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Posted On : 01 Nov 2026

What should be the management plan for children with recurrent abdominal pain around the umbilicus for more than a year? Not responding to empirical deworming drugs, Metronidazole and famtac. All investigations, such as CBC, LFT, Stool and urine. USG is normal. How to suspect and diagnose abdominal migraine in children?

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Raju Raju

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age of the child? and any previous similar history?how frequently the pain appear?

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vaisakhsambasivan

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apply ICHD-3 abdominal migraine criteria

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ali badawi

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FH of migraine and all investigations normal

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mahmoud sherif

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abdominal sonar

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Tayseer Mohammed

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by response to medications like propranolol

5 Days ago

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Rule out functional abdominal pain. It is typically seen in 5 – 14 years old and is unrelated to meals or activity with clustering of pain episodes: several times per day to once a week, recurring at days to weeks intervals. There are physical or psychological stressful stimuli. Personality type: obsessive, compulsive, achiever
Family history of functional disorders: reinforcement of pain behaviour

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