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Suggest Remedy For Stomach Pain And Low Fever

My 6 year old daughter is complaining of her stomach and mainly her left side hurting. She has a low grade fever of about 100.5. This has been for 2 days now. She has been more whiney, and doesn t really want to do anything, even walking, because of her side hurting. It doesn t seem to be excruciating but just enough to bother her. This wouldn t be appendicitis since it s one the left side, could it?
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Thanks for putting up your query at HealtcareMagic. I am sorry that your little daughter is not doing well. Children become whiney or lathergic when they are ill and especially if there is an excruciating pain somewhere in the body. See seems to be suffering from an infection in her bowels although some more information is needed to be certain about it. For example information on her bowel habits and whether she is regularly passing stool, is important. If she is not passing stool regularly, it could easily be due to impaction of stool in the large bowels which are located in the left of the abdomen. On the other hand, if she is having diarrhea, it could be due to amoebiais, a condition wherein certain microbes affect the large bowels. That could also account for the fever of 100.5°F. Appendicitis seems less likely if there is no pain in the lower right portion of the abdomen. I would suggest that you visit a doctor who would be able to actually press his hands against the child's abdomen and obtain more information. Other parts of the body like the chest also needs to be looked into for probable sources of infection.
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Suggest Remedy For Stomach Pain And Low Fever

Thanks for putting up your query at HealtcareMagic. I am sorry that your little daughter is not doing well. Children become whiney or lathergic when they are ill and especially if there is an excruciating pain somewhere in the body. See seems to be suffering from an infection in her bowels although some more information is needed to be certain about it. For example information on her bowel habits and whether she is regularly passing stool, is important. If she is not passing stool regularly, it could easily be due to impaction of stool in the large bowels which are located in the left of the abdomen. On the other hand, if she is having diarrhea, it could be due to amoebiais, a condition wherein certain microbes affect the large bowels. That could also account for the fever of 100.5°F. Appendicitis seems less likely if there is no pain in the lower right portion of the abdomen. I would suggest that you visit a doctor who would be able to actually press his hands against the child s abdomen and obtain more information. Other parts of the body like the chest also needs to be looked into for probable sources of infection.