My daughter 7, who is 48lbs has been having constant abdominal pain for the last 21 days started at her belly button moved to her right side and is now back at her belly button. She feels better after laying down for awhile and napping, or with eating crackers. She normally runs between 97.6 and 98.4 but she has been running in the 99s. She doesnt nap but has been sleeping for hours every day after I pick her up from the school and still going to bed at 8p. It doesnt make it better or worse when she eats, or eats certain types of foods. She has had allergy tests done and only showed an allergy to dust not even pollens or pet dander, I can not find a trigger to when it gets worse and when it gets better, however the laying down and crackers do work.  The 3 ER visits, and 3 trips to the Drs has given us know answers. A CT, Ultrasound, urine and blood panels done, all with normal results. She is going to school but they then call to pick her up because she is not doing well. She has made a total of 5 whole days in the last 3 weeks and only because she says she tries to ignore the pain as much as she can. No emotional issues, no bullying, she loves school and wants to be there. Her last ER visit the Dr prescribed her 1/2 tsp every 8hrs of Donnatal Elixer to take to see if it helped. Sometimes it helps sometimes it doesnt. However I am concerned with giving it to her as I read the info that says in children use extreme caution.  WWW.WWWW.WW Not saying it is Appendicitis that she has but 3 years ago I had the same exact symptoms as her, pain that was constant but would get better and worse, in and out of ERs, Drs, and Specialists with all test showing normal for a month. I was run through the ringer, even after being admitted to the hospital after a month of this, they still ran a weeks worth of tests before deciding to go in and do exploratory surgery. They said I had appendicitis, in fact, they said it had ruptured and resealed itself, and pathology of it said the appendix was completely obliterated. Is there anyway the same thing can being going on with my daughter? Would the Donnatal mask the symptoms of Appendicitis? Is that even safe for her to take? Is there other ways besides surgery I could try to eliminate it being appendicitis or even treating it, preferably naturally with out use of pharmaceutical medicines. What other things could it be, I know abdominal pain is associated with so many different health problems. Any feedback or suggestions that I could take to her Drs would be great, she has a referral to go se a Pediatric GI, just waiting for that to go through.  Thank you for your time!
Thank you for the question. I would suggest visit to pediatric gases. She requires colonoscopy to detect any inflammatory disease of bowels or polyps or diverticulitis etc. Appendix may be normal or would have showed in ultrasound, you may repeat it for it and abdomen as a whole for kidney, ureter also. Chat Doctor.  Can be given twice or thrice a day for 5 days 60 mg in three divided doses. Also stool examination should be done for Guardians and other microbes, worms. There is no harm if since dose of zen tel is given