6yrs old girl child, abdominal pain-periumbilical, lasting few minutes, 2-3 times a day for 2 months. one episode today lasting 2minutes with sweating and pallor. no vomiting, no diarrhoea. h/o mild constipation.deworming done 4 weeks ago. what could it be?what tests to do? d
This is a typical history of pain in a child of 6 years=Ultrasonography followed by CT scan and enterocolitis can help us to get a diagnosis. The probable causes can be intussuseptionInternal herniaVolvulusAll these cause acute pain with sweating and pallor. The pallor and sweating is indicative of an acute and severe nature of the problem.