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I've got a 14 year old who is constipated...not


Sent to Health Experts May 13, 2006 3:09 p.m.
I've got a 14 year old who is constipated...not sure what to do...take to doctor? ExLax or something else?


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May 13, 2006 3:39 p.m. (30 minutes and 0 seconds later) 		REPLIED to Info Request Check Mark
When was the last time she had a bowel movement?


Here is some info, let me know if you have questions.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/constipation/index.htm

http://www.fascrs.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=8

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Sent May 14, 2006 9:42 a.m. (18 hours and 3 minutes later)
It's a boy actually...it's now been about three days (I think).   I know he hasn't gone after Thursday evening, but I don't know when before then.
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May 14, 2006 10:31 a.m. (48 minutes and 27 seconds later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark
I wouldn't given him Ex-Lax, that is very harsh.

I would call the pediatrician and asked for a a prescription for a stool softener.

You can go to the pharmacy and purchase some gylcerin suppositories and insert one into the rectum. This will help lubricate the anus, espeically if the stool is very hard.

I would purchase Milk of Magnesia:

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/otcdrugprofiles/drugs/fgotc192.shtml



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