Kids can suffer tummy ache for a whole host of reasons – from anxiety, to stomach bugs, to urinary tract infections (UTIs) and constipation.
But one underlying reason which always requires medical investigation is appendicitis, which is where the appendix, which forms part of the bowel, becomes swollen and infected.
If left untreated, it can burst, which can be very painful and life-threatening.
Appearing in a segment on This Morning, Dr Ana Alcock, a paediatric emergency medicine consultant, spoke of the “really worrying [appendicitis] sign” which would require a trip to A&E.
She said: “So, it’s normally part of three things: they normally have fever, they vomit, and they have ...
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