cronich constipation in my toddler and fissures

anoudy · Guest

my 1 and a half toddler has had cronich constipation for more than 4 months now we gave her laxatives and put her on a special diet to help her pass soft stools , did the stomach massage , sitz bath but she got to the point where she withholds her self so long until she gets even harder stools.... she has fissures now and i went to see every doctor i can ...what can i do

Been There Done That · Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 4

My daughter had chronic constipation from the time she was 6 months old -- when we started her on formula. She was rock hard constipated and ripping. We tried all the diets and laxatives and nothing helped. It took us 18 months, 3 doctors, and a couple internet articles to finally come up with the diagnosis of Lactose/Whey intollerance.

We took her off milk completely and within 3 days her constipation was gone. She hasn't had an anal fissure since.

If nothing else has worked it's worth a shot!

roo · Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 2

I have 3 yr old who has had chronic constipation since Nov. 2006. Went to fam. dr. numerous times, he said give her fibre, fibre fibre. Fibre only compounded the problem and then we were told its psychosymatic on my daughters part. She was so bad that a walk in pediatric clinic dr. blew a fuse at me because my dr. didn't send my little one for a referral. Needless to say she almost had a coronary when I told her family dr. said it was psychosymatic. In two weeks time I had to give my little one 2 pediatric fleet enemas (horrible) and feed her 1 tsp senokot liquid stool softener a night and 2 tbsps of mineral oil a day. Senokot tastes brutal, so mix in Choc. pudding, butterscotch pudding and fruit juice. Doesn't taste too bad! Don't use mineral oil though as it absorbs fat soluble from vitamins in the intestine and also steals vitamins important to your body and your body can't replace them. with this in mind in can cause deficincies so I use flax seed oil that I buy in a health food store and it is stored in the fridge. This is really good as it helps lubricate the intestinal tract and MOM....it also helps those fissures as the anus is also lubricated when the soft stool passes and it won't tear anymore as the skin isn't stretched out to accomodate large bm's. Go onto google and check out flax seed oil, mineral oil, and senokot. I urge you to talk to nutritionist in health food store. Good luck!

angelle23 · Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I also have a 3 year old daughter with chronic constipation and she has had it since she was 2 weeks old (when I quit breast feeding) I have been to family doctors and even a specialist and they put her on this powder called Golitly. This powder is used for surgury, to clean you out. It worked for a bit, but now we are back to the same thing again. I don't know what to do. She is always in so much pain and the doctors are not doing anything. I have also tried laxitives, gas releif drops, suppositories, and fleet enemas. It only works for a short period and then it is back to the same thing all over again. I think I will try what Roo had to say. If anyone else has this same issue with their little one and knows what might help, PLEASE let me know. Thanks

Guest · Guest

My daughter is four years old. she has had what the doctors say is constipation. I dont see how my child can be constipated for four years. i have taken her to doctor after doctor and to see different specialists as well and i get no where. they have tested her for Ciliac Disease, Hersprungs and a few other diseases. and we still get no where. My daughter takes about 6 hours of constant pushing and horrible pain to pass her stool and that is after an enema. i have cooked her food in mineral oil, we have done the laxatives, fiber, nothing, to now she has been on a prescribed stool softener for two years and it makes little difference. she has blood in her stool, she gets fissures, she has even had seizures from straining her body so much. i dont know what to do anymore. i cant believe that this is "normal" even when she was born she did not pass her first stool for two days and was in the NICU from it. doctors just look at me like i have lost my mind but i can not accept this as being normal. i cant get her to eat for days, she complains that she is always tired. I dont know what to do.

Tonia123 · Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 2

Tonia123 · Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 2

My son is 4 1/2 yrs old and has been 'constipated' for atleast 3 yrs. at age 1 he was constpated, we gave him supositories and a few enimas and thought he was fixed because he was pooping every day. He was very cranky and his belly was hard. Xrays were done and we were told his intestine was stretched out in a spot from when he was constipated. That pocked was filled up with poop and he was going to the bathroom around it. The Children's GI Specialist had him on Senna syrup ( a week on, a week off) for a month or so. This cleaned out his pocket. They said to give him Miralex daily until his intestine shrinks back. That was 3 yrs ago. Every time I try weening him off the meds his 'pocket' would get filled back up. I was advied it could take years. Out of nowhere, he started smearing in his underwear. Did extrays again and found the pocket is full of poop again. This is when he was on the meds too. I feel like I am getting the run around, the docs dont know what to tell me...

Arezoo · Newbie Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

Hi,

I would suggest to ask your family dr. to refer you to an intestine specialist and take a scan from her intestines. Since as far as I know hers might be too long and the bowel get's stuck in her colon, that might be one of the reason. No harm to check.

Pls. let me know if you get any result.

Thanks,
AJ

Guest · Guest

Guest · Guest

Put your child on a high fiber vegan diet for 30 days and watch the changes that will instantly happen!!! What is your child eating is the FIRST question I would ASK MYSELF as a parent!! Hippocrates said, let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food!

good luck...

cronich constipation in my toddler and fissures

LIFEFORM SOCIAL COMMUNITY NETWORK