12 yr. old child w/daily AM diarrhea

[tredy1]

Hello,

My 12 year-old battles diarrhea almost on a daily basis. We can't seem to track a consistant food cause from his diet the day before. It happens upon awakening and lasts until he can't go anymore.

We've taken him to a Children's GE Dr. and had extensive testing via endoscopy, and colonoscopy, stool samples, etc. We've tried Rx such as Ammodium to no consistant success. Sometimes it does nothing.

Also, he does take a daily prescription for ADD and nightly Prilosec for Asophogial reflux. (discovered via endoscopy) We aslo supplement with a daily OTC fiber tablet. The Prilosec seems to help the morning IBS because it is definitely worse and more frequent when the Prilosec is overlooked the noght before.

We guess this problem may be related to the stress and anxiety of readying for the day. He is a CD student in special education with other anxiety related behaviors and is also physically impaired with a right side hypertonation. So the morning routine is nothing close to routine.

We would appreciate any directional help on this.

Thanks.

[beentrying2quit]

What type of test did the doctor do for Celiac?  The reason I ask is the test for Celiac has a high rate false-negatives.  The most accurate way to test for this is a biposy of the small colon and I'm not sure they would do that procedure on a 12 yr old.

[tredy1]

Thanks for your comments. I believe we had him tested for Celiacs Disease and he is diagnosed with a dairy protein allergy. He does not have dairy in his diet at all.

The thing that perplexes us the most is why only in the morning when waking up?

Doesn't a pervasive disease affect always?

My son has normal BM's later in the day.

Thanks again for the post.

[beentrying2quit]

Not sure if you have read any other posts I have made but I would suggets having your doc test for Celiacs Disease and lactose intollerance.  Celiacs disease is commonly misdiagnosed as IBS because doctors really dont know what it is.  Celiac is a disease where the body no longer tollerates a substance called Gluten..it also very common for people with this disease to also be lactose intollerant.  

Diarrhea is a common symptom for both problems but most docs dont even think to check for either situation.  I suffered from this for over 5 years before I had to demand my GI doc test for them.

The good news is if this is the problem all you have to do is quit eating wheat products such as bread, cereal, pasta, etc.  It is also found in items such as ketchup, salad dressing, pescription drugs and multi vitamins...this is a MAJOR LIFE CHANGE.

Let me know how this goes and I hope your son gets to feeling better.