Looking for information or guidance. We have a 9yo boy that has had stomach pain for 4 months. He describes it as pressure right at the belly button. His symptoms include: pressure, nausea, loss of appetite, constipation.
The symptoms are present everyday but do flare causing symptoms to be worse. The flares can happen at anytime but definitely after eating & car rides.
When doing a endoscopy BGH was found. We are trying to find the root cause of these glands to be hyperactive and so far have only managed to wrack up thousands of dollars in medical bills & our sweet 9 year old is still in pain everyday.
A little background: in March he was diagnosed with a histamine disorder, we chose to use supreme nutrition herbs to aid in gut healing. Since he was a baby he has never had a normal stool and has battled with skid marks his entire life. He’s struggled with rashes around his mouth, on his elbows & knees. He often get stye’s in his eyes & canker sores. He also has tics, some are verbal & some non verbal. Along with chronic congestion.
In March we pulled gluten & dairy from his diet & the rashes, chronic congestion, styes, canker sores & tics have since improved. The end of April is when his stomach pain began and he went from pooping daily to constipated. However, looking at the skid marks we wonder if he’s been chronically constipated his entire life and since removed his trigger foods his body is now relearning how to have a normal bowel movement. But how does the Brunner Gland Hyperplasia fit in? What could be the root cause? Is this all apart of the healing process or is there an underlying condition and if so, where do we go from here? From a GI standpoint BGH is a normal finding but all my research shows is actually rare & typically a response to something else going on. We are desperate to help our boy and are hoping this might bring some light and help us find him some relief.