Bad constipation in 12 year old... how to help??!
Question: Bad constipation in 12 year old!.!.!. how to help!?!?
I won't give out names or personal info, but someone I know, a 12 year old girl, has really bad gas and constipation!. She only has a bowel movement about once a week (practically max) and then she'll get really painful diarrhea (gross) and all the time she has crazy bad gas pains!. How to help!?!? No laxitives!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
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This sounds like IBS!. Has she ever tried Imodium!? She should stay away from cabbage and salad!. You see the large bowel moves the food along by gently squeezing it, but with Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
sometime it squeezes too hard, and other times not hard enough!. If it is this, she needs to eat foods with fiber, like fruit has fiber, and high grain cereals, drink lots of fluids, stay away from diet soda and no antacids!. But she really needs to be under a Doctors care, and if she has a hard time paying for a doctor, look in the yellow pages for a free clinic in your area, or even in the next town!. No 12 year old should be having this much trouble with her digestive system, and if she does not do something about it, it could go from acute to cronic!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
sometime it squeezes too hard, and other times not hard enough!. If it is this, she needs to eat foods with fiber, like fruit has fiber, and high grain cereals, drink lots of fluids, stay away from diet soda and no antacids!. But she really needs to be under a Doctors care, and if she has a hard time paying for a doctor, look in the yellow pages for a free clinic in your area, or even in the next town!. No 12 year old should be having this much trouble with her digestive system, and if she does not do something about it, it could go from acute to cronic!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
if the stool is hard and it hurts when she has to go i recommend ducolax stool softener !.
and also ask her doctor about any suposotories that he/she can give to her !. i have a friend who is about the same age who went through the same thing so yeah !. her doctor gave her a suposotory that was used in hospitals that were mainly for the elderly but they worked beautifully when they were used on her !.
good luck and i hope she gets betterWww@Answer-Health@Com
and also ask her doctor about any suposotories that he/she can give to her !. i have a friend who is about the same age who went through the same thing so yeah !. her doctor gave her a suposotory that was used in hospitals that were mainly for the elderly but they worked beautifully when they were used on her !.
good luck and i hope she gets betterWww@Answer-Health@Com
It can be signs of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)!. Anyway, do tell her to see a gastroentrologist!. Let him rule out what it is and get treated accordingly!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
She may have an intestinal problem!.
You should probably talk to her about seeing a doctor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You should probably talk to her about seeing a doctor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
high fiber diet!.Www@Answer-Health@Com