Hello everyone,
I am so excited to find a forum to find out information from other parents about GI issues. My son is 10-years-old. He began having GI issues around the time he started solid foods. He started having diarrhea regularly, sometimes as much as 10-20 times a day. His poor little bottom would bleed from irritation. We were sent to a ped GI doc who just said I gave him too much juice. I tried to explain that my son couldn't even have juice because it caused so much diarrhea but he reassured me that I was just being an overprotective mommy. A year or so later my son began vomiting at night. It became fairly regular and finally he stopped eating because his tummy hurt so bad. The GI doc didn't think it was anything but agreed to scope him to calm me down. Well to his surprise my son had a rather large stomach ulcer. The biopsy came back negative for H.Pylori. Also his colon looked perfect. We began giving him Nexium and altered his diet. He started feeling better. He has still had issues on and off with diarrhea and vomiting but it has usually been related to eating something that doesn't agree with him.
Fast forward and few years and now he is experiencing severe lower abdominal pain. Took him back to the GI and he tells me that my son is just holding his pooh and to give him Miralax to get him moving more frequently. It seemed to help. The doc has said that my son definitely has IBS. Now we are seeing vomiting and diarrhea at odd times that have nothing to do with diet. On top of that he has begun having fevers as well. Usually they are in the 100 range and yesterday it was as high as 101.4. Along with that he has lost about 2-3 pounds this month. It may not seem like much but he only weighs 54 pounds. He is at the bottom of the growth chart. The last two incidents have been within less than 2 weeks of each other.
My son is a competitive gymnast and needs all the calories he can get but with his stomach upset all the time it is hard. We have another appointment with the GI doc on July 9th. I want to find out what is causing my son to now have fevers and weight loss accompanying vomiting and diarrhea.
I'm so frustrated! I hate seeing my sweet boy in so much pain. He is not a complainer at all. He usually just gets really quiet and still and that's when I know his tummy is upset.
I don't want to be overreacting. I know that others with IBD have symptoms that are much worse than my son but I am still worried.
Does this sound more like IBS or IBD?
Thanks so much!
Elise in NC
I am so excited to find a forum to find out information from other parents about GI issues. My son is 10-years-old. He began having GI issues around the time he started solid foods. He started having diarrhea regularly, sometimes as much as 10-20 times a day. His poor little bottom would bleed from irritation. We were sent to a ped GI doc who just said I gave him too much juice. I tried to explain that my son couldn't even have juice because it caused so much diarrhea but he reassured me that I was just being an overprotective mommy. A year or so later my son began vomiting at night. It became fairly regular and finally he stopped eating because his tummy hurt so bad. The GI doc didn't think it was anything but agreed to scope him to calm me down. Well to his surprise my son had a rather large stomach ulcer. The biopsy came back negative for H.Pylori. Also his colon looked perfect. We began giving him Nexium and altered his diet. He started feeling better. He has still had issues on and off with diarrhea and vomiting but it has usually been related to eating something that doesn't agree with him.
Fast forward and few years and now he is experiencing severe lower abdominal pain. Took him back to the GI and he tells me that my son is just holding his pooh and to give him Miralax to get him moving more frequently. It seemed to help. The doc has said that my son definitely has IBS. Now we are seeing vomiting and diarrhea at odd times that have nothing to do with diet. On top of that he has begun having fevers as well. Usually they are in the 100 range and yesterday it was as high as 101.4. Along with that he has lost about 2-3 pounds this month. It may not seem like much but he only weighs 54 pounds. He is at the bottom of the growth chart. The last two incidents have been within less than 2 weeks of each other.
My son is a competitive gymnast and needs all the calories he can get but with his stomach upset all the time it is hard. We have another appointment with the GI doc on July 9th. I want to find out what is causing my son to now have fevers and weight loss accompanying vomiting and diarrhea.
I'm so frustrated! I hate seeing my sweet boy in so much pain. He is not a complainer at all. He usually just gets really quiet and still and that's when I know his tummy is upset.
I don't want to be overreacting. I know that others with IBD have symptoms that are much worse than my son but I am still worried.
Does this sound more like IBS or IBD?
Thanks so much!
Elise in NC
