Hello doctor, Would a 4 year old child, who is diagnosed with gastroenteritis, show severe inflammation from rectum all the way up to the tail end of the colon? He was diagnosed based on vomiting and diarrhea. His vomit and diarrhea were of the consistency of thick peanut butter and both looked identical. I had never seen vomit or stool that looked liked thick, whipped paste and in very light brown color. He had no fever, no abdominal pain but cried and cried that his butt really hurt. They did a CAT scan thinking it might be his appendix but the CAT scan came back negative but clearly showed an inflamed rectum and lower colon, about 12" from the anus. My little boy was in play therapy for reasons of possible sexual abuse and reported to his therapist six weeks later that he was forced to sleep naked with an adult male and he did not like it. If a small child's anus and rectum suffered trauma, could that result in the child throwing up and defecating this paste type substance? The ER doctor was puzzled because he said it was unusual that diarrhea inflamed the entire colon and not the tail end and rectum.
Hi. It is really very unfortunate that you are dealing with this problem. I wish your child a good health. For further queries consult a child health specialist online -->