Question About My Four Year Old Please Help Posted: 08-23-05 18:03pm
Hello,
my four year old daughter had a bowel
movement the other night that was complete
mucous with very little stool, the mucous
was full of bright red blood. We gathered
some of the mucous and took it and my
child to the docter the next day ( which
was today). The doctor looked at the
mucous and said it had blood in it and
then went on to explain that this happens
when the intestine is irratated or
inflamed. She then followed with the
statement that this is called colitis and
basically said change her diet almost ho
hum like. Once we found out what colitis
was via the internet we are very
concerned. Is there a difference between
colitis and ulcerative colitis, if so is
colitis a general description they give
intestinal irratation.
This was not her normal doctor, her
normal doctor was out of the office and we
have rescheduled to see him tommorrow but
we are very worried and scared. She has
no other symptoms other than the fact that
her and her sister are getting over a
fever that they had diarreha and a sore
throat with.
Please shed some light on this for us,
we are pretty much in the dark and
worried. Thanks
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jennij
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 27 Location: utah
Posted: 08-31-05 17:25pm
What did you find out? My father suffered
from cronic clotis all of his adult life
and eventually died from its complcations.
From what I know which is not much.....
It is not something to be taken lightly.
If a doctor was oh hum about it reagrding
any of my children i'd seek a 2nd opinion
if it continues.
