Stomach pain and Diabetes

[Michalo]

My child often complains of stomach aches - which I can relate it to having a low.  However, once in a while (since he's been diagnosed 6 years ago) he has bad pain just below his belly button and this last Saturday was the first time I've seen him bent over.  Although by the time we see a dr. the pain is gone no one seems overly concerned but it's not normal.  Has any one had this and what is the cause and what can we do to eliminate this happening again.  Something tells me it's in relation to his Diabetes but am not certain.

[jaredsmom]

I am wondering about my son and his similiar stomach pains.  He complains every day that his stomach hurts.  He has also on his own decided not to eat meat and he has limited his dairy.  He is only 12 years old but has had diabetes now for 10 years. I am worried the diabetes has damaged his stomach. Where can I find more information?

[momoftwinz3]

I have experienced the same reaction.  The best way I can explain it is a gastritus... spelling.. and occasionallyafter that my body goes through a dumping syndrom. I usually end up with the trots.  I think it's part of the diabetes. I also think it tends to happen when I'm a little more stressed.

[flower63]

i too have a 13 yr old son with type 1 for 7.5 yrs, he has had many days from school and holidays (so not wagging school) with stomach ache, also not feeling hungry. He is a faddy eater but make sure he gets the 5 a day. He is lathargic alot. The dr say the food could sit in stomach and take time to digest and this may be the cause. It is reasurring, if not sad, to know we are not alone. Not nice how many 'off' days he has.

[kmanis]

My son was diagnosed this past July with juvenile diabetes, he will be 3 October 11th.  He complains of stomach pain EVERY day.  I am very concerned.  I tried to address this with his pediatric endo however when i mentioned it to her she told em to speak to his pediatrician which I found a bit bothersome.  I was confused by that because, every time we had a visit with the endo they always ask about stomach pain, well if they are asking they must know something about it yet she referred me to his reg Dr.  After speaking with the pediatrician, she first asked we keep a journal of when he gets stomach pain and any other info about that time that may be helpful.  She then contacted a GI Dr. they asked her to have us get some blood work done as there are a few things that have been associated with diabetes.  As I read above, the gluten intolerance, celiac disease, but she also mentioned something with the liver could cause it, as well as something with his pancreas function that has also been known to not only cause pain in the stomach but through to the back as well.  We have not had the blood test yet, she said wait until we go into the endo next week and they will have to stick him for the ac1 test so they can just draw it at the same time.  So for those of you not knowing what route to take maybe talk to your pediatrician or go straight to the pediatric GI Dr...It is difficult enough to see your child suffer with diabetes.

[Wchadd]

Some of this is redundant - I posted it on a different comment trail as well.  

Hello - I am the parent of a 9 y.o. with diabetes (originally said to be type 1 but now they are looking into MODY).  Our daughter is not Celiac -

She has a very high pain tolerance but has had intermitent bouts with stomach pain over the past year and a half - which is when her diabetes started.  

OUR pediatrician and endocrine both state that they "don't think her stomach pain is related to her diabetes" - I know it is - she NEVER had this pain especially this often before her diabetes.  

I can say that we have gotten to a point of nearly ZERO stomach aches and pains by either removing or significantly reducing her intake of dairy (milk and cheese), processed foods, high wheat foods and complex carbs (bread, pasta, white rice etc).  We also increased her intake of fresh fruits, veggies and natural foods.  And added a fiber supplement (benefiber) just to help her body with digestion and processing what she does eat.  Her body did not have any problems diagesting the foods that she struggles with now before her diabetes.  

The pancreas has multiple functions in that it produces and secretes hormones (including insulin) and digestive enzymes necessary to break down carbs, protein and fat.

I actually found this website just this evening looking for some type of study about the pancreas and its' other functions and how it could affect a person with insulin dependent diabetes.....

We are 100% sure that this has helped our daughter - but I am determined to find a study or something to help substantiate our findings so that I can forward that information to other parents that deal with our same frustrations.  

It is such a powerless feeling to just watch my daughter in pain.  We are new to diabetes (11 months) but we have always been a very nutritionally conscious family.  

By keeping her diet clean and simple - we have made a huge difference in our daughters stomach aches.  

If we all keep reaching out to one another and working toward gaining more knowledge and empowering ourselves - hopefully we can figure this out so that our children don't have to suffer......as  KManis stated above - It is diffucult enough to see your child suffer with diabetes.  

[julie3000x]

To all the people with type one and stomach pain. Deffidently bring up celiac desiese with your doctor. 1 in about 33 diabetics have it and its very underdiagnosed. Unless you bring it up you may end up having loads of unnecessary tests.