JRA -constipation encopresia in my 6 years old boy Help

[Guest guest]

Alia,

Oh that poor Caroline...when Hunter first started MTX and pred, he

was on 25mg oral MTX and 35mg oral pred and he was in the first and

worst flare for 2 months 'til the MTX kicked in a little bit. He

was super constipated all that time, about 2-3 months. I talked to

the rheumy and he said, hmmmmm, but offered no solution. He said it

could be the disease itself (systemic) or the pred or...? or.... ?

or....? At the beginning, I think it was 8-9 days since he had a

BM. I talked to the pediatrician and he said to try suppositories

(oh, joy). I did that three days in a row, with no results and

finally gave him an enema. Finally, an explosion in less than 5

minutes. I took him to the pediatrician and he said the same thing

as the rheumy, but put him on prescription Miralax (laxative) for a

few weeks until he was " somewhat " regular and then on milk of

magnesia for about a month. During the really bad times of

constipation, he was moaning and screaming as bad as the JRA pain.

On a side note, I think sometimes nerves and anxiety can add to the

whole picture, and that is a big unknown and hard to figure, because

it's not you who it's happening to. I hope this helps and little

Caroline gets regular soon.

Also, I think you need to look for a pattern with her MB's going

forward and continue to look for any blood. If yes, you may have

some other problem brewing, but I sure hope not.

Stacia and Hunter,7,systemic,iritis

[Guest guest]

Hi Caroline,

While occasionaly normal it should not become chronic.Even the bright red(I assume it was bright red)blood is normal.Caroline perferated her poor little bottom.

Poor thing,I remember having to help get it out a time or two.I hope she gets regular soon.

Love and Hugs

Becki and 5 systemic

[Guest guest]

Thanks Becki. Yeah - it was bright red. Poor thing. We're keeping an

eye on her!

Alia and caroline, age 2, poly and uveitis

> Hi Caroline,

> While occasionaly normal it should not become chronic.Even the

bright red(I

> assume it was bright red)blood is normal.Caroline perferated her

poor little

> bottom.

> Poor thing,I remember having to help get it out a time or two.I

hope she gets

> regular soon.

> Love and Hugs

> Becki and 5 systemic