Post by charlie on Jun 21, 2006 17:08:49 GMT -5
Haven't been on this board for a long time and am amazed how much it has grown. Received email from someone which has prompted me to update here incase anyone else thinks this may apply to them.
megs is now 3 1/2 and things got progressively worse over winter so started pestering docs etc and managed to see pediatrician again with her. By now sleeping problem was becoming more consistent and a clearer pattern was developing with sometimes screaming for hours between 11pm and 3 am and seemed related to how much fruit or sugar she had had. She would then be very restless until 5 ish then settle. They tested and diagnosed helicobacter pylori which was causing ulceration in her stomach. She had two week course of 2 antibiotics and an antacid and she is now sleeping beautifully and settling well at night. At last. They will retest her in 1 month to see if it has gone. They do it by a fasting breath test then she had to drink 200mls of fresh orange juice and retest after 20 mins. She can now tolerate a certain level of fruit and veg and sugar so may not be HFI after all but some lesser prob.
megs is now 3 1/2 and things got progressively worse over winter so started pestering docs etc and managed to see pediatrician again with her. By now sleeping problem was becoming more consistent and a clearer pattern was developing with sometimes screaming for hours between 11pm and 3 am and seemed related to how much fruit or sugar she had had. She would then be very restless until 5 ish then settle. They tested and diagnosed helicobacter pylori which was causing ulceration in her stomach. She had two week course of 2 antibiotics and an antacid and she is now sleeping beautifully and settling well at night. At last. They will retest her in 1 month to see if it has gone. They do it by a fasting breath test then she had to drink 200mls of fresh orange juice and retest after 20 mins. She can now tolerate a certain level of fruit and veg and sugar so may not be HFI after all but some lesser prob.
