Worried about DGS aged 4

This must be very worrying for the family , I hope your D can get the GP to take it seriously . We have a retired GP here on GN so hopefully she will see the post and answer .
My son was poorly for a whole year with countless Dr visits and hints that I was an over anxious Mum before one GP picked up that he had something serious going on and had him admitted . It turned out to be Psitticosis ( a rare lung disease) . Hopefully your GC only has a bug and it is very easy for them to lose weight if they are vomiting a lot but if it carries on it shouldn`t be ignored .

CVS, cyclical vomiting syndrome, rare but I have known of several people with the condition.
DS used to get gastric migraine when he first started school but usually happened when he had a flare up of eczema.

Interesting - DGS could not be described as highly strung - he is an out-going jolly little chap. We thought about stress as a cause, but there is no reason to suppose that as he has the happiest of lives and, when he is not vomiting and groaning with it, he is perfectly fine and happy.

I wondered if he had reflux - but we will have to wait and see - he has a doc's appointment today at 11.30 am - with the GP who is less gung-ho. I am still willing to bet they say "It is probably just a bug." Indeed that is what we all hope - but it does not seem to be behaving like a normal tummy bug, and I am concerned about the amount of distress he is in when it starts and the fact that he has lost so much weight so quickly.

My daughter had regular vomiting events. Eventually she had the big one. Hospital docs ummed and ahhd. Eventually opened her up. She had peritonitis. They were just in time.

The appendix is a very sneaky little organ.

Not saying this is it with your little feller lg. But might be worth watching out for.

I hope it's just a determined bug.

I would mention, the 'tummy bugs' went on for several years before the really bad one happened.

My Dad had pain and vomiting for quite some time (weeks, not years) but refused to go to the doctor. I can still remember the ambulance coming in the middle of the night - he had peritonitis and was operated on immediately. He was fine (but had a bad reaction to penicillin!).

Well, the GP is suggesting that he did have a tummy bug and this has irritated his stomach which could now be inflamed and that is why his food does not stay down. He has prescribed some paediatric gaviscon to take before meals. If it does not do the trick then she is to take him back. Of course the GP saw him in the morning when he is bouncing around! Let us hope that he will settle soon.

I did hear from a health visitor once when DD had a very bad tummy bug that these bugs feed on milk and dairy products (chocolate too?) and that slightly flat lemonade is best.

My father used to make us sit at the table for 10 minutes after a meal to 'let it go down' but children don't seem to do that these days.

I hope he is better soon.

I do hope that's all it is. Sounds very reasonable.

Not wishing to worry you unduly, but has the GP ruled out abdominal epilepsy?
I wondered because you say that he falls asleep after a vomiting episode.
It is very rare though.

Crikey! where d'you dig that up from? That must be very unusual.

We are just waiting and hoping now.

She's just emailed. He took the gaviscon and then threw it up along with the rest of the food he has eaten today. Same pattern - OK in the morning then the vomiting starts in the afternoon.

Oh that is so worrying.

I think it is a bug that hasn't really cleared up. Can you get DD to feed him little and often. Something light. And keep him rested. And warm. (I'm sure she's already doing all that though)

Let us know how he goes on over weekend.

Sorry, perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it, but I did hear of someone who had that a few years ago.

DGD always has stomach pain and nausea when she is brewing a bout of tonsillitis.

Thanks for your suggestions and support. We can only wait and see, but if it goes on into next week I do think he needs to go back to the doctor and ask them to think again.

The GP's analysis is reassuring, poor little lad and his parents (and grannie) I do hope it all settles down.

GP's suggestion sounds possible, I've had the same thing happen with a cat in the past and it took a while to settle down. Perhaps he needs something more effective than the Gaviscon? Hope they get him sorted soon, it's such a worry when they're only little.

One of the problems is that in the mornings he is starving, as he has an empty tummy from the vomiting. My DD is trying to feed him in moderation in the mornings, but it is hard as he is so hungry. It is hard for her too as she is worried about his weight loss.

Oh dear, luckygirl, that's really worrying for you all. I know tummy bugs can leave the gut tender and inflamed so perhaps that's all it is. Hopefully the GP has got the hypothesis right and it will begin to improve soon. I would just encourage your daughter to persist again and again with the doctor until she feels confident it's either resolving itself or the Gaviscon is doing the trick. I'm sure she would do that anyway, mums usually know themselves when somethings just not right with a youngster.

A friend's GS was diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. Your GS has some of the same symptoms.
I hope the Dr can get to the bottom of it and that he recovers soon.

I had peritonitis aged four which left me infertile. The doctor just thought it was a tummy bug. That led to a blocked bowel and it was a close call. Not being alarmist but it's best to know what's really wrong.

Whenever we were sick (i.e. after vomiting) my mother would not let us eat for twenty-four hours and then she would only let us have dry biscuit (e.g. Rich Tea) or well-toasted white bread (the carbon is good for unsettled stomachs, apparently). She did give us fluids, including the much reviled Bengers food drink.

This was very hard for the child, I remember. I never resorted to it with my own kids, two of whom actually have very rarely had tummy bugs. DD1 did up to the age of six or so but she was like your GS, lucky, and wanted breakfast next morning.

Hope he shows some improvement this weekend. Worrying for it to go on so long.

She made us stay in bed too. No bouncing around.