Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hi : Thank you for responding. had a cut on her bottom that would bleed when she went to the bathroom. They put her on miralax to soften the stool to allow the cut to heal. The bleeding stopped in a week, they kept her on it for two. A week after stopping it she was very constipated and it started to show blood again. After a few more weeks that is when she started to go with blood and mucus every hour. I'm wondering how safe this stuff is for kids, is only 5 and is around 30lbs. Joan merrywbee wrote: Hi Joan-- I'm catching up on old posts! Your first post did make it through. Welcome to the board! What were the symptoms that preceded her being put on miralax--was it just constipation? I don't know if going on the miralax would be related to developing the ulcerative colitis, but, from your description, I can't see why she would have developed UC from anything else-- had she had any illness or been on any other medications? I wonder if perhaps she had an allergy to the miralax and it caused her UC? My son had a very bad reaction to being on miralax but it was mainly the psychological and physical changes like becoming very pale, dark circles under his eyes, glassy eyed look like he wasn't really 'there' anymore, facial grimaces/tics. I do not know if he had any damage to his intestinal tract like ulcerative colitis.How is she doing now?W>> Hello All:> > I'm new to this board and sent a previous message and I'm not sure I did it right.> > My daughter who is 5 was on Miralax for 6 weeks every day over the summer. By August she was having a bowel movement with blood every hour and stomach pain. I took her to a pediatric GI and they diagnosed her with Ulcerative Colitis. This is a lifetime disease with no cure.> > Has anyone experienced a bad reaction to Miralax? My daughter never had issues with her bowels before.> > Thank you for your time.> > Joan> > > ---------------------------------> Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know.> __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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