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Can you be miss diagnosed with constipation

My son is completing disimpaction but I am wondering if he wasn't really constip...
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Is there a shortage of the plain Movicol in the UK?

We ended up getting lemon and lime as pharmacist only had that and chocolate. S...
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How to get large doses of movicol into child

We are really struggling, so we managed 4 sachets yesterday, and today she's had...
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Disimpaction not working

Hello! My son is currently going through a dismpaction his dose is 12 sachets of...

are we there (disimpaction)?

here is the third poo of the day
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After disimpaction

Hello, So we did disimpaction following the guidance here; we got to brown wat...
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Disimpaction advice

In the UK do I need a doctors prescription to start the process? My son is PDA...
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day 4 disimpaction of 8 yr old

just prompted my daughter to sit on the loo and try to go. all that came out was...
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Are we getting close.?

We are on day 9 on disimpaction, 8 movicol sachets a day and 7.5ml dulcolax as a...
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Dosage

hi all, my 2.5 year old daughter was successfully disimpacted recently. She has ...
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Teenage wetting

Hi, my wonderful 15 yr old son has struggled with wetting for many years. He is ...
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quick disempaction question

currently in day 7 of disempaction. How watery do the poos need to be? I’d say w...
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Macrogols in eggs or porridge etc

Those of you that have put macrogols into porridge and scrambled eggs can I ask ...
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No room for daily fluid intake when doing disimpaction regime

My daughter just can't fot it all in, today we've nearlly managed the whole 6 sa...
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Long term movicol

Hello, my 3.5 years old has been on movicol now for 2 years, 1 sachet a day, we ...
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Adult diapers/ nappies

Son (9) is refusing to use the toilet. Currently carrying out a disimpaction. ...
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Disimpaction Journey with autistic non-verbal child

Hi all, my 9 year old non-verbal autistic son was presenting with stomach pain a...
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Disimpaction regime day 2 vomiting 5 year old

Hi all, we are day 2 on movicol disimpaction, meant to be 4 sachets today, she m...
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help with laxido

good morning. So far on disimpaction…. So far we’ve done Day 1. - 2 laxi...
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How to Know When Disimpaction is Complete

I'm doing disimpaction for my 7 year old. She's been constipated and on laxativ...
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Help! Post disimpaction

I finished disimpacting my toddler 5 days ago. He’s still complaining of tummy p...
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First day of disimpaction

Hi everyone. I (am trying) to start disimpaction with my four year old daughter ...
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post right hemicolectomy functional bowel disorder

my son age 7 during storm Emma passed out and vomited continuously, we had to ta...
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