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Gastric outlet obstruction: Worried about my 6 year old
About Kids & Teens | Last Active: Oct 5 4:22pm | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
@rnmom26, you must be so worried about your son. I'm glad that you followed your mom's intuition and persisted in getting answers. You will be in good hands at Mayo Clinic's Children Center.
Here is some information from Mayo Clinic on
- Pyloric stenosis https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pyloric-stenosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351416
- Intestinal obstruction https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/intestinal-obstruction/symptoms-causes/syc-20351460
@rnmom26, I've added your question to the Digestive Health support group as well as the About Kids group and am tagging @astaingegerdm and @jmmb who may have experiences to share and support to offer.
How are you keeping your son comfortable until he can be seen by a specialist? How are YOU doing?
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@colleenyoung - thank you! He's doing well on a pureed diet but is a little tired of it after 2.5 weeks. But it has kept his abdominal pain and vomiting at bay thankfully.
I'm feeling a little defeated at this process - trying to be patient 🙂
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@rnmom26
I hope you get your Mayo referral soon. It must be stressful to see your son vomiting so often without a diagnosis.
It’s true that pyloric stenosis is more common in infants- especially boys- but one should not dismiss the possibility just because it’s so rare in older children.
Mayo is a perfect place for him.
There may be other causes why the pyloric muscle is tight in an older child but surgery would relieve the stenosis just as in an infant.
Is your son able to tolerate liquid nutrition such as Ensure?