bowel problem.

[Hollysarah]

my daughter has suffered from a bowel problem from a baby . She has had over the years many different laxitives prescribed from consultants.

Now she is 13 years old and still struggling with her bowels is there any other mothers who children are like this.

[SallyandPaul]

Hi Hollysarah.Our daughter is 14 and had this and all the problems associated with it since she w as three. For the last two years she was put on peristeen, a colonic irrigation system, by the consultant at the hospital. she still takes 1/2 sachets of cosmocol everyday and if she doesn't do a poo after tea she does peristeen, usually 3/4 times a week. She still has accidents,usually before peristeen but they are not huge and she has no more accidents at school. So things are a lot better but not perfect. Best wishes Sally

[redberrymam]

FWIW Mine is now 19 and still has the same persistent/recurrent constipation problems she had as a toddler. Plus mental health and physical-underdevelopment issues (we're currently waiting on another hospital appointment for the latter)