14 yr male unexplained ab pain

[elizabethg03]

my 14 year old nephew keeps getting stomach pains docs have done blood tests, scans, endoscopy, colonoscopy,  has been checked for gall bladder chrones dx gerd my sister was told all negative all that was found is an unexplained tear in the abdominal wall which should heal with prilosec ,  no luck.. still has pain he describes the pain  on the right side flank pain. he has had rapid weight loss  constipation. no blood in stool clear urine   docs ruled out so much stuff  H pilory  neg,  looks weak  but at times is active he skate boards so he is active .yes he has had his spleen checked neg,  .kid keeps getting in trouble been told he is lying to stay out of school. poor kid is getting angry and is now a bit rebellious i would to .... he seems to get pain early morning and at night.. he doubles over and crys  been to the ER many times ..now my sister has taken him to a hoolistic medicine man  .  we shall see what happens... pls help any other testing or suggestions on possible tests to ask for will help thank you..

[arthurmchugh]

i had a gallbladder removal,2 kidney stone surgeries,2 x ct scans ,colono and gastroscopy and blood tests to check my kidney and liver functions and nothing....until i googled and ask the doc to check for gluten intollerance

[patient915]

What I'm saying is that I'm pretty sure your doctor meant hernia when he said abdominal tear.  A virus would not cause this.

[elizabethg03]

doctor never mentioned a hernia at all .she was told  the abdominal tear may have been caused by a virus .. biopsies were done all neg.. she is waiting for a referral approval to Stanford..  he does have occasional silent seizures EEG confirmed this.he was getting episodes of confusion and would space out for about ten seconds and would get very emotional after them he had an episode at my place and i asked my sister to have him checked for seizures I am an  ncv tech so i see a lot of neuro issues..    whats also concerning is in march he weighed 165 now he is 120 scans show constipation. which was treated . other than that she is keeping a log of symptoms and  occurrence..so i figure if others experience similar symtoms i can get more info..  

[patient915]

I'm thinking that the doctor may have meant a hernia (for example a hiatal hernia) when he said "unexplaned tear in the abdominal wall".  This would be a good thing to clarify.  Did he have biopsies of his esophagus during the endoscopy?

[elizabethg03]

my sister just mentioned the doctor said his esophagus was inflamed she is frustrated. with not having a dx..

[elizabethg03]

thank you for your response  he had an endoscopy .. they never mentioned a hernia is that a possibility? what type of hernia could it be if so ?

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  With what test was he diagnosed with an "unexplained tear in the abdominal wall" that the doctors thought could be fixed with prilosec?  Does he have a hernia?