My 15 yr old son has been vomiting and has had severe diarrhea since Nov 1st.. the worst thing about this is he has severe upper stomach pain..I have taken him to the emergency room twice...they gave him fluids through an IV both times, they did a cat scan and took blood and checked his stool, nothing was found... had him take mallox and acid relievers, even gave him antibiotics because they figured he had an intestinal infection.. he did good while on the antibiotic but after the last pill was taken he continues to vomit and with the diarrhea..so i took him to the family doctor today and now there doing more blood work and checking his stool again. Don't know what to do now about the stomach pain...it never go's away...
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It could be anything.
You need to have him see a Specialist... as the others said: a Pediatric Gastroenterologist.
Did they rule out a blockage?
Pediatrici gastroenterologist ASAP.
Sounds like he needs to go to a gastroenterologist doc.
Some things don't show up on CT scan, he most likely needs to have a scope where they can look inside at the lining of his esophogus, and stomach. EGD shows the upper part of GI tract, Colonoscopy shows lower part. He could have an ulcer or something like pancreatitis or gall bladder problems. He should have lab work that includes enzymes in case of liver or pancreatic problems. He could have a parasite too. Get him to a Gastroenterologist or take him to a children's hospital ER. This is not normal and getting hydration though obviously necessary to replace fluids, it isn't going after the problem.
Pancreatitis can be difficult to diagnose and treated by IV's, sometimes antibiotics, TPN and not eating. Those people often have so much upper abdominal/stomach pain. They can develop pseudocysts, but those should be seen on CT scan.
Let us know how it turns out, my heart goes out to him and to you!
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Could he possibly be lactose intolerant? This happened to my husband when he was 15 yrs.old. He had the most horrible stomach pains that just wouldn't go away. He thought he was dying!! Finally a Dr. told him to stop all dairy and see what happens. Sure enough, all problems went away. He now takes a lactose pill every morning and can eat dairy all he wants!
I hope you can figure it out and that your son gets better!
I am so sorry! I would still take him to a pedi at that age! I know seems off but they still speicalize in that age group. Idk what to give him because Idont know what the problem is. Are you sure he is not taking any drugs? That is a very long time to have this problem going on with no one catching the reason. Ginger and peppermint are suppose to be good for the stomach aches! I feel very badly for him. Please don't missunderstand my drug question its just a shot in the dark. I dont know your son or his behaviors. But I truly hope he feels better quickly.
I know this sounds bizarre but my husband and daughter was having somach issues tha couldn't be figured out so we heard about a Hemotologist in Carlsbad. You fill out a form saying why you're there, but don't give it to him until he's done with the session. With us, He put a drop of the blood under a microscope and then then proceeded to tell us exactly what we had written on our paper, that he had no way of knowing about because it was in my purse! Then he recommended supplements that we got off Amazon and Costco. It worked great!
Private message me if interested in more info. In the meantime, I hope he feels better!
I heard that the probiotics work really well. Had same problem but with my grandma, never did find out the problem but it got better after time. Yhe doctor said antibiotics can make out worse by killing the good bacteria in your belly. They put her on as probitic to put the good bacteria back. Good luck I know its hard.
Poor guy...sorry he is in pain...maybe a heating pad will help...only thing I can think of.
Giardia? I know it sounds strange but my son and I both had it two summers ago. Sounds similar. I was pregnant and was sick with it for six weeks. The only reason they figured out what I had was because my 4 year old son got it as well. It took two weeks of him being sick before the doctors realized what was going on. Once his stool sample confirmed the giardia they retested me and I was positive as well. We have no idea where we got it....
The stomach pain was terrible.
I am sorry your son is feeling so terrible. I hope you get some answers soon.
First of all I'm so sorry your son and you have to go through this. I would definatly get a second opinion with a specialist. Hopefully you can get everything figured out!
I feel so bad for him and for you, it's so hard as a mom having to watch your child be in pain and nothing you can do to help. Thats so wierd and I know its not good to be on antibiotics long but maybe he'll have to be on something till they can pin point some of the problem. When I was 15 out of no where one night I started vomiting had diarrhea and croutch over in so much pain my mom took me to urgent care thet told me I was constipated. (I swear thats there answer for everything) Had to give myself an enema and drink something to help me go. I ended up vomiting it up and def wasnt constipated. Went back to urgent care they sent to me ER told me it was my appendix had an eppendectomy that day. Just to find out I had kidney stones in both kidneys no problem with my appendix!!! Worst of all my aunt dx it not a medical professional. I wish you and your son the best of luck and please keep us informed about whats going on and WHEN they find out the problem because they will just hold in their. Last thing def go see a pediatrician too!!!
maybe try a probiotic? poor kid i could image how sore his body is.
