Constipation

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Thanks! I will be shopping for this in the near future. The

colace worked great - twice. Now it isnt working. Is it possible

that Mike just doesnt need to have a BM every day? He didnt have

one every day before his seizures and the diet but I am told that he has

to have one every day now to eliminate things from the meds and to keep

the diet working adn I have noticed that when he has a BM his seizures

are less the next day. Actually since that BM things have been great

for Mike - his seizures are way down for the time being. I am curious

to see if they get worse the longer he goes between BM's. His neuro

doesnt recognize constipation as a problem with seizures altho she does

say that other parents have been noting the same thing to her.

Jenn

Kathy Greenwood wrote:

We use the Yerba Prima Pysllium Husks Powder.

It says that one teaspoon contains 4.5 grams of carbs but its says on the

jar , "The carbohydrate in this product is primarily non-digestible fiber,

digestible carbohydrate is less than 1/2 gram per serving." Since

we give lin 1/2 a teaspoon, he is getting less than 1/4 gram per serving

so we do not figure it in. I asked our dietician about it and she

said that was fine. It is healthy and the body does not become dependent

on it. Plus it has no taste so we mix it into his keto kooler drink

and he doesn't notice it.

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Kathy (Mom to lin, 3 1/2 years old, generalized idiopathic epilepsy)

From: heppner1@...

Reply-To: ketogenic

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:49:18 -0600

To: ketogenic

Subject: Re: blood in stool

Does this powder have to be calculated into the diet?

I have Mike on colace right now and it seems to be working well but I dont

want to keep using it indefinitely. We also use suppositories but

I dont want to use them long term either.

Glad to help. This list is just awesome! Where else can

you find a whole bunch of keto experts in one place? (I am far from

an expert yet but I am sure learning alot from all of you!)

Jenn

Kathy Greenwood wrote:

yes his stools are very hard so thats most likely it because

he seems to feel really good otherwise. Thanks Jenn & Kandy!

Kathy (Mom to lin, 3 1/2 years old, idiopathic generalized epilepsy)

From: heppner1@...

Reply-To: ketogenic

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:41:01 -0600

To: ketogenic

Subject: Re: blood in stool

If the stools are very hard it is probably just a bit of irritation

as they pass thru. Mike had this a few times til we got his stools

softer. If that isnt the case then I dont really have any other idea

what it could be.

Jenn

Kathy Greenwood wrote:

We've been giving lin psyllium husk powder daily now

to get him to go

and it has really helped. The last two times he went though,

he had blood

in his stool. Should I take him to the dr and get him checked

out? Any

ideas of what might be going on?

Thanks!

Kathy (Mom to lin, 3 1/2 years old, idiopathic generalized

epilepsy)

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