Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Hi all, I've posted before about my son, but now I'm asking for my NT daughter (2 3/4). She has had constipation since she started eating food. When she was little, her bm's resembled little rabbit pellets. Now that she's bigger, she's started to not go for five days. It's awful. Her stomach hurts, she loses her appetite. Her stool is chronically hard, and sometimes it is so hard for her to make a bm that she literally vomits with the effort. I will go to the doctor, but I doubt that he will check for very much, and I'm sure that he will recommend that I give her mineral oil or something else every day. I'm reluctant to do this. I've removed all dairy/cassein from her diet (which, incidentally, stopped her chronic goopy nose and stopped her snoring at night). She rarely eats gluten, as her brother doesn't, and we don't have it in the house. For the same reason, she doesn't have eggs, corn, soy, artificial colors, preservatives, etc. She eats lots of fruits and vegetables, loves meat, and drinks at least 40 ounces of liquid a day (dairifree milk substitute, water, and juice which hosts some supplements). I also put ground flaxseed into her pancakes. Her vitamin supplement has iron, but 25% of the RDA for a 4 year old. She also gets magnesium glycinate (I upped it to 1000 mg today, from 500) or a magnesium chelate with calcium citrate powder. I started adding vitamin c today (I read it could help). I have been giving her some fish oil. Will enzymes help her constipation, or just worsen it? A book a leafed through at Whole Foods suggested enzymes for constipation. Does anyone have any thoughts on starting them with her? I'd hate to make matters worse. Also, if anyone has any ideas on what is causing this, I'd be interested in hearing them. Thanks, Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 My daughter has had rabbit pellets for her entire 8 yrs, along with chronic gas. Guess we were fortunate though at least she went every day, but it was hard to go. For her it turned out to be yeast overgrowth and then of course you have bacteria problems from being backed up. You'll find a lot of ideas for constipation and some work with some kids and not with others, but for us magnesium is our silver bullet. It's unfortunate that she needs to take at least 500mg a day, and has been mentioned that all it is really doing is releasing the muscles, but for us worth the trade off to have normal BM's. Should add that prunes also were the magic touch, but activate her yeast problem so we can't go there. Good luck and just keep trying until you find something. Kari Enzymes for constipation? When she was little, her bm's resembled little rabbit pellets. Now that she's bigger, she's started to not go for five days. It's awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 > I've posted before about my son, but now I'm asking for my NT > daughter (2 3/4). She has had constipation since she started eating > food. Constipation ideas http://www.danasview.net/constip.htm You indicate she does not eat much gluten. Does she eat a lot of rice? Rice is very constipating. > Will enzymes help her constipation, or just worsen it? Usually, enzymes will help constipation. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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