help dd 4 sent home from school with crying in pain from Constipation

[trace2]

last week dd was in hospital with one of her problems which made her dehydrated , so could not give her her usual mavicol only missed one day , anways since sat she as only marked her nappie even though on 3 mavical a day and since monday the crying and pain getting worse school just sent her home because shes crying in pain and saying her tummy hurts, i have phoned gp they said come and wait at 4 50 till there a place :( she come home looks Exhausted very pale tbh dont look well at all! she now asleep on me what eles can i do to help ?

Sometimes a warm bath, or some heat on her tummy (hot water bottle?) could at least ease the pain for my DD. Also, try gently massaging her tummy in big clockwise circles - this works best for wind, I find, but can sometimes help with the pains. What about giving her some paracetamol - if she's weeping with the pain, I think you're justified!

Poor little scrap - I hope she feels better soon.

thanks Poledra tried warm bath, warm hot bottle, she dont drink or eat by mouth so put water and fruit through her feeding tube and yes she had meds too while she sleeping she seems ok ill see what gp suggests this tea time :(

Dry fruits can help with constipation, e.g. raisins, prunes or even wholemeal cereals with added fruits. Breakfast cereals on the other hand can cause constipation because most of them contain iron and rice powder. I have heard that Boots Syrup of Figs is good.

been to gp had a feel saying he dont think there any think there and thinks its all in her head, so what the hell do we do know? she stood crying saying it hurts mummy please help me

Trace2 - blimey, blast from the past or what? I can't believe dd is at school!

Poor mite. when you put her on the loo do you have a stoll she can rest her feet on? Sometimes it helps them get in a better pooing position so to speak.

FGS - a stool

hi there long time no see!

she still in nappies still as problems and so on wont sit on toilet at all:( tbh it boils down to her having a do last week and they didnt drip her like they normally do which now we getting after affects,

how are you and how old is your liitle one now?

My son was chronically constipated for over 2 years. The doctors never felt anything in his tummy either. But he always complained of tummy ache and didn't pass a stool for 10 days sometimes. Movicol has helped.

He has now been diagnosed with a severe gut allergy, one of the symptoms of which is constipation.

So I think you should go back to your (v unsympathetic!) GP until they start listening to you. My son's gut was so inflamed he had to have steroids and NG tube feeding and is still on lots of meds.

I'd hate for your little girl to go undiagnosed like my son - it took a hospital stay for people to start listening to me. GPs often don't know enough about this stuff, any paediatric gastroenterologist would say the same, gut allergies are massively under-diagnosed.

Good luck, it's miserable seeing them like this I know

My 'little one' is 18 now. We're doing pretty well - transferred to adult services which is a bit of a shocker. I've already had to make a complaint.

Hope you get her sorted out trace2.

ok weird we been giving her warm water through her feeding tube well her nappies is full of watery poo , so what the hell is wrong?

The doctors told us that this means that there is a blockage of hard stool and then watery stuff leaks around the edge - so that's what you see in the nappy.

wadadlis thank you for your post dd is under a gastric doc and is already on movical only missed one day wheh she was dehydrated now this and she to as gut allergy's her bowels are inflamed am going to ring her pead tomorrow can not keep watching her crying like this:(

saggarmaker18 are you on the facebook page of fangos?

sounds similar to my ds. He has eosinophilic colitis. If she is in that much pain you might consider A&E for stronger pain killers? The problem is that both paracetamol and ibuprofen irritate the gut further so we get a bit stuck..

yes it sounds same all i know is they said her was colitis but she as bleed lots from her bottom but now with strict diet she been ok up till now:( i have told dh thats what am gona do take her to a&e if no better soon, but the other nappies as calmed her down for a while but then she not had as much through her tube in two days

No - I don't do FB much.

It does sound like she might be impacted and the watery poo is seeping around the constipated bit. There's a name for it but I can't remember.

Will she let you do some massage on her tummy - or lie her on the floor and push knees up to her chest to see if you can get her moving.

Apologies, I realise that this is 6 months too late, but I've only just come accross this thread. If you haven't already found it, you may find the FABED website helpful. It has been a real lifeline for my family.