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Constant thirst
Hi all
I'm a little concerned about Jessica. She's 20 months, and has a constant thirst. She's always been quite thirsty, but a few months ago she got hold of the cat's worming medicene. She didn't drink much of it at all, but one of the possible effects were kidney probs. I called NHS Direct (a UK nurse led call centre) and they advised that I just monitored her. Within two days, she was drinking constantly, so I called again, and they told me to take her to A&E. We saw a pediatrican, who checked the toxicology database and checked her over and said she'd be ok. Her thirst died down again, although she continued to drink a lot. However, in the last two weeks, she's been continuously thirsty again. Whether I give her water milk or squash, she asks for another drink as soon as she's finished the first one, and is never far from her drink. Her sippy cups and bottles both hold 9oz, and while I've not counted exactly, she gets through at least 12 a day, and they're just the ones I can recall off hand and not including extra ones such as cartons when we're out etc. In the car when DH takes me to work, she'll get through two bottles within the hour journey, and still be fussing for more. Any thoughts? Lucy x |
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"lu-lu" wrote in message ... Hi all I'm a little concerned about Jessica. She's 20 months, and has a constant thirst. She's always been quite thirsty, but a few months ago she got hold of the cat's worming medicene. She didn't drink much of it at all, but one of the possible effects were kidney probs. I called NHS Direct (a UK nurse led call centre) and they advised that I just monitored her. Within two days, she was drinking constantly, so I called again, and they told me to take her to A&E. We saw a pediatrican, who checked the toxicology database and checked her over and said she'd be ok. Her thirst died down again, although she continued to drink a lot. However, in the last two weeks, she's been continuously thirsty again. Whether I give her water milk or squash, she asks for another drink as soon as she's finished the first one, and is never far from her drink. Her sippy cups and bottles both hold 9oz, and while I've not counted exactly, she gets through at least 12 a day, and they're just the ones I can recall off hand and not including extra ones such as cartons when we're out etc. In the car when DH takes me to work, she'll get through two bottles within the hour journey, and still be fussing for more. Any thoughts? Lucy x I have no specific ideas, but I would definately take her to the Dr., diabetes comes to mind first as one of the symptoms is thirst. It seems like she's drinking excessively to me. My Dd is about 3 and a half, and she only goes through probably 2, maybe 3 sippy cups a day of liquid, depending on her activity level. 12 a day at 9oz each is a little over 3 liters, I don't even know if I could drink that much in a day. Heather |
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"Stormlady" wrote in message ... "lu-lu" wrote in message ... Hi all I'm a little concerned about Jessica. She's 20 months, and has a constant thirst. She's always been quite thirsty, but a few months ago she got hold of the cat's worming medicene. She didn't drink much of it at all, but one of the possible effects were kidney probs. I called NHS Direct (a UK nurse led call centre) and they advised that I just monitored her. Within two days, she was drinking constantly, so I called again, and they told me to take her to A&E. We saw a pediatrican, who checked the toxicology database and checked her over and said she'd be ok. Her thirst died down again, although she continued to drink a lot. However, in the last two weeks, she's been continuously thirsty again. Whether I give her water milk or squash, she asks for another drink as soon as she's finished the first one, and is never far from her drink. Her sippy cups and bottles both hold 9oz, and while I've not counted exactly, she gets through at least 12 a day, and they're just the ones I can recall off hand and not including extra ones such as cartons when we're out etc. In the car when DH takes me to work, she'll get through two bottles within the hour journey, and still be fussing for more. Any thoughts? Lucy x I have no specific ideas, but I would definately take her to the Dr., diabetes comes to mind first as one of the symptoms is thirst. It seems like she's drinking excessively to me. My Dd is about 3 and a half, and she only goes through probably 2, maybe 3 sippy cups a day of liquid, depending on her activity level. 12 a day at 9oz each is a little over 3 liters, I don't even know if I could drink that much in a day. Heather Hi Heather, Yeah, i thought it was massively excessive too. She wakes me in the morning by shouting "Juice!" and it doesn't stop all day - I even had to stop in the middle of writing the original post as she wanted more. I'm a thirsty person too, and often find I get stressed if I don't drink enough, but she drinks even more than me. Diabetes was what came to my mind too : / Our GP's surgery is a nightmare for making appointments though, and I'm struggling to get her in, despite daily calls. Thanks for your reply Lucy x |
