my 18mo dd has been constipated pretty much all her little life, we've spoken to 3 different health visitors, every pharmacist locally and our gp for advice. the latest thing to be suggested is lactulose to help 'clear her system' but this is having little effect at all. Does anyone have any other ideas than plenty of fruit/veg which she is always munching, weetabix for brekky which she now has every day and plenty of fluids which she also has because all my gp keeps saying is keep giving her the lactulose which we have been for months and is not helping much.
She gets really tense when pooing and her entire body goes rigid and she screams, which is unpleasant for us/her and can't be nice for a complete stranger watching either but i don't really care about that.
I just don't know what else to do other than take her back to the doctor next week and demand that they do some tests of some kind, but what would i expect them to do.
TIA for any advice
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constipation in 18mo, advice/help needed
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lucysmam · 22/08/2008 18:11
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