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SandyCheeks

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My eight year old is constantly complaining of her stomach hurting. This is nothing new- has been going on for years. I took her to the doc last month and they decided to run a sweat chloride test just because my older dd is waiting to have the ambry test run. It came back high normal. So I am trying to figure out if her belly pain could be a result of CF? It could be months before we have my older childs results (waiting for insurance approval).

We have run every test I can think of over the years to try to figure this out. For years we have ignored her complaints. She does have trachial malasia (floppy airway)and silent reflux (treated with a PPI). I did manage to get her to let me look at her BM recently and it was a floater (sorry TMI), but not greasy or oily. She looks very thin, but is 40% for wt and 75 for height. She will go for days with only eating minimally when she is in pain, then one day she will wake up feeling okay and eat again like crazy.

Does anyone have any clue if this could be a symptom of PI?

Sandy
 
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SandyCheeks

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My eight year old is constantly complaining of her stomach hurting. This is nothing new- has been going on for years. I took her to the doc last month and they decided to run a sweat chloride test just because my older dd is waiting to have the ambry test run. It came back high normal. So I am trying to figure out if her belly pain could be a result of CF? It could be months before we have my older childs results (waiting for insurance approval).

We have run every test I can think of over the years to try to figure this out. For years we have ignored her complaints. She does have trachial malasia (floppy airway)and silent reflux (treated with a PPI). I did manage to get her to let me look at her BM recently and it was a floater (sorry TMI), but not greasy or oily. She looks very thin, but is 40% for wt and 75 for height. She will go for days with only eating minimally when she is in pain, then one day she will wake up feeling okay and eat again like crazy.

Does anyone have any clue if this could be a symptom of PI?

Sandy
 
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SandyCheeks

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My eight year old is constantly complaining of her stomach hurting. This is nothing new- has been going on for years. I took her to the doc last month and they decided to run a sweat chloride test just because my older dd is waiting to have the ambry test run. It came back high normal. So I am trying to figure out if her belly pain could be a result of CF? It could be months before we have my older childs results (waiting for insurance approval).

We have run every test I can think of over the years to try to figure this out. For years we have ignored her complaints. She does have trachial malasia (floppy airway)and silent reflux (treated with a PPI). I did manage to get her to let me look at her BM recently and it was a floater (sorry TMI), but not greasy or oily. She looks very thin, but is 40% for wt and 75 for height. She will go for days with only eating minimally when she is in pain, then one day she will wake up feeling okay and eat again like crazy.

Does anyone have any clue if this could be a symptom of PI?

Sandy
 
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SandyCheeks

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My eight year old is constantly complaining of her stomach hurting. This is nothing new- has been going on for years. I took her to the doc last month and they decided to run a sweat chloride test just because my older dd is waiting to have the ambry test run. It came back high normal. So I am trying to figure out if her belly pain could be a result of CF? It could be months before we have my older childs results (waiting for insurance approval).

We have run every test I can think of over the years to try to figure this out. For years we have ignored her complaints. She does have trachial malasia (floppy airway)and silent reflux (treated with a PPI). I did manage to get her to let me look at her BM recently and it was a floater (sorry TMI), but not greasy or oily. She looks very thin, but is 40% for wt and 75 for height. She will go for days with only eating minimally when she is in pain, then one day she will wake up feeling okay and eat again like crazy.

Does anyone have any clue if this could be a symptom of PI?

Sandy
 
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SandyCheeks

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My eight year old is constantly complaining of her stomach hurting. This is nothing new- has been going on for years. I took her to the doc last month and they decided to run a sweat chloride test just because my older dd is waiting to have the ambry test run. It came back high normal. So I am trying to figure out if her belly pain could be a result of CF? It could be months before we have my older childs results (waiting for insurance approval).
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<br />We have run every test I can think of over the years to try to figure this out. For years we have ignored her complaints. She does have trachial malasia (floppy airway)and silent reflux (treated with a PPI). I did manage to get her to let me look at her BM recently and it was a floater (sorry TMI), but not greasy or oily. She looks very thin, but is 40% for wt and 75 for height. She will go for days with only eating minimally when she is in pain, then one day she will wake up feeling okay and eat again like crazy.
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<br />Does anyone have any clue if this could be a symptom of PI?
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<br />Sandy
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TwistedTanya

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Sounds like it to me. I know when I have forgotten to take my enzymes in the past that I would get stomach aches. Having a floating stool usually indicates that the nutrients aren't being absorbed. I'm no professional though but that's what I know from my experiences. Hope you get things figured out.
 
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TwistedTanya

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Sounds like it to me. I know when I have forgotten to take my enzymes in the past that I would get stomach aches. Having a floating stool usually indicates that the nutrients aren't being absorbed. I'm no professional though but that's what I know from my experiences. Hope you get things figured out.
 
