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Help! My daughter has hemorrhoids

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Eiza · 15/07/2008 21:04

My daughter is four years old and has been suffering from constipation for more than six months now. Medication/diet etc does not work as it is purely psychological. She has horrible looking internal hemorrhoids that come out when she strains. I feel totally helpless as she has not bowel movement for days and she cries all the time. I am afraid of operation, though looks like it is where we are heading towards. I need a miracle cure. Senacod/gylcerin/Lactulose not worked. It has been six days this time and we keep waiting for the poo. Will take her to A&E if nothing happens tonight but I am afraid of making this a bigger and bigger event for her. Any suggestions/alternatives? I bought Movicol today (overpaid doctor away on holiday, GP useless) but am afraid to use it as the package says not suitable for kids under 12.

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PrettyCandles · 15/07/2008 21:14

Oh the poor love. That's so distressing - for both of you.

When it looks like she's likely to poo, or she's straining, try rubbing some butter or margarine into her anus. It sounds weird, I knowm, but it does ease the way, and the gentle pressure of your finger on her anus may make the passing of thepoo less painful. The rectum doesn't come straight down to the anus, there is a sort of kink just before it reaches the anus, so that a very hard and large poo presses on the flesh just behind the anus. If you can press on it gently to support it, it also seems to make the poo easier and less painful to pass. I have done this with my ds when he was a baby. He was lying on his back, though. I don't know how you'd do this if your dd is sitting on the loo.

Another thing that might help is to put a step at the loo, so that she can rest her feet on it and not have her legs dangling.

Long term (and I speak purely as a parent, and not a medical person) I think she needs some sort of medical intervention to get her pooing gently in order to ease the psychological problem. I presume you mean the problem is that she is afraid of pooing, hold it in, and then of course her fear is validated because it hurts to poo. I know drs don't like to prescribe strong medication for constipation, but she needs a break! A chance to heal physically and emotionally, and to relearn good habits.

What diet have you tried? More liquids and roughage? Has she been checked for intolerances or allergies?

Eiza · 15/07/2008 23:30

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Eiza · 15/07/2008 23:30

Many thanks for the suggestions. She is on a very strict diet, eating/drinking all kinds of right things. Everything is textbook correct but unfortunately she is strong enough to hold it. Laxatives are short term solutions with long term costs but we need to give her some time to heal the hemorrhoids. That was the idea any way at the start. I'm wondering whether ostheopathy can help. Any suggestions? Also any good/tried&tested allergy clinics in London?

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NigellaTheOriginal · 15/07/2008 23:33

Eiza have replied on the other thread

strawberryfields · 17/07/2008 09:17

Just to say under 12s should have Paediatric Movicol. Adult Movicol causes horrendous stomach cramps in young children.

Eiza · 15/11/2008 00:13

In case anyone follows this thread up for help: we went on holiday where she had a change of scenery+routine. Meanhile I stopped thinking of it. I sometimes believe that she reads my mind. More logical explanation is that I reflect my stress onto her. After a few false starts, we are not back to once every two days or more frequent. I let her eat everything, though still go easy on bananas, rice and white toast.

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