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Suggest Remedy For Stomach Ailments

My daughter is 2 years old, 25 lbs, not sure how tall. She was born healthy and still is healthy. However, she was lactose intolerant as an infant and grew out of it by time she was 1. She does get constipated quite easily from time to time...not always. Monday night, she came down with a fever after her nap. Was 101.4. She told me her tummy hurt and threw up alot. Svehe was so much better after that, was playing but still went to bed for the night with a low grade temp:100 degrees. The days following she was great...would never have known she was sick. She has been having diarrhea ever since, just at night: Tues, Wed, and now tonight. HOwever, her last 3 diapers tonight consisted of dark red, jelly-like, almost mucousy thick stuff. It s freaking me out. It s not just a little...it s quite a bit each time. She does not seem like she s in pain, nor does she feel warm for having a fever. I am thinking hard over what she had these last couple of days and I can think of nothing she had that could make her BM look like this. Should I worry? What do I do?
Mon, 17 Apr 2017
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Hi...by what you say - especially the way you describe her stool as - dark red, jelly-like, almost mucousy thick stuff - I feel that she could be having an intussuception which is intermittently getting relieved. I suggest you take her to the nearest emergency room and get her evaluated. If I were her pediatrician I would even order an Ultrasound abdomen regarding this to see if there is any lingering intusscuception or bowel wall edema.

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Suggest Remedy For Stomach Ailments

Hi...by what you say - especially the way you describe her stool as - dark red, jelly-like, almost mucousy thick stuff - I feel that she could be having an intussuception which is intermittently getting relieved. I suggest you take her to the nearest emergency room and get her evaluated. If I were her pediatrician I would even order an Ultrasound abdomen regarding this to see if there is any lingering intusscuception or bowel wall edema. Please revert back to me as to what happened at he emergency room. You can approach me at the following link. Once the page opens there will be an option below my image as – ASK ME A QUESTION – click on it. Please find the link below - www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-sumanth-amperayani/67696 Regards - Dr. Sumanth