My son has all of the signs and symptoms of appendicitis. I took him to our regular physician yesterday and he said that we had caught it in time that antibiotics would take care of it. We started the antibiotic last night. The doctor said if the pain continued to take him to the ER, so we did. The emergency room doctor ordered a CT scan and it came back clear. Not sure where to go from here. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. From your query, it looks like your son is having an acute investigated for which he was investigated thoroughly and all reports (including CT scan came as normal). This will naturally worry you as a parent. There can be many medical situations that can be mimicking acute appendicitis. Some of them are1. Syphilitic (inflammation of intestine)2. Mesenteric lymphadenopathy3. Epidemic appendagitis4. Kidney stones (this would surely have been seen on CT scan)5. Acute gastroenteritisHence we must also think of above problems while ruling out acute appendicitis. CT scan is an accurate investigation for diagnosis of acute appendicitis. You may allow the course of antibiotics to be complete and report any further symptoms to your doctor. Hope this helps.