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"lu-lu" wrote in message ... Yeah, i thought it was massively excessive too. She wakes me in the morning by shouting "Juice!" and it doesn't stop all day - I even had to stop in the middle of writing the original post as she wanted more. I'm a thirsty person too, and often find I get stressed if I don't drink enough, but she drinks even more than me. Just to prove a point on that, I wrote my first post 35 mins ago, she's already whinging for more :-S Lucy x |
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"lu-lu" wrote in message ... "lu-lu" wrote in message ... Yeah, i thought it was massively excessive too. She wakes me in the morning by shouting "Juice!" and it doesn't stop all day - I even had to stop in the middle of writing the original post as she wanted more. I'm a thirsty person too, and often find I get stressed if I don't drink enough, but she drinks even more than me. Just to prove a point on that, I wrote my first post 35 mins ago, she's already whinging for more :-S Lucy x Diabetes came to mind too.See if you can take a wee sample with you. They may be able to do an initial dipstick check then (like in pregnancy) Other thought, is does she drink as much when she's busy. I know that #2 will often ask for food or drink when she's a bit bored and I'm not giving her attention, and it can get excessive if I'm very busy. Try offering water rather than juice, (if your not already). If she's drinking that much then it's going to be better for her and if she's drinking because she likes the taste but isn't thirsty, then it may reduce the amount. Debbie |
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"Welches" wrote in message ... Diabetes came to mind too.See if you can take a wee sample with you. They may be able to do an initial dipstick check then (like in pregnancy) Other thought, is does she drink as much when she's busy. I know that #2 will often ask for food or drink when she's a bit bored and I'm not giving her attention, and it can get excessive if I'm very busy. Try offering water rather than juice, (if your not already). If she's drinking that much then it's going to be better for her and if she's drinking because she likes the taste but isn't thirsty, then it may reduce the amount. Debbie Hi Debbie Nope, it makes little difference. If we're out, I take plenty of money with me to buy her extra drinks as she quickly gets trhough what I've taken with me. If we're playing with her briks for example, she'll either be drinking, or have her drink next to her. Even when we're walking the dog, she'll start crying if I've not brough one for her. She's asleep at the moment, but I've made her a drink for when she wakes (I don't offer it when I go in, I wait for her to start demanding it). I just read somewhere about someone who had a similar thing, where their child would drink out of anything if they didn't have a drink, and she does that too - she'll drink the bath water, the dog or cat's water, any thing, and her child had diabetes. I'm not 100% convinced she had it, but I'm certainly worried enough to get her checked. This was another response I found in Google Answers: I have a 2-year-old son who has constantly craved water and other liquids since he was weaned from breastfeeding at 12 months. We finally had a blood workup done on him the day before yesterday because his constant need to drink was driving us crazy. Up until now, our pediatrician was not concerned because he was in the normal range for weight and although a little on the short side, he was still in the normal range for height, and had no other symptoms. Unfortunately, the blood tests show high levels of creatinine and his BUN (blood urea nitrogen) levels are also high. This indicates that his kidneys are not functioning properly. We need to go for further testing including an ultrasound, but that is where we are right now. I really hope for both of you that you've already had a complete blood workup that tests the BUN and creatinine levels also, and if those are normal then you can't have what my son has. But please make sure you do that because what they think my son has (medullary cystic disease) will eventually cause kidney failure. It's better to know and be prepared. Best wishes to both of you. So, yeah. I don't know really. I probably should Googling as I'm starting to freak myself, as you do! I want the result that says it's something child prodigys do! Lucy x |
