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4 year old constipation

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dleef888 · 29/10/2022 21:05

Hi, my four year old has been constipated for about a week. 3 and a half days ago I gave him a pediatric glycerin suppository and he went. But now here we are again he hasn't gone for 3 and a half days so I just gave him another one about an hour ago. It's the weekend so dr office is closed. He did go poop about 20 min after I gave it to him but it didn't seem like a whole lot. I guess I'm expecting more after that long or is any poop ( medium to small) a good thing? Wondering if I need to do it again? I'll be taking him to the dr Monday but for now I want to clean him out. He's not in pain thankfully. Any experience with the suppositories in children? Thanks!

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Quail15 · 29/10/2022 21:15

Sorry no experience of giving a child a suppository but my 3 year old will refuse to poo for 4-5 days a week (every week) because she won't go at nursery for the first 3 days and then doesn't seem to be able to relax for a day or two afterwards. She ends up so uncomfortable. The GP has given her some kids movicol which does help but sometimes she has to have 4 plus doses in a day (thankfully not very often). If I don't have any then I give her califig which you can buy from any pharmacy - it sometimes helps.

QueefofSheena · 29/10/2022 21:21

DS used to withhold. It’s desperate. IIRC the suppositories won’t get it all out, only what is ‘low’. We got referred to a paediatric gastroenterologist in the end and the thing that worked was Pico liquid, it’s hardcore though, I likened it to liquid dynamite. It broke the cycle of withholding for DS as it’s non-negotiable

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dleef888 · 30/10/2022 11:42

Quail15 · 29/10/2022 21:15

Sorry no experience of giving a child a suppository but my 3 year old will refuse to poo for 4-5 days a week (every week) because she won't go at nursery for the first 3 days and then doesn't seem to be able to relax for a day or two afterwards. She ends up so uncomfortable. The GP has given her some kids movicol which does help but sometimes she has to have 4 plus doses in a day (thankfully not very often). If I don't have any then I give her califig which you can buy from any pharmacy - it sometimes helps.

That seems to be the issue with my son, ever since starting preschool he holds it at school and now he is so irregular! Thank you for the advice! :)

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dleef888 · 30/10/2022 11:43

QueefofSheena · 29/10/2022 21:21

DS used to withhold. It’s desperate. IIRC the suppositories won’t get it all out, only what is ‘low’. We got referred to a paediatric gastroenterologist in the end and the thing that worked was Pico liquid, it’s hardcore though, I likened it to liquid dynamite. It broke the cycle of withholding for DS as it’s non-negotiable

Oh wow thank you for your reply. I didn't know that about the suppository only getting what is low. Thank you

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