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my year old daughter has major gas pains and cannot poop

Sent to Health Experts January 7 2006 at 4:08 PM
   

My 2 year old daughter has major gas pains and cannot poop, she is lactose intolerant. We have been giving her lactaid milk instead of regular, but I need her to go to the bathroom.

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Female , Age: 2 1/2

Already Tried:
Gave an glycerin suppository laxative.

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January 7 2006 at 4:12 PM (4 minutes and 19 seconds later)
         
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Here are a few things you can try to help her. Pour warm water in the toilet, so that when she sits on it she gets some steam.
Another thing you can do to relieve gas pains is hold her in your lap facing you, put her arms around your neck so that she is kind of holding the up, and then massage her back and sides. This will help to move gas trapped in her system.
Let me know if you have any other questions or if this helps at all.


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January 7 2006 at 4:18 PM (5 minutes and 38 seconds later)
         
Reply to Christina Tavanian's Post: The steam was something we tried before didn't work. I though atleast here I would get some sound advise. Really not worth the $8 for someone to tell me to rub my daughters belly.
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January 7 2006 at 4:22 PM (3 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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Understandable...
I'm surprised the suppository did not help. Have you tried a regular enema?


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January 8 2006 at 5:14 PM (1 day later)
         
Reply to Christina Tavanian's Post: Well after spending the whole night in the emergency room, my daughter finally went to the bathroom with the help of a prescribed laxative. They are very leary to give this to children, because they become dependant on the laxative to go to the bathroom.

In young children they have a tendency to hold back and not go to the bathroom if they have experienced pain from going, because of the size. This was case as well in my daughter.

One tired daddy
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January 9 2006 at 3:45 AM (10 hours and 30 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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