Concerns regarding 5 year old sons behaviour, eating, headaches and tummy pains

[teshatate]

My son is 5 and for the past 3 years his diet has become very little to none. He does not like meat of any sort, no veggies. His basic diet consists of Strawberries, Blueberries, grill cheese, baked fries, mini cheese pizza, yogurt, toast and cream cheese or bagels. I try to get him to eat different things but once he gets it in his mouth and chews he throws up every time literally. For the past 2 years he has complained of tummy pains anywhere from his bellybutton to his right him and sometimes if you push on it he says it hurts. The doc has pushed it as constipated but he has anywhere from 2-4 bowel movements a day and they are soft or loose not hard. He has also been complaining of headaches for the past 3 weeks and the pain vary's and so does the location of the headache. I had his eyes tested and he has 20/20 vision. He has not been a happy boy for the past three years and no one takes me seriously so I thought I would try this. He is also a loner he likes to be alone and do his own thing add another child in and he gets angry and distraught.  

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Yes, as long as he is developing normally the issue of what he is eating does not have to be a major focus. The headaches require further evaluation. It is very unusal for a child so young to be troubled by headaches.

[teshatate]

No doctor has just said it is constipation and he is growing well in height and weight stays even. So diet is okay as long as he grows? What about the headaches this is becoming an issue at school as the noise levels increase we becomes irritated and covers his ears and tells the teacher that his head hurts more from the noise.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Relative to his diet, the major issue is whether he is growing at a normal rate. If so you don't really have to worry about that.

Relative to his GI issues, it would make sense for him to be evaluated by a pediatric gastroenterologist. Request such a referral (if you need a referral) from his primary care doctor, and respectfully disagree if the doctor tries to persuade you otherwise. All may be OK,  as the doctor suggests, but it makes perfect sense to cover all the bases. The fact that he has bowel movements itself does not indicate that he is not constipated - he may be. It sounds counterintuitive, but if his bowels are impacted it could be the cause of his discomfort. Dis his doctor order a KUB to check out the constipation issue?