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TwistedTanya

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Sounds like it to me. I know when I have forgotten to take my enzymes in the past that I would get stomach aches. Having a floating stool usually indicates that the nutrients aren't being absorbed. I'm no professional though but that's what I know from my experiences. Hope you get things figured out.
 
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TwistedTanya

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Sounds like it to me. I know when I have forgotten to take my enzymes in the past that I would get stomach aches. Having a floating stool usually indicates that the nutrients aren't being absorbed. I'm no professional though but that's what I know from my experiences. Hope you get things figured out.
 
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TwistedTanya

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Sounds like it to me. I know when I have forgotten to take my enzymes in the past that I would get stomach aches. Having a floating stool usually indicates that the nutrients aren't being absorbed. I'm no professional though but that's what I know from my experiences. Hope you get things figured out.
 
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Stacia

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My daughter was just diagnosed about 4 months ago with CF. That was our trigger to have her tested. She would get the belly aches whenever she would eat just about anything. The enzymes really help, but that is my question to anyone out there. We have been taking the enzymes for about four months now and we still have our fair share of belly aches. We are still very new to all of this and wonder if that is normal.
 
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Stacia

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My daughter was just diagnosed about 4 months ago with CF. That was our trigger to have her tested. She would get the belly aches whenever she would eat just about anything. The enzymes really help, but that is my question to anyone out there. We have been taking the enzymes for about four months now and we still have our fair share of belly aches. We are still very new to all of this and wonder if that is normal.
 
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Stacia

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My daughter was just diagnosed about 4 months ago with CF. That was our trigger to have her tested. She would get the belly aches whenever she would eat just about anything. The enzymes really help, but that is my question to anyone out there. We have been taking the enzymes for about four months now and we still have our fair share of belly aches. We are still very new to all of this and wonder if that is normal.
 
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Stacia

Guest
My daughter was just diagnosed about 4 months ago with CF. That was our trigger to have her tested. She would get the belly aches whenever she would eat just about anything. The enzymes really help, but that is my question to anyone out there. We have been taking the enzymes for about four months now and we still have our fair share of belly aches. We are still very new to all of this and wonder if that is normal.
 
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Stacia

Guest
My daughter was just diagnosed about 4 months ago with CF. That was our trigger to have her tested. She would get the belly aches whenever she would eat just about anything. The enzymes really help, but that is my question to anyone out there. We have been taking the enzymes for about four months now and we still have our fair share of belly aches. We are still very new to all of this and wonder if that is normal.
 
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zeeannie

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This is in the "belly aches" topic, but my DD is lactose intolerant in addition to everything else. She takes lactase pills with dairy foods, and drinks lactose free milk. No more stomach problems. We just assumed her tummyaches were just standard CF tummyaches even tho she was taking the proper amount of enzymes, but her GI doc suggested testing for lactose intolerance. It's a very time consuming test, so if you try taking the lactase pills (they're OTC) for a little while, you might have your answer w/o the test.
 
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zeeannie

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This is in the "belly aches" topic, but my DD is lactose intolerant in addition to everything else. She takes lactase pills with dairy foods, and drinks lactose free milk. No more stomach problems. We just assumed her tummyaches were just standard CF tummyaches even tho she was taking the proper amount of enzymes, but her GI doc suggested testing for lactose intolerance. It's a very time consuming test, so if you try taking the lactase pills (they're OTC) for a little while, you might have your answer w/o the test.
 
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zeeannie

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This is in the "belly aches" topic, but my DD is lactose intolerant in addition to everything else. She takes lactase pills with dairy foods, and drinks lactose free milk. No more stomach problems. We just assumed her tummyaches were just standard CF tummyaches even tho she was taking the proper amount of enzymes, but her GI doc suggested testing for lactose intolerance. It's a very time consuming test, so if you try taking the lactase pills (they're OTC) for a little while, you might have your answer w/o the test.
 
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zeeannie

Guest
This is in the "belly aches" topic, but my DD is lactose intolerant in addition to everything else. She takes lactase pills with dairy foods, and drinks lactose free milk. No more stomach problems. We just assumed her tummyaches were just standard CF tummyaches even tho she was taking the proper amount of enzymes, but her GI doc suggested testing for lactose intolerance. It's a very time consuming test, so if you try taking the lactase pills (they're OTC) for a little while, you might have your answer w/o the test.
 
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zeeannie

Guest
This is in the "belly aches" topic, but my DD is lactose intolerant in addition to everything else. She takes lactase pills with dairy foods, and drinks lactose free milk. No more stomach problems. We just assumed her tummyaches were just standard CF tummyaches even tho she was taking the proper amount of enzymes, but her GI doc suggested testing for lactose intolerance. It's a very time consuming test, so if you try taking the lactase pills (they're OTC) for a little while, you might have your answer w/o the test.
 
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