What doctor for a not-pregnant kid with "morning sickness"?

[Anonymous]

If you’re thinking it could be blood sugar, you can get a test kit at CVS for about $30-40

It’s SUPER easy, you just need to be willing able to use the included lancet device to get a drop of blood. If you do the side of the finder (not finger pad) it will hurt less. I’d test the parents first just to get the hang of it and it’s really no big deal. Just crank the lancet to setting # 5, press the button and let the test strip ‘drink’ the blood droplet.

I’d do a fasting blood sugar at waking and maybe also before he walks out the door.

A reading below 70 or 80 might be a possible contributor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps there's an attention-seeking aspect to the naseau?
Given the weird title of your post (you couldn't have just said "15 yr old with daily naseau" ?) the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

No! No! No! My 17 year old also has this. I tell him to stay away from sugar, dairy and fried foods. I emphasize the importance of eating healthy protein. Getting enough sleep is also crucial. This used to happen to me as well and it is no fun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So no other odd symptoms - weught loss, fainting, dizzy, headache?

The vomitting triggered by motion is sort of understandable especially if dh was similar as a teen, BUT the vomiting and naseau daily(!) is not normal. Does it happen only during the school year?

OP here. He doesn't have any of those symptoms. Just the time-sensitive nausea. It only happens on school days, and only when he gets up early enough to catch the bus (which suggests something psychological but he likes riding the bus, so I think it is more the getting up early that is the issue).

But there’s also the overarching sensitivity to motion, like with long car rides, right? The mornings he misses the bus - does he get there by quick car ride (and no nausea)? What happens in the afternoon, commute-wise?

If the common denominator for nausea is travel by school bus or long travel by car, then maybe it’s an equilibrium issue. And maybe the vomiting en route to the bus is (subconscious) anticipatory nausea for the upcoming bus trip.

Or…like everyone else already said, he he just needs a protein bar. 😁

He definitely has a strong sensitivity to motion. My sister drove him to the grocery store 15 minutes away last week and he had to throw up once he got there. It's crazy. But it's also not a new thing so probably a red herring. He tells me that it only happens on bus days but it starts before he gets on the bus, which is strange because on some of those days, he is not sleeping in but rather goes in late to get in a morning study session or finish something up. My theory on the difference is that on bus days he gets up and there is an immediate flurry of activity to get ready for school, and on the days when he gets up at the same time but doesn't get on the bus, he is sitting quietly working on something so he "eases into" his day more. When he sleeps in, he's fine.

[Anonymous]

Neurologist.

The answer to your question is gastroenterologist and then also neurologist. Neurologist will check a brain MRI with and without contrast and if that is clear (and there’s no GI cause identified) this is very possibly a pediatric migraine phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

As the parent of a teen son, I also rejoice when he wakes up every day not-pregnant.

[Anonymous]

What are his pooping habits? Does the nausea come on suddenly? I have a very sensitive GI system and minutes before I get the urge to poop, I get a wave of nausea. My GI doctor said some people are sensitive to their colon contracting at certain times.

[Anonymous]

Dies he gave psychological issues about going to school ?

[Anonymous]

My BIL had morning nausea and vomiting every morning when he was in elementary. He's in his 60s now and he explained to me that he felt very stressed. He was living in a country on the brink of war, and he was overfed by his mother who dismissed all his complaints and was determined to bring up her children in a no-nonsense way. Essentially, his worries and fears went unheard, and his response to that pressure was to vomit.

Maybe there was also a physical cause, but none that he's found yet. To this day, he resents his mother for not being sensitive to his needs. MIL just laughs it off and say that she was a first time mother and was doing the best she could - shortly thereafter, she and her kids became war refugees to escape the war.

I'm telling you this story to make you feel better, even though you don't have a diagnosis yet. You trying your best to get your son the right medical care. He's in good hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neurologist.

The answer to your question is gastroenterologist and then also neurologist. Neurologist will check a brain MRI with and without contrast and if that is clear (and there’s no GI cause identified) this is very possibly a pediatric migraine phenomenon.

This ^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neurologist.

The answer to your question is gastroenterologist and then also neurologist. Neurologist will check a brain MRI with and without contrast and if that is clear (and there’s no GI cause identified) this is very possibly a pediatric migraine phenomenon.

This ^

I would try protein bars first personally. The blood sugar thing is so common.

[Anonymous]

This happened to me as a teen, and I'm female. My doctor did ask if I could be pregnant in front of my mom. She was so offended

Looking back, it was a combo of things:

1. too tired - not getting good sleep. I had a sleep disorder and didn't realize
2 anxiety and stress
3 awful diet
4 possibly due to allergies - I had horrible post nasal drip

To this day (I'm 53), if I'm tired from lack of sleep or am stressed, I feel nauseous in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neurologist.

The answer to your question is gastroenterologist and then also neurologist. Neurologist will check a brain MRI with and without contrast and if that is clear (and there’s no GI cause identified) this is very possibly a pediatric migraine phenomenon.

This ^

I would try protein bars first personally. The blood sugar thing is so common.

No it actually isn’t. It’s a common misconception. Most non-diabetic people don’t suffer from “low blood sugar” ever, they just think they do, and frequent vomiting from “low blood sugar” in a non-diabetic isn’t common AT ALL.

[Anonymous]

This sounds a lot like my 24 year old. She would eat a snack of apples/peanut butter, nuts, or something substantial-ish before bed [like around 10 ish if getting up around 7am] and would also keep juice boxes in her nightstand. She would have a juice box when she woke up before sitting/getting up. It helped a lot. The nausea is/was always much worse the earlier she had to get up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sounds a lot like my 24 year old. She would eat a snack of apples/peanut butter, nuts, or something substantial-ish before bed [like around 10 ish if getting up around 7am] and would also keep juice boxes in her nightstand. She would have a juice box when she woke up before sitting/getting up. It helped a lot. The nausea is/was always much worse the earlier she had to get up.

ALSO: my 24 year old has TERRIBLE motion sickness, unless she’s driving—planes, cars, trains a bit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neurologist.

The answer to your question is gastroenterologist and then also neurologist. Neurologist will check a brain MRI with and without contrast and if that is clear (and there’s no GI cause identified) this is very possibly a pediatric migraine phenomenon.

This ^

I would try protein bars first personally. The blood sugar thing is so common.

No it actually isn’t. It’s a common misconception. Most non-diabetic people don’t suffer from “low blood sugar” ever, they just think they do, and frequent vomiting from “low blood sugar” in a non-diabetic isn’t common AT ALL.

Thank you. Someone finally said what I’ve been thinking for years.