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Suggest Treatment For Stomach Pain In A Child

My 7 year old daughter is complaining that her stomach hurts right around the belly button and she is not hungry. This has been going on for 2-3 days, she also states that depending on how she extends her leg, it hurts even more. Could this be her apendix?
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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Abdominal pains are common in childhood. Most of them are not serious.However it is not appendicitis as pain is not continuous nor with fever and vomitings. You should look for any constipation and also deworm her once.
Add some fibres in diet like salads etc.
again get a routine urine test done as urine infection is also a cause of pain in children and can also occur without fever though not commonly.

Further if the pain is not disturbing sleep, not associated with vomitings and the weight gain is ok then you may not need to worry.

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Suggest Treatment For Stomach Pain In A Child

Abdominal pains are common in childhood. Most of them are not serious.However it is not appendicitis as pain is not continuous nor with fever and vomitings. You should look for any constipation and also deworm her once. Add some fibres in diet like salads etc. again get a routine urine test done as urine infection is also a cause of pain in children and can also occur without fever though not commonly. Further if the pain is not disturbing sleep, not associated with vomitings and the weight gain is ok then you may not need to worry.