Tonsils

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Good morning -

I am wondering about the affects of when the tonsils are removed.

I assume the success stories don't have to return to the message board.

thank you

Toni

Re: Psychosomatic ????

Fever disorders for a large part are genetic... JUST has no genetic

link.

A 6 month old infant can NOT have a psychosomatic disorder.

Nor can a 12 month old. There is more to psychosomatic disorders than an

illness with unknown etiology.

Somatic symptoms occur in older kids... they are symptoms... like nausea...

headache... etc..

Fevers of 105... 103... 106 are not somatic. People are ignorant and do not

understand where our children's fevers are coming from?

It is understandable with ... because we do not know the reason

ourselves nor do the doctors who are currently researching... HOWEVER, we do

know there is something wrong with the children... BUT like MANY MANY MANY

other disorders, etiology is unknown.

Maybe they think a kid is MAKING the themometer go up? LOL I did it as a 10

yr old because I wanted to stay home from school! I actually bursted a

couple of glass thermometers!!!! But a child who is young... does not have

that ability.

They also do not have the ability to MAKE their SED rate elevate through

their psychic powers... nor can they magically make their WBC's elevate.

I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss.... Ugh!

I can see people thinking we exagerate... because unless they SEE our kids

they are clueless... But psychosomatic or Munchausen? ) (Although

Munchasusen can be mistaken because this is a " created " disorder where the

parent usually is VERY intelligent and will injure a child or give child

substances to make a child LOOK like they have a disorder... and because

they are usually extremely intelligent, they know ways to physically induce

and mimic symptoms... this is a conscious effort to make the child have

abnormal lab studies and physical symptoms)

If the specialists and ER docs run BASIC lab studies... (CBS and SED rate)

the MAJORITY of the TRUE kids will exhibit clinical abnormalities...

They WILL show an elevated SED rate, CRP and slightly to extremely elevated

WBC count.

AND if the child has a GENETIC fever disorder.... and IF they get DNA

testing done... they will show MUTATIONS.

Here is a little info regarding somatic disorders.......

Somatization in children consists of the persistent experience and

complaints of somatic distress that cannot be fully explained by a medical

diagnosis. The somatic symptoms in children with somatization disorder

become a main focus of their attention and often interfere with school, home

life, and peer relationships.

Somatization often occurs in response to psychosocial stress and generally

persists even after the acute stressor has resolved, resulting in the child

and family to believe that the correct medical diagnosis has not yet been

found. Thus, patients and families may continue to seek repeated medical

treatment after being informed that no acute medical illness has been found

and that the symptoms can not be fully explained by a medical diagnosis. It

is generally well accepted that stress and worry can take a physical toll on

bodies. This can be the unseen source of headaches, backaches, chest pain,

and stomachaches.

The term malingering is used when the patient has a specific goal in mind

when creating the symptoms. Examples are the child's Monday morning " sore

throat " before school or the shy girl's " sudden weakness " before the school

prom. The other entity is factitious disorder within which the patient

simulates a somatic complaint without a specific issue needing control but

to create an ambiance within family or environment that fulfills a less

specific need.

The essential feature of a somatization disorder is a pattern of many of

physical complaints beginning in persons younger than 30 years that occur

over several years and result in unnecessary medical treatment and/or cause

significant impairment in functioning. This diagnosis historically was

referred to as hysteria or Briquet syndrome. The somatic symptoms are not

intentionally produced nor feigned and appear to be unconscious to the

patient. All the following criteria are required for a diagnosis:

a.. Four different pain sites (eg, head, abdomen, back, joints,

extremities, chest, rectum) or functions (eg, menstruation, sexual

intercourse, urination)

b.. Two gastrointestinal symptoms other than pain (eg, nausea, bloating,

vomiting not caused by diarrhea, or intolerance of several different foods)

c.. One sexual or reproductive symptom other than pain

d.. One pseudoneurological symptom (eg, impaired balance, paralysis,

aphonia, urinary retention)

God Bless,

Fran

Fran A Bulone

Mom to ph 5 yrs old

Waxhaw, NC

Owner & Moderator Group