A 14-Year-Old Girl Suffered Stomach Pain for Months—What Doctors Found

effectively digest. Repeated ingestion can produce a dense mass, sometimes causing discomfort, nausea, reduced appetite, or fullness after small meals. Large masses may obstruct digestion and require surgery, but this girl’s diagnosis remains unknown.

For families, the takeaway is attentiveness, not alarm. Most childhood stomachaches do not involve continue reading …