearing is that he's had these issues long BEFORE moving to Mexico and he actually had LESS problems while living in Mexico. That and we regularly gave our children anti-parasitic tablets as a preventative. I don't see how there is any way these symptoms are caused by bugs in the intestinal tract, especially given that he had these symptoms before we even moved there.
So when the doctor heard my annoyance she asked me to come in again so we could talk some more.
I don't know what to do. Obviously my suspicions of Crohn's disease may be incorrect, but something is definitely not right with my son. What can I do? Should I ask for a referral to another type of doctor, and if so which type?
Thanks.
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