UPDATED~~Well, we found out it is acid reflux! I never realized, but it is more than just "indigestion". A co-worker of mine says she has it and it is just awful when you get a flare up. Pressure and pain in the stomach,chest and throat. He is on zantac 2x a day (morning and night) and seems to be doing a great deal better.
Thanks for all of your input!






My son, who is 10 years old, has had recurring stomach problems for years. He was just recently tested for celiac disease -which was negative, and we have have tried zantac and lactaid in case it was acid reflux or lactose intolerance (all on the advice of his pediatrician). Well, the stomach pain comes and goes so much it is very hard to pinpoint. Yesterday I was called at work from his school nurse saying his stomach hurt so badly he was weepy (which for him is VERY unusual, especially at school). He had a slight temp elevation and I came and got him. He was hungry and ate lots of popsicles and never did throw up or anything. It hurt today and I kept him home and he is just eating like a piggy! So I don't believe it is a flu type of bug, as with him he never wants to eat when he is sick. He says it hurts above his belly button (and it was tender to my touch)and up into his chest. He says it feels like someone is pushing on it. No diarrhea, no vomiting, not really any gas to speak of. Does anyone have any ideas?
TIA

H pylori... have him checked for that. It is a bacterial infection. COMMONLY missed

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This is a major long shot, but I had stomach problems all through my childhood and finally was diagnosed when I was 36 with HAE - a rare hereditary genetic condition that causes internal swelling. I'm attaching a link to the website. Check it out and see if any of the stories sound familiar. Good luck with figuring out what is going on with your son.

Kim

Welcome to HAEA.org

Have they done an endoscopy?

Is he an anxioius kid? I was a nervous child and I had lots of tummy aches. Is he constipated? That can cause all kinds of discomfort too.

cougarskies, no they have not. I am not even sure what kind of dr. to take him to now, I am sure his ped would know. It is maddening, because it could be sooooo many things!

kathytheshopper, in some ways, he is an anxious child. But his high anxiety times don't seem to coincide with the problems.. good thought though. I always ask him if he has to have a BM when his stomach hurts. lol

Newfun4me-- very interesting site, but he does not get the rashes or swelling

julieoh0712--wow, I have never heard of that before. I am not sure, you never know. I'll mention it, but I want his ped. to refer us somewhere else to someone who specializes in that sort of thing.

His pains are coming and going today. I just don't feel like it's a regular "sick" kind of bug. My DH and I have both had colds, and of course tons of things are going around, which makes it harder to diagnose too since with stomach pain most people brush it off as whatever is going around.

Thanks for your great ideas guys, it is helping me to look more stuff up and use the process of elimination.

I was just getting ready to say the same thing. In fact, when I took my daughter in to Urgent Care, the Dr. tried several tests and I finally suggested she take a blood test for H. Pylori and it came back postive.

Only because our recent experience w/ our 8 y/o: Kidney stones. Although, the pain does sound to be high up and in the front. It could be referred pain.

Or, maybe even Gall Bladder--I'd say talk to pedi, and get a referral to an internal med doctor OR a pedi gastro doctor.

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You should take your son to a pediatric gastroenterologist. That is the kind of Dr. who specializes in stomach and digestive problems. My DS went to one when he was 1 year ol because his ped. thought he had Celiacs. He didn't, it turned out to be milk protein intollerence and a soy allergy.

Sarah........mom to Jason & Devin

Go to a Gastroenterologist. If your insurance doesn't require a referral just make an appointment with one....one that your insurance will cover of course

My DD had a lot of wierd stomach aches and pains when she was young and it turned out she had a blocked kidney.
I know its a long shot, but you never know. Hers would come and go and occasionally have back pain but not always.
I noticed it more with the stomach.

I was reading an article a while ago and it talked about a type of migranes that kids can get that causes gastric problems. It is hard to diagnose and not much is known but they are realizing it might be more common than ever imagined.


Go to a Dr. and if they don't take you seriously go to another.

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I'm glad you got an answer and hope your ds is feeling better.

Yeah!! It is nice to know what is going on!!!

Hope he's better soon!!

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