What Causes Pain In The Lower Left Side Of A Child?

Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2016

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Question : 6 year old female came home from school complaing of lower left middle pain...Child states that she hasn't been punched,hit,pushed or touched in any way.Child hasn't had any surgeries and is in perfectly good health.Child states that pain doesn't occur each time that she moves just certain ways.Thanks in advance

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be due to gastritis

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone carefully through your query and understand your concerns. A clinical examination is essential in identifying the cause of the pain. But from what I can make out from the details provided, the child most likely has gastritis. This often happens when children have long gaps between meals (especially with respect to the long gap at night, before breakfast). If that is the case, taking Lanzol Junior (lansoprazole) tablet once daily before breakfast once daily should help in taking care of the situation. She also needs to make sure to take small amounts of food (at least biscuits) at limited intervals (possibly every 2 hours). In case of pain, taking some antacid liquid should help.

Try the given suggestions. If resolution occurs, it is fine. If not, it would be a good idea to see a doctor.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar