Hello,

Thanks for posting your query.

It will be very helpful for me in understanding your son’s condition better if you could answer some of these questions:

1)     How does the pain begin? - Sudden or gradually.
2)     What is the pattern of the pain? - Crampy or steady.
3)     What is the site of the pain?
4)     What makes the pain worse?
5)     What relieves the pain?
6)     Are there associated signs and symptoms like fever, diarrhea or rectal bleeding?

Considering your son’s symptoms, it is advisable to keep him at home till the reports of the abdominal x-ray / ultrasound is ready and a diagnosis is made.

Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us.

Please do send back the answers to these questions. I will be happy to answer your queries.

Wish you good health.

Regards

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Hello,

Thanks for writing back to me.

Abdominal pain that comes on suddenly suggests a sudden event, for example, the interruption of the supply of blood to the colon (ischemia) or obstruction of the bile duct by a gallstone (biliary colic). Pain due to inflammation (appendicitis, diverticulitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis) typically is aggravated by sneezing, coughing or any jarring motion. Patients with inflammation as the cause of their pain prefer to lie still. So it can be due to inflammation which is causing such a pain.

You should get an ultrasound abdomen done for your child and get him seen by a physician.

Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.

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Wishing you good health.

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