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Appendicitis
Asked by M.B. from Tuscaloosa
on April 23, 2008
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Ok I know your first response is going to be get that girl to a doctor. I am going to be taking her I just wanted to see if anyone else had been here. My 11 year old d...
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- I would definitely take her to the doctor. My Mother's appendix ruptured in December 2006 and because the pain was intermittent she thought it was just a stomach bug a...
- Hi M., I've been there myself. Mine ruptured at that age. The best thing I can do is tell you how I did. The pain would come and go for about a year or so. I can toler...
- M., when I was about your daughter's age, I had a similar thing. Went to the Dr. and he immediately hospitalized me fearing appendix (this was 27 yrs ago, so not a lo...
How Do You Know If a 4 Yr Old Has Appendicitis?
Asked by S.W. from Chicago
on March 4, 2008
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Before I start, I want you all to know that I talked to a nurse last night and will be getting my son to the doctor today. I was hoping that someone might have some a...
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- S., as a Peds nurse, i have seen kids enter the unit with appendicitis and act better than your child seems to be. There is no 100% way of knowing, MD's typically go b...
- Usually would be w fever and more acute and increasing in intensity. Unless it is a more gradual type. I had a severe case when I was a child and my brother had one ...
- my son had a appendicitis when he was five he was crying about pain on right side and was vomiting floresent green i took him to the care station and all the doctor d...
Moderate to Severe Abdominal Pain in 13 Year Old Boy.
Asked by K.W. from St. Louis
on November 25, 2008
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My son is 13 and on Sunday afternoon around 4 started having stomach "cramps". These cramps were doubling him over and coming in waves. At about 7 I called our famil...
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- Remember you can always demand a second opinion right there in the hospital...I've never had appendicitus but from accounts I have heard about, it sure sounds like it....
- How's he doing??? It sounds like his appendix to me...though severe constipation and gas can cause similar symptoms (but you'd usually see distention on films if that...
- My daughter's father as well as my friend's 13 year old son had symptoms like this. Doc's couldnt figure out what it was. Finally they went in and did an exploratory s...
