So DD is 2, almost 3 and we have had doctors fob us off for ages. Can't seem to work out what's going on with her.
As the title suggests she's been having constipation for over a year and doctors just keep giving her laxatives.
But she can't live on laxatives forever and I need to get to the, er, bottom of the issue (excuse the pun!).
We feed her raisins and prunes every morning at breakfast. But if she misses a dose of laxative, the constipation is back - even with the extra prunes.
It has got so bad that a couple of months ago we rushed her to A&E because of a rectal prolapse following a very hard poo 💩
(TMI - a rectal prolapse is when the tube inside your anus comes out).
No major damage, says the doctor, the prolapse went back in by itself. Gives us more laxatives and we are sent home.
We have had 3 months of laxatives and still the occasional prolapse incident happening and doctors have said we can't refer you to the hospital to see a specialist because we need to 'wait and see'.
I'm at my wits end. We asked if it could be a food allergy or intolerance causing the constipation but he said no, you'd have diarrhoea with it, which we don't. So no referral to a specialist.
That said, I'm convinced there must be a food intolerance somewhere otherwise why would she be so bloated and constipated?
Has anyone else ever had this happen? What was the issue?
Any help hugely appreciated!