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Child Suffering From Jaundice. Having Stomach Pain After Taking Food. What Is The Cause?
Question: My son age 9 years suffering from jaundice since 2nd may 2012,now he recovered ,but from last 7 days he suffered acute stomach pain after taking food. what is the cause ?
hi XXXXXXX,
thanks for the query.
Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, it can be caused by infectious viruses like Hepatitis A.
the possible causes of stomach pain of your son are,
-the symptoms of Hepatitis A infection are, jaundice, nausea, loss of appetite, stomach ache etc.
children can recover from this disease in 1 to 3 weeks but sometimes it may take longer time like 4 to 8 weeks, during this period also they can experience the above symptoms.
So that may be the reason for his stomach ache. This does not necessarily indicate any disease.
-after recovering from the jaundice also in the first one to two months people will have low immunity because of this they can easily get infected.
-the stomach ache may also be caused by diseases like peptic disease etc which are not related to hepatitis.
so let once your son examined by his doctor, which will possibly detect the cause.
Meanwhile let him continue to take balanced diet, good hydration and adequate rest.
Hope I have answered your query. I will be available to answer your follow up queries. If you are satisfied with all my answer, please rate the answer after closing the discussion.
take care.
thanks for the query.
Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, it can be caused by infectious viruses like Hepatitis A.
the possible causes of stomach pain of your son are,
-the symptoms of Hepatitis A infection are, jaundice, nausea, loss of appetite, stomach ache etc.
children can recover from this disease in 1 to 3 weeks but sometimes it may take longer time like 4 to 8 weeks, during this period also they can experience the above symptoms.
So that may be the reason for his stomach ache. This does not necessarily indicate any disease.
-after recovering from the jaundice also in the first one to two months people will have low immunity because of this they can easily get infected.
-the stomach ache may also be caused by diseases like peptic disease etc which are not related to hepatitis.
so let once your son examined by his doctor, which will possibly detect the cause.
Meanwhile let him continue to take balanced diet, good hydration and adequate rest.
Hope I have answered your query. I will be available to answer your follow up queries. If you are satisfied with all my answer, please rate the answer after closing the discussion.
take care.
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