Hiya, wondering if anyone has been through similar/ has any advice as not sure if I'm just being fobbed off and should push the issue.
So basically I have a 7 nearly 8 year old Son. Since potty training we have had issues with his bowels, getting constipated easily. He gets belly ache and temperatures, gets backed up, and then we get soiling and he hides it in his room/under his bed because he's embarrassed. He also doesn't seem to notice when he's had an accident and tells me he can't smell it even though I can from a different room! This has been going on years on and off, Back in February we did a disimpaction plan through our GP but I believe it had come from our local hospital paediatricians.
It worked, he got the feeling back of when he needed to go and the belly aches stopped. He was on 4 sachets of laxative a day to achieve this which he stayed on for 2 months. The plan then said to try and reduce the amounts over the course of 6 months. Well we managed to get down to 2 a day but as soon as I reduced to 1 a day he immediately gets blocked up and starts soiling/belly ache again.
I have tried a few times to reduce the amount with the same affect. I spoke to the Gp last week (albeit a different one to the helpful one back in Feb) who basically said that there's nothing that can be done and he just needs to stay on 2 sachets of laxative a day.
I feel like maybe he could atleast do with some kind of tests to make sure it's not a good intolerance/ IBS or something similar? Or is she right when she tells me that most people have children that can't go to the toilet without laxatives constantly?
His diet is not the best but also not the worst. He eats a lot of fruit and is getting better with drinking and is reasonably active so I just honestly can't see why they wouldn't want to make sure there's not something treatable causing it?
Shall I ring and try to talk to the original gp as he seemed happy to try and help?
Am I being over the top?
Many thanks for any advice