28th November 2004
I thought I posted after my little guys appointment...knowing me I probably inadvertantly deleted it...oh well. Wanted to give an update in case any of you need help this might be it.
J was diagnosed with Encropresis which is very common with our kids. They are constipated and with that they fear passing a BM. It becomes a viscious cycle where they need to go but "withhold" in fear of pain. What happens is the bowels become very stretched out and they are able to withold alot. What eventually does pass is called leakage. They usually can't clean out the lower intestine. Poor things.
Our Gastroenterologist put him on mega doses of Magnesium Citrate to clean him out...yes, it worked. He is now on miralax dailey to keep stools soft. We need to retrain the bowels so that he does not associate pain with BM. They tell you to put him on the toilet for 10 minutes (ya right, do they know how impatient our kids are) after every meal.
Hope that is helpful to some of you out there and that my post is not too graphic.
J was diagnosed with Encropresis which is very common with our kids. They are constipated and with that they fear passing a BM. It becomes a viscious cycle where they need to go but "withhold" in fear of pain. What happens is the bowels become very stretched out and they are able to withold alot. What eventually does pass is called leakage. They usually can't clean out the lower intestine. Poor things.
Our Gastroenterologist put him on mega doses of Magnesium Citrate to clean him out...yes, it worked. He is now on miralax dailey to keep stools soft. We need to retrain the bowels so that he does not associate pain with BM. They tell you to put him on the toilet for 10 minutes (ya right, do they know how impatient our kids are) after every meal.
Hope that is helpful to some of you out there and that my post is not too graphic.