My 6 year old daughter gets sick off and on. When I think she's fine, the school calls me again to come pick her up. She complains about a stomach ache a lot. The school said today that her temp was 99.9. It's been about 3 weeks off and on now. I've already brought her in once and they said it was nothing and I made her another appointment for wed. Any information would be great. Thanks
2007-05-07 07:24:30 · 8 answers · asked by Mommyof2angels 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
did they do a full blood workup on her? if not i would have that done. tell them u want blood work done. also u could go to webmd and do the symptoms checker and mabye that could give u ideas on what to ask the dr about and what to check for. if they dont listen to your needs its time for a new dr.!!!!
2007-05-07 07:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
99.9 in a child is not indicative of illness of any kind. On any given day with any given child you can get a reading like that and it doesn't mean anything. Schools are truly over reacting when they call that a fever. As for stomach ache type symptoms in a child like that, I doubt it is her stomach. I suspect there is something she doesn't like about going to school. Could be someone is bullying her, her teacher and she don't get along....could be any number of things. As long as the school and you kowtow to her and she gets out of school using these complaints, they will continue, and likely escalate. You might try making the loss of a school day something that she truly dislikes, I know when I pulled the same thing as a child, my mom would make sure, as you did, that nothing physically was wrong, and then I spent my day off from school pulling weeds, washing dishes, scrubbing the bathroom etc. No TV, no play of any kind.
And if I complained of ongoing stomach ache, I got castor oil to "clean out" the tummy ache. And since I had a tummy ache, all I got for dinner was dry toast and broth. That happened twice in my young life, and I never missed another day of school.
2007-05-07 07:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Is there something or someone that is bothering your daughter? Sometimes kids get sick because of things that are going at home or school. There is also a chance that your daughter might have a food allergy or did the doctor check her gall bladder?
Good luck
2007-05-07 07:36:42 · answer #3 · answered by YVONNE K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is she having a rough time at school? Maybe that makes her worry so much that she's sick to her stomach.
But maybe, if it keeps it up, you could take her to another Doctor, or a specialist.
Has she been eating all right?
2007-05-07 07:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be some kind of underlying problem...like if she is having problems with kids at school or even school personel for that matter. I would look into that aspect of it, she could be making herself sick so she doesn't have to deal with whatever could be going on at school. Just a thought.
2007-05-07 07:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by jenblueblonde 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, it sounds like her temperature is slightly elevated, nothing serious tho. I would see if she is hav ing any problems at school. then i would buy pedialite or gator-aid to make sure she doesnt get dehydrated. Maby eveb buy a childrens multi-vitamin
2007-05-07 07:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by mandilynn 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't want to sound rude, But..
Come on, take your kid to the DR....and if she is not really sick they will tell you...
No one in here is a DR..and if there was a DR in here he/she would not be able to tell you what to do....
Good luck with your kid..
2007-05-07 07:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
go see a doctor or give her vitamins or just yell at her for faking it
2007-05-07 07:30:20 · answer #8 · answered by Michael L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