what could keep causing her to have the runs?

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school have rang and my daughter has the runs again. She seems to be having it hell of alot just lately. last week i thought it was most probably the heat, but it has cooled down now. Where do i go from here? Obviously it makes her very sore as she is still in nappies (sheis 5 and has special needs)

what could cause it? any ideas?

There is a bug (sickness/runs) going round at my dd's school at the moment. My 18mth old ds had it from last Tuesday until yesterday. Dairy products sometimes can be a cause. I have to avoid raisins because they give me the runs as does anything creamy. Hope she feels better soon, there is nothing worse than having a sore bum.

she is having them too regular for it to be a bug, sorry yours have been ill to Fimbo

Does she have a lot of juice - particularly apple? Some kids are v sensitive to it (dd1 is). Found out last year that its quite common.

DS1 often has runs-ish. I think it's too much fibre in his diet. He will happily eat tons of blueberries, watermelon, etc etc.

Oh, it can be a bug, too, though - you can get a gut infection that keeps you running a bit fast ...

yesterday the only thing she ate alot of was cucumber and strawberries and mushy peas and fish and chips.......

does she drink alot of orange juice as this has a laxative effect on some children

ds get the runs if he has a lot of fruit and fruit drinks (especially apricots)

When did she last have a proper poo? There may be a chance she is constipated. When you haven't been to the toilet for a while, the intenstines / colon can only hold so much - so the person ends up with an overflow - which is watery and resembles the "runs".
I had this with my eldest - I was convinced she had bug after bug - I was wrong she was chronically constipated.

Worth checking!