12yr old girl mesenteric adenitis

[racquette]

my12 yr old daughter has been diagnosed with mesenteric adenitis. i would like to know if left untreated how much worse does it get?last week in ultrasoundfrom hospital showed enlarged lympnodes. go home takepanadol this work paineven worse back at hospital repeatultrasound shows the number of enlargedlymph nodes double and she has deteriated. go home take panadol dont bring her back unless she has fever, cant walk, is passing bloodin either urine or stool or still has pain after another3to4 weeks. idont realy understand how the hospitalcan see in black and white with the proof that she is getting worse not better and dontwant to help her. is there any conditions or problems i should know about to have her tested for that the number of lymphnode enlarged are rising as well as the contnued worsenning of abdominpain?

[CalGal]

In this condition, mesenteric (lymph)adenitis, the lymph nodes in a membrane that attaches her intestine to her abdominal wall have become inflamed. The inflammation is usually the result of an intestinal infection. The condition typically occurs mainly in children and teens and can often mimic the signs and symptoms of appendicitis. Unlike appendicitis, however, mesenteric adenitis is seldom serious and clears on its own in a few days or weeks. It's suggested that it typically starts due to a virus, however, it can also have bacterial causes and it's when the cause is bacterial that it can be more problematic.

You may want to take her to your own physician if you'd like to have further testing done.

[Mitch5]

I was diagnosed with chronic mesenteric adenitis in 2000. I had severe abdominal pain, they did a CAT SCAN and found it. I had diarrhea for two weeks as well. I STILL have mesenteric adenitis, matter of fact, even without active symptoms coming from my adenitis. However, mine is due to having Selective IgA Deficiency. It's an immunodeficiency and I guess I have had it since birth, my niece as it too so it's genetic. Apparently when you are deficient in IgA and IgA is really needed in the gut, you are set up to get more infections, inflammation and other disturbances. It explains my GI problems since birth.

Anyway, the point is the two most common causes of mesenteric adenitis are infection (and it's really, really common in children) or an immunodeficiency like the one I have. Mesenteric adenitis is not serious but it sure can be annoying, and as you can see, it comes in different forms, acute or chronic. In my case mine started out acute but turned chronic but that was due to IgA Deficiency. If I was a betting person and if it's solely due to an infection with your child then it will clear in its own in time. Could take a month or two even. But it will get better and it is certainly not life threatening.

[CalGal]

Mitch, I know IgA deficiency can be genetic and caused by a number of things, but are you sure you're not celiac? I hope you know that the tests for celiac can be notoriously unreliable. If you're experiencing autoimmnue issues along with everything else, it might be illuminating to find out what would happen if you tried a gluten-free diet. Celiac genes appear to be involved in a number of different GI (and other) issues including celiac problems.