Scary illness but seems to have passed

[Anonymous]

Middle of the night last night my nine-year-old came in woke me up complaining of stomach pain. I took him to the bathroom and had him sit down and he almost passed out. He was clammy, and collapsing practically, but kept saying his stomach hurt really bad. Once I turn the light on and get a good look at him, I saw his skin was greenish yellow in color. I was freaked out because he was OUT of it, and I thought he would pass out at any moment. He finally ended up going to the bathroom, almost filled the entire toilet with a bowel movement. I had him lay on the floor and put his feet up to elevate. Got better gradually, but it took about an hour before I felt comfortable enough to put him back to bed. I fully expected to call 911 for that hour.
It was very scary, but I’m glad he seems OK today. I kept him home from school just for observation, but he ate pretty normally and had a normal bowel movement. I’ve been researching the greenish/yellow color of skin — cannot find anything that explains that.
Anyone have insight?

[Anonymous]

Call tour pediatrician

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I emailed but it takes 48 hours to get a response. Usually longer.

[Anonymous]

This wouldn't freak me out at all. Bodies do weird things. Airway, breathing and circulation were all fine. His stomach hurt and then he took a big poop. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This wouldn't freak me out at all. Bodies do weird things. Airway, breathing and circulation were all fine. His stomach hurt and then he took a big poop. No big deal.

That’s exactly what my husband said. I was just really thrown off by the color of his skin.
-OP

[Anonymous]

Call the pediatrician…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This wouldn't freak me out at all. Bodies do weird things. Airway, breathing and circulation were all fine. His stomach hurt and then he took a big poop. No big deal.

+1. I can now easily recognize when I'm going to vomit or have diarrhea. Its frustrating when kids can't yet vocalize this.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if there was some pressure on nerves/blood vessels from such a large poop. Like the vagus nerve?

[Anonymous]

I would follow-up with the pediatrician.

The skin color is an unusual symptom. Maybe run some bloodwork.

[Anonymous]

Vasovagal. I have had this happen before. I am always totally fine after feeling like death for a short time period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I emailed but it takes 48 hours to get a response. Usually longer.

Why don't you call? I usually get an answer within an hour or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would follow-up with the pediatrician. The skin color is an unusual symptom. Maybe run some bloodwork.

Total overreaction.

[Anonymous]

You people are nuts. Nearly passing out and changing colors is not normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would follow-up with the pediatrician. The skin color is an unusual symptom. Maybe run some bloodwork.

Total overreaction.

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Sadly no. My daughter had very mild, easy-to-miss symptoms which led to a diagnosis for a chronic and severe disease.

But maybe what you mean to say is that it's rare for a child to have something serious. Yes, it is. But OP can always follow up. The pediatrician won't laugh at her - they have the rare cases on their list of patients.