My son, Ric is a normal child, he will be in grade 6 this june and he is doing well in school in fact he had been promoted once , (2 grade level in one year ) Everything is okay with him except that he has been hospitalized 28 times as of this writing due to cyclic vomiting syndrome (cvs)and he is only 10 years old.
His sickness started at age 2 . When he was 6 years old, his pediatrician adviced us to bring him to a pedia gastro to check the cause of his vomiting which has an average of 3x hospitalization in a year and each confinement lasted for 1 day to 1 week..
Last 2013 we brought our son to the Philippine Childrens Medical Center in Quezon City and consulted Dra Nolasco, pedia gastro. We were advised to have a barrium enema at NKTI ,to check the anatomy of his intestine and rule out GERD . Thanks God it was clear..Ric has no acid reflux and his small intistine is okay.
The pedia gastro advise us then , to consult a neurologist. There was a findings called abdominal epilipsy. The EEG shows a single epiliptrum discharge , so Dr. Agrava of PCMC prescribed valporic acid for 2 years. After 2 annual EEG which are both clear, we were advised to stop the meds.
Simultaneous with the consultation with the pedia gastro, pedia neuro, we also consulted the pedia endocrinologist to clear out the growth hormones. And the result was okay.
This summer , we also consulted a psychologist to rule out if his vomiting is psychological in nature (stress related) because some of his confinement were during exam days in school. The test is ongoing. We will be back for the last test when the doctor is available.
As of this writing we are in the hospital . This is his 28th confinement . The trigger is tonsilites. Ric vomited 10x so we rush him to the hospital to prevent dehydration.
I hope we can find the preventive measure in vomiting, so that confinement will be avoided. The doctor would not prescribe meds to abort vomiting. may be its not safe to do so.
I’ll be writing more on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome base on my experience as a mother of a patient, to promote awareness of this rare kind of disease. His doctor told us this illness can be outgrown, when? we do not know. This time the only thing we can do is avoid the triggers as much as we can. And prayers that all is well .
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Hi po. May I know po Kung ano treatment remedies nyo? And sino po Yung doctor nyo? My daughter is also suffering from CVS I think. Kasi 9x na na-admit SA hospital. Gusto po Sana namin kumuha second opinion.
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Hello po. We consulted po a pediatric gastro enterologist sa Phil Childrens Medical Center.. Si Dra Nolasco, after series of test, sabi po nya walang deperensya sa tiyan. Ni recommend kami kay Dr. Agrava, pediatric neuro. Then nag EEG po and it turned out na may epelipsy yong anak ko. It is a rare kind of epelipsy na nagiging cause ng cyclic vomiting syndrome. He prescribed medicine called valporic acid for 2 yrs, follow up consultation every 3mos to see the side effects if any. Gradual yong pag galing ng anak ko. Though may iniinom na siyang gamot may attack pa rin. But thank God mag 3years na siyang walng attack. I claim na he is healed. Thanks God
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Hello Wanderer Traveller My daughter also diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome when she was 4 after 6 years na pabalik balik kami ng hospital start 1 week lang pagitan magsusuka uli hangang tumatagal nagiging 2 weeks bago atakihin ng pagsusuka hangang naging 3 month naging 6 months bago magsuka eventually naging a year na bago magsuka uli and then naging 3 yrs wala na pagsusuka sabi din ng gastro nya pag lumaki na sya ma overcome na maging migraine nalang with the help of our Lord of course she was completely healed pero may nakatulong sa kanya gamot BONAMINE 2 tablets bago magsuka i try nyo din po baka effective po sa anak ninyo i was trying to help dahil alam ko din po pakiramdam ng nagkakasakit ang anak mga gamot nya dati mga antacid like omeprazole, motilium, maalox, gaviscon, tapos spray sa throat pag may acid reflux kamilosan tapos dati erythromycin antibiotic para sa throat
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Hi mam wanderer. Atlast meron din taga pilipinas na na chance upon ko sa net regarding this syndrome.i suspected that my son also have cvs since almost every month naka confine din po kme sa ospital just to keep him hydrated dahil sa sobrang pagsusuka. I just a span of 1 hour sumusuka sya ng mga 10x kya sobrang nakakaawa po. If ever po na may community po kayo na alam regarding cvs please let me know po.ang dami ko po katanungan sa sakit na ito since halos limited lang po info regarding this.
Looking forward po sa reply nio.thank you.
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Sabi samin na a outgrow daw ang cvs. My son will be 13 yr old this coming jan. Thanks God more than one yr na siya na d na confine. Unlike nong 2year old up to 10 na g average ng 4x a year ang confinement nya.
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hello po maam wanderer. Nabasa ko po tong post nyo about cvs. Gusto ko pa po sana makakuha pa ng idea about cvs dahil suspected ko po na may cvs ang anak ko. halos every month po ang attack nya and madalas din sya nadadala sa ER for iv rehydration. Kamusta na po ang anak nyo? nagkaroon na po ba ng improvements? Sana mabasa and makapag-reply po kayo sa comment ko. maraming salamat po
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Hi ..thank you for reading my post. In cyclic vomiting , prevention is better than cure. Klangan malaman ang trigger . Sa case nang anak ko pag grabe ang sipon , may ubo or hinihika , magsusuka na yan ng mga 10x in 4 hrs , kaya palaging nasa coconfine sa hosp. Ang iba pang nakaka trigger sa kanya ay pag nasobrahan ng gadget, sasakit ang ulo , then magsusuka. Other times, pag naparami ang kain ng chocolate, and ice cream. Minsan naman pag na stress like pag malapit na exam.
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