My son complains of tummy pain which he describes as hot pain in the tummy and cramps. I took him to the doctor and he was fgiven anitbiotics. The pain has continued. Could this be gastritis?
2006-09-10 07:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by Princess Lueji 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Given by the cramps, it could just as easily be appendicitis, but that didn't give me a hot pain, but it did give two pains just inside my right hip which felt like my insides were exploding - I've never felt pain like that and never want to again. That was amid a fortnight of less severe but constant pain, feeling sick, and shivery.
Equally, it could just be some sort of colic, as a doctor told me that can feel pretty severe too.
I think the moral of the story is this, this is not really the place to be looking for answers to question like that. You want to go back and badger your doctor.
Your child's health is too important to risk answers on a page like this. Trust the experts, but what I will say from experience is this, if you're not happy with your G.P., don't bother with on-call doctors, take your son to the hospital accident and emergency unit. They won't turn you away, trust me, I'm a hypochondriac and they've never slapped my face yet.
2006-09-10 08:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by andrew m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infection may be symptomatic or asymptomatic (without visible ill effects). It is estimated that up to 70% of infection is asymptomatic.
The bacteria have been isolated from feces, saliva and dental plaque of infected patients, which suggests gastro-oral or fecal-oral as possible transmission routes.
It is estimated that about 2/3 of the world population are infected by the bacterium. Actual infection rates vary from nation to nation - the West (Western Europe, North America, Australasia) having rates around 25% and the Third World much higher. In the latter, it is common, probably due to poor sanitary conditions, to find infections in children. In the United States, infection is primarily in the older generations (about 50% for those over the age of 60 compared with 20% under 40 years) and the poorest. This is largely attributed to higher hygiene standards and widespread use of antibiotics. However, antibiotic resistance is appearing in H. pylori. There are already metronidazole resistant strains present in the UK population.
In the absence of antibiotic based treatments, H. pylori infection apparently persists for life; the human immune system is not able to eradicate it.
One can test for H. pylori infection with blood antibody or stool antigen tests, or with the carbon urea breath test (in which the patient drinks 14C- or 13C-labelled urea, which the bacterium metabolizes producing labelled carbon dioxide that can be detected in the breath), or endoscopy to provide a biopsy sample for testing for the presence of urease "rapid urease test", histology or microbial culture.
None of these test methods are completely failsafe. Blood antibody tests, for example, range from 76% to 84% sensitivity. Medication can affect H. pylori urease activity and give "false negatives" with the urea-based tests.
2006-09-10 17:04:30 · answer #2 · answered by ggmmmyself 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think constipation. if he hasnt been for 2 days or more then constipation. he needs loads of fluids, fiber in his diet. juices, fruit, veg if constipation.tomato soup helps with constipation to help clean stomach and be careful with prune juice tho. maybe too much for him as he lil. massage stomach if gas to get rid and it will by burps or frm backside (sorry!).
2006-09-10 15:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by allgiggles1984 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tummy ache and needing to go to toilet a lot.
2006-09-10 14:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try this link, hope it helps:-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastritis
2006-09-10 14:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