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Hello, My daughter is six years old. she has down syndrome. for the past 3 days she has not had a bowel movement, and is vomiting. she appears to have an excess of flem in her vomit. she wont eat anything, no fever, she tries to drink, but ends up throwing it up. she has some slight cold symptoms cough, and you can hear the flem in her throat when she breaths it gags her sometimes. do you have any idea what could be wrong? a flu with no fever? I noticed a very odd smell from her a couple times that may of been a sort of chemical smell. i was concerned that she got into somethjing but see no evidense of that.

 

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fleet supository for kids, glycolax perscribed by her doc

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October 15 2006 at 11:53 AM (12 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

Is she passing Flatus or gas ?
Any associated Abdominal Pain?
Any signs of Dehydration?
How many episodes of vomiting?
Is the vomiting Projectile?



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October 15 2006 at 12:02 PM (8 minutes and 32 seconds later)
         
Reply to Dr AMIT MUNJAL's Post: She appears to have a stomach ache, no gas that i can tell. shes is having wet diapers so i dont think she is dehydrated she also has tears. she will gag on flem in her troat and spit up a bit but this morning she had projectile vomiting. so one major episode and two small vomiting episodes. she appears to be failry miserable. she wont eat. will drink a little. which may or may not stay down.
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October 15 2006 at 12:08 PM (6 minutes and 1 second later)
         
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Hello,

Well the symptoms projectile Vomiting, Absence of Bowel movement for 3 days, stomach ache ,odour needs further evaluation to rule out sub acute intestinal Obstruction.
You should visit to ER for a clinical examination.A doctor will check her abdomen with a stethoscope to listen Bowel sounds.While listening to the abdomen with a stethoscope your health care provider may hear high-pitched bowel sounds at the onset of mechanical obstruction. If the obstruction has persisted for too long or the bowel has been significantly damaged, bowel sounds decrease, eventually becoming silent.

Check this link

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000260.htm



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