My daughter is 7 years old and has an extremely distended stomach. She’s had this issue for about 5 years now and it’s getting worse, with more pain. There are 4 people that live in our house, and not ONE person is overweight (i’m a health coach and personal trainer, so we eat crazy healthy). No fast food, no juice, pop, candy, etc.
Her stomach is so large, some days it looks like i could pop it with a pin.
She has had two appt with a gastro doctor that have done xrays of her stomach. He says she is full of poop and she had to take a HUGE amount of Miralax. DIDN”T WORK. Then the second xray was still just as bad. Then Magasieum drink. HUGE amounts. She complains of pain daily. Please help. They also did a Celiac text and infection test.
I added a photo of her stomach distention below.
There are lots of reasons that may cause distention range from fat malabsorbation
To obstruction
If i am your doctor i do not see how x ray is enough
Any way you should do an endoscopy and stool analysis
To determine the problem
Good Luck
Is her abdomen usually looking this way? No matter which food or drink she gets?
She may be having a lactose intolerance !
Have you checked stool for gardia?
Does she eat enough fibers in diet?
hi
i do not feel that constipation is the only reason for her having such a huge distended abdomen.
there may be organ enlargement due to chronic infection.
usually liver and spleen do enlarge.
just Xrays wont be helpful.
get CT abdomen with contrast.
thanks
HI
I SUGGEST YOU TO GET A BASIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY SCAN OF HER ABDOMEN.
IF ITS NORMAL,THEN YOU NEED NOT WORRY.
IT MAY RECOVER AS SHE GROWS UP.
hello there
in some children a growth spurt at this age causes increase in growth hormone levels causing such enlarged bellies. just to be on safer side why don’t you get a ultrasonography done to rule out any underlying pathology.