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Menu for diarrhea?
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message ... > > > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message > ... >> Ozgirl wrote: >>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> Angela is sick. I don't know what is going on. She restarted the >>>> Metformin and is now up to 2 pills per day. Will up it to 3 >>>> tomorrow. That will be 1,500. >>>> >>>> It started with diarrhea but I don't really think this is from the >>>> Metformin because she took that dose for many days with no problem. >>>> She was also very tired, cranky and had an ear ache, sore throat and >>>> runny nose >>>> >>>> She already had a Drs. appointment for the follow-up on her hand/arm >>>> twitch which had resolved. So we mentioned the other symptoms. >>>> >>>> Dr. said she had a slightly red and swollen ear and wasn't going to >>>> do anything about it. Said that things like this resolve on their >>>> own in kids her age. I pointed out that the last ear infection did >>>> not resolve itself. It started in May and kept going until June! >>>> >>>> So she prescribed Azytrhromycin but said not to give it to her unless >>>> she got a fever. I did anyway. But not right away. I waited 2 days >>>> until she was screaming with ear pain. I didn't actually take her >>>> temperature because I still do not have an accurate thermometer and >>>> refuse to keep buying them. I have bought dozens over the years. They >>>> will show us with a fever and then we will go to the Dr. and be >>>> found to have a normal temperature. Or they show us with no fever >>>> and the Dr. says we have one! Anyway she went from feeling chilled >>>> (it was a warm day) to sweating (and by then it had cooled off). She >>>> felt hot to the touch. So that was on Sunday. She was also >>>> sleeping a lot. I had to wake her. And she was going to bed early. >>>> Neither thing is like her. >>>> >>>> She missed school on Friday. I didn't really believe she was sick at >>>> first. She said she had diarrhea and complained of the ear, throat >>>> and runny nose. Got right back in bed and ate nothing that day but a >>>> few bites of cereal and only because I told her she had to eat >>>> something. Since then she has eaten little. Was having one bout of >>>> diarrhea a >>>> day. Seemed to resolve with a store brand Imodium. But then late >>>> last night she got up from bed, almost crying from stomach pain. Severe >>>> diarrhea! Took the maximum dose of the store brand Imodium >>>> which is 4 pills. First 2, then 1 then another 1. She stayed up, >>>> hovering over a bowl not sure which way she was going to get sick. I >>>> finally gave her a can of diet ginger ale and then she felt a bit >>>> better. I debated taking her to the Dr. again today but so far no >>>> diarrhea. >>>> However she says she does feel sick to her stomach. >>>> >>>> Her Endo. is not in on Tuesdays. Apparently he is there early in the >>>> morning for some kind of appointment but then he leaves. I don't >>>> know if he does surgery or what but he does not answer calls today. So >>>> I didn't bother trying to call to see if this stomach stuff could >>>> be from the Metformin. But the family practitioner she saw didn't >>>> seem to think so. Her pediatrician was booked up so she saw another >>>> Dr. She really hasn't been eating much. She had some gluten free fish >>>> sticks for breakfast and I made her a small amount of plain white >>>> rice for lunch. Neither of these things are low carb, I know. We >>>> may have some yogurt. Not sure but if we do it will be the flavored >>>> kind. She won't eat plain. I am not sure about giving her toast. She >>>> can't eat regular bread. Normally she eats some made of corn >>>> flour which would be bad. I just got the new order. There is some >>>> made of tapioca. Would that work for her problem? I do have a few >>>> slices of some mixed grain, high fiber stuff. I know that would be >>>> bad. We do have all kinds of applesauce. No bananas in the house. >>>> I do have a couple of chicken breasts I could cook, plenty of canned >>>> chicken, chicken broth and also rice pasta. >>>> >>>> At this point I think I am going to worry less about carbs and just >>>> try to get her well. Because of her missing 3 days of school she is >>>> now flunking history because she missed a test. They are making it >>>> super hard this year for kids who are absent to make up work! Her >>>> math teacher was putting their assignments online but then she >>>> suddenly stopped. So I don't know if she was sick or what. Angela >>>> said tons of kids have been sick. >>>> >>>> So what do you eat when you have diarrhea? Assuming you normally eat >>>> low carb . >>> >>> My mother always gave us grated apple. FWIW none of my kids, even as >>> teenagers have ever thrown off an ear infection by themselves. My 16 >>> year old has had two in the past few months with a heavy cold. Every >>> cold we seem to get lately comes with upset stomach as well. Avoid >>> yoghurt, toast should be ok. Things like milk products and fats often >>> make stomach upsets worse and more prolonged. I usually stop all >>> medications when I have upset stomach as well. >>> >>> Before antibiotics ear infections often led to mastoiditis. Why would >>> a doctor think that process has changed? >> >> I wasn't sure about the yogurt because they usually tell her to eat it >> with the antibiotics. > > Which is ok usually but with diarrhoea it can exacerbate it. I like > probiotic capsules. I've been giving her those too. |
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