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Chronic tiredness
by ellie16, Apr 23, 2008 06:50AM
My 15year old daughter had a very severe appendectomy in 2006, this involved a large absess on her appendix engulfing her right ovary. She seemed to bounce back well and was back playing football, playing her violin in an orchestra, athletics etc etc, soon. However since then she has had bouts of sore throats and stomach pains. Recently, she has had an impacated bowel and is still having trouble with constipation. However, my main concerns are that she is now continually tired, it can take upto 3 hours to get her out of bed in the morning, tingling pains in her chest and her arms. Joint pain in her wrists, stomach and back pains. She is dizzy and has lack of concentration. She has not been at school now for 3months, as she just can't get the energy to do anything!!
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I'm sorry to hear what happened. The impacted bowel can be due to post-operative adhesions. The lining of the abdominal cavity, called peritoneum, can adhere to one another after an operation that can cause some form of intestinal obstruction. Regarding the chronic tiredness, it is very hard to ascertain the cause as well as pinpointing the reason for her present pains. These may or may not be related to her previous surgery. I suggest you have her evaluated thoroughly by her physician and have all the necessary work ups done.
Hope you and her doctors can get to the bottom of this soon. Regards...