My 3 year old is currently taking 8 movicol a day to try and clear her impaction. That’s not easy to get a stubborn toddler to do but we’re managing anyway I was what people’s experiences were after. Did this solve the problem or is it something on going?
She’s always struggled to poo and finally someone has listened and given us a treatment plan!
Hi there my daughter is in the same boat she’s 9 years old never had this before but collapsed in pain back in April took her to A&E and X-ray showed the impactation. However we are still on and off at hospital after being in for a week and having biscodyl tablets , movicol, enma, and senna she’s still not right and still not at school! I am at my wits end with it all as it’s the in going pain she can’t walk far as it hurts she’s just had a load more bloods taken where her iron levels are very low, we are now awaiting in another X-ray as my daughter really can’t carry on like this it’s heartbreaking to see and I just feel I’m having to fight my way through all this and it’s exhausting
Oh bless her. I hope she’s feeling better soon
So sorry to hear this 😔 Make sure to follow the plan made for her to clear impaction.
I made the mistake of stopping and cutting down meds when I didn’t realize it was just overflow.
Dr can use ultrasound to see poo. Worth it to check up every so often, if she isn’t communicating.
Best to you xoxo 😘
I’m currently going through this with my daughter who is 2 and half. We’re at the point where we are on a maintenance dose of Movicol. My daughter although acknowledges that her poo is soft is still refusing to use the potty/toilet and will only go in her knickers. She had mastered potty training then became constipated around Christmas time and passed a really painful stool and we’ve been struggling ever since.
The disimpaction has done its job we just need to get over the psychological issues that she has with going to the toilet but I’m not sure how to do that or how long it will take. ☹️
Thank you. It’s good to hear the disimpaction has worked. I hope she gets there with the potty training side of thing soon
It gets very messy. I had to put my daughter back in pull-ups for a few days.
Hi no it don't work we did our third disimpaction got to cup of tea stage for three days then slowly reduce still no type 5 only type 6 -7 but are peads has said aslong she producing something she not blocked. I now know all the signs when she does have a blockage then I start disimpacting her again. I described it like a machine her body.its so disheartening for them.so many nappies we go through. I do try to toilet train but that's impossible when type 7 always coming out of her like a tap.
Hello there, my daughter is nearly five. Since birth she had trouble doing no 2s. S he has a slow moving bowel/ sluggish bowel, she is possibly autistic, we are waiting for an assessment. The only way to get my daughter to drink with the Movicol in was to add Movicol to her Hot chocolate. Doctors told me it doesn't work as well in warm drinks? But I have found that it works perfectly well. Constipation is so serious, GPs, dont take it that serious, and in the end my little girl nearly died from sepsis, due to her bowels so compacted and coated in old stuck on poo. It took a whole 14 months for the old poo to come out, the smell was like death, even the dogs both left the room, it was horrendous. Now poos are normal, but with out the Movicol x2 every day she would never do a poo. Keep using them, try with Hot chocolate, also. Just because a child starts to have runny poo does not mean you have sorted the problem out, you have to keep going until lots of clumps come out, the stuck bits. I demanded an MRI it saved my daughters life, I would ask for the same if worried. Our children are so precious, never thought I may of lost mine through constipation. All the best, try with hot chocolate, the chocolate disquises the taste. xx
Isn’t it wild how the GPs will play it down? Mine only referred my daughter to paediatric consultant because “although I’m not worried at all, I can see you are” in his opinion she would get through it with just dulcolax and lac tulles. Three years later I had to go privately to a bowel Management consultant, luckily I have family who work in the hospital who could tell me who we needed to see.
I get so angry when I think of all the wrong advise we’ve been given over the years... “she’ll get the feeling, just keep doing what your doing”, “don’t keep giving laxatives, she’ll get a lazy bowel if you keep giving her them.” All leading to a nearly 6 year old who can’t tell when she needs to poop, or when she’s had an accident in her pants. Luckily the man were seeing now seems to know what he’s at.
Sorry, I went off in a tangent. I’m glad you’re getting somewhere with your daughter, it’s horrific how it can escalate x
Hi there, to be honest it is clearly neglect. GPs dont know it all, if they did then my daughters bowel problems would not of escalated into a complete compacted and stretched bowel. When she was in hospital we met other childrens parents whos children were in a bad way because of rubbish GPs advice. One woman cried to me telling me that her sons life if ruined, his bowels no longer work, when he poos he blocks up public toilets, due to the whole toilet full of poo...I never believed this until I googled it. Shocking... I am so sick of people in high positions giving out rubbish advice that could harm our children. My GP also said to me that it is ok for Rose to have a hard poo.? This is not true, because if hard it means that it has been there a while and may block her up, I would never let her have hard poos, she is in pain will soft ones... Jesus... Also they use their powers to control the out come and get them selves off the hook... Trust your instincts, that is why they are there. This is the truth. All the very best, hope things work out well for your child. xx
You are right; the GPs don’t know enough about it... which I understand to an extent-they are general practitioners so know a bit about everything. But constipation gets completely downplayed.
I told the GP that my wee girl was only going maybe once a week, and that when she did it was huge hard smelly poops. He wasn’t concerned. As soon as I said that to the paediatric gastroenterologist, he explained it all, it was a red light to him. I’m just very lucky that my mum is a paediatric nurse, she was able to keep pointing me in the right direction. If I was relying solely on the GPs I’d be lost. When I did ask who I needed to see privately, it took 2 weeks for them to phone me back with a name. At that stage I’d already been to see him and had a plan of action in place.
Sorry, I tend to rant on this because there’s not many outlets-I don’t like telling too many Mum friends incase my wee girl gets embarrassed. Hoping you get sorted soon x
My son is 9yrs old and has had his problem since 2.5yrs. I took him to the gp so many times. They only referred us to the paeds when he was 5. Then they discharged us after 2 visits. They told me to keep giving movical no plan to follow etc. Its ridiculous how we are left to deal with this on our own. We have now been referred to the paeds again who have now given me a plan to follow and referring us to the community nurses. If this had all been done when he was 2.5 we wouldn't be in the position we are in now. It makes me so cross how no one seems to care how bad constipation can be for children and how much it can impact them. I am really hoping we get it solved this time properly.
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