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"lu-lu" wrote in message ... "Welches" wrote in message ... Diabetes came to mind too.See if you can take a wee sample with you. They may be able to do an initial dipstick check then (like in pregnancy) Other thought, is does she drink as much when she's busy. I know that #2 will often ask for food or drink when she's a bit bored and I'm not giving her attention, and it can get excessive if I'm very busy. Try offering water rather than juice, (if your not already). If she's drinking that much then it's going to be better for her and if she's drinking because she likes the taste but isn't thirsty, then it may reduce the amount. Debbie Hi Debbie Nope, it makes little difference. If we're out, I take plenty of money with me to buy her extra drinks as she quickly gets trhough what I've taken with me. If we're playing with her briks for example, she'll either be drinking, or have her drink next to her. Even when we're walking the dog, she'll start crying if I've not brough one for her. She's asleep at the moment, but I've made her a drink for when she wakes (I don't offer it when I go in, I wait for her to start demanding it). snip I wouldn't worry on the drinking other things. #1 would hardly drink anything (2oz in a day was a lot at a year, other than 3 breast feeds a day) but she drank the bathwater, swimming pool water, dishwater... didn't do the cat's water as we don't have pets! Debbie |
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Diabetes was what came to my mind too : / Our GP's surgery is a nightmare for making appointments though, and I'm struggling to get her in, despite daily calls. you might want to remind them that they have to get you in within 48hours with a doctor and 5 days with a named doctor and you'll be contacting the local PCT if they don't make you and appointment NOW. Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... Diabetes was what came to my mind too : / Our GP's surgery is a nightmare for making appointments though, and I'm struggling to get her in, despite daily calls. you might want to remind them that they have to get you in within 48hours with a doctor and 5 days with a named doctor and you'll be contacting the local PCT if they don't make you and appointment NOW. Anne Their new thing is that you now have to call up at 8am to make pre-bookables as well as emergency appointments - they told me this at 10am. Yesterday, at 9am, I'd called too early. Monday, at 10am, I had the option to come down at 5pm to sit and wait as I'd left it too late. Last week, I could call from 8.45 for an emergency or after 10am for a pre-bookable. My last surgery was the same. What gets me, is that whatever time of the day you call, they're fully booked - what I want to know is how the hell the other patients are booking up all the slots! Lucy x |
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"lu-lu" wrote in message ... "Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... Diabetes was what came to my mind too : / Our GP's surgery is a nightmare for making appointments though, and I'm struggling to get her in, despite daily calls. you might want to remind them that they have to get you in within 48hours with a doctor and 5 days with a named doctor and you'll be contacting the local PCT if they don't make you and appointment NOW. Anne Their new thing is that you now have to call up at 8am to make pre-bookables as well as emergency appointments - they told me this at 10am. Yesterday, at 9am, I'd called too early. Monday, at 10am, I had the option to come down at 5pm to sit and wait as I'd left it too late. Last week, I could call from 8.45 for an emergency or after 10am for a pre-bookable. My last surgery was the same. What gets me, is that whatever time of the day you call, they're fully booked - what I want to know is how the hell the other patients are booking up all the slots! That's bad. My last practice was like that-until I told the GP, and suddenly the receptionist disappeared and finally you could get appointments. Certainly one time I'd been told there were no appointments for 3 days and I turned up and the place was empty and he said he was having a light day. That was the point that I told him a few things about the receptionist, including how she'd sent away a friend of mine who'd turned up and asked for an appointment because she thought that she'd got menengitits and collapsed on the way home. My present practice I think I've only once not been offered the same day, and that was very apologetically. With the children it's often within the hour, if there isn't a space then they say bring them down and they'll squeeze them in as soon as possible. I love my practice! Debbie |
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