#Attendance is often caused by unmet needs and potentially mh or emotional tiredness can mask that
We have come through a pandemic, and this has disrupted many children. People with hypermobility are found to be more susceptible to things like
#Longcovid but it seems to be a subject that people don’t want discuss around children even in the
#NHS -
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/e0…
From the ages of 13 to around 6 months before my exams I was on a part time timetable for school that my paediatrician had arranged this was 33 years ago . My paediatrician had noted that I was getting chronic fatigue among other symptoms like faints hypoglycaemia and claims from some including a paramedic of seizures and so I was to do 2 days school 1 day rest 2 days school school although I was still very fatigued and ill on the days I was supposed to attend
i think in the 90s this was fairly radical from my paediatrician
Reading through my notes there’s anemia, borderline b12, systolic murmur, sob, seizures, faints, joint pains, subluxations, bowel issues, nerve studies done for abnormal sensations and suggestions of dilated bronchial tubes after pneumonia in 20s
The Symptoms are frequently labelled as anxiety and it’s 17 plus years later this is diagnosed as
#EhlerDanlos and orthostatic hypotension
Jump forward 30 plus years from my school days , and my children now experiencing many of the symptoms I did, constant fatigue, low irons, high homocysteine and has low attendance - it’s signed off but as mh
Another has faints, collapses and episodes similar to what has been documented in my records all those years ago
Another hasn’t set foot in a school for years and had a
#b12deficiency picked up at one point, often fatigued and is often holding arms when out as unsteady on her feet, this will be labelled school anxiety
these children have dysautonomia and have diagnosed joint hypermobility spectrum/ Eds all are around puberty but on the face of it to a stranger reading an attendance register code it’s viewed as mh or school refusal for any and all non attendance
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