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My 4 year old daughter has suffered with severe chronic constipation since birth. When she was born she was admitted in the neonatal for 9 days due to abdominal distention, feed intolerance, suspected sepsis, vomiting bright green bile and Meconium Ileus. She did not pass her meconium for 33 hours and it was passed due to a paediatrician giving her a suppository. It's now getting worse as she is getting older. She suffers with abdominal distention, leakages, agonising pain, passing a lot of gas and cannot walk sometimes due to the pain. She has been on 5 different laxatives (lactulose, movicol, docusate, sodium picosulfate and sennakot) now of them have worked and she has also had 2 enemas that did not work also. She has had a biopsy done for Hirschsprung's disease and it came back normal and all her bloods are normal as well. She is missing a lot of school due to this and her doctors don't seem to think it's serious but after all the medication she's had I think differently. She used to pass a stool and get some relief for a few weeks now it's just days till the pain starts all over again like she isn't getting any relief at all anymore. It can be 3 weeks before she passes a stool. I've done some research and seen that meconium ileus can be related to cystic fibrosis and I've seen that you can have it in the digestive system also. Could this be a possibility for her?

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Diploma in Child Health (DCH), F.I.A.M.S...read more

Pediatrician•Muzaffarnagar
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It is really strange for me to understand how she is tolerating absolute constipation for 3 weeks. It is advisable to get her thoroughly checked in good teaching institutions like AIIMS/PGI Chandigarh etc.
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Homeopathy Doctor•Noida
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1. Take home cooked, fresh light food. Take a lot of green vegetables n fruit.
2. Increasing the fibre in your diet
3. Increasing your fluid intake
4. Avoid fast foods, spicy n fried foods
5. Maintain active life style
6. Curd is good for u.
7. Avoiding straining
Homeopathy has very encouraging results. Consult online with details
Asked for male, 61 years old from Patna
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MBBS

General Physician•Mumbai
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For constipation I will suggest you to give food with high fiber content like green leafy vegetables and can also eat bananas at bedtime as it is effective as a laxative and if necessary take 10 ml of syp cremaffin at night
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B.Sc. - Dietitics / Nutrition

Dietitian/Nutritionist•Delhi
Start giving USA based ALOE VERA juice 2 times / day 30 ml each. Contact me / msg at 9350583744. This juice is available with a few distributors in India not at medical store.
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CCPH, BHMS

Homeopath•Bhilai
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Gve ur dad haldi with milk it wl relax his pain, it cn b due to medicines, tke sme ajvain roast it in pan n gve with honey twice a day n see the chnges
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MD - Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine Specialist•Mumbai
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Hello.
Pl note constipation is root cause of almost all diseases . Improve yr life style is only solution for you. Eat more vegetable . Green Bhaji . Salad. Fruits . Avoid fried . Pickle . Spicy food.
Take half spoon of triphala churan at bed time with semi hot water.
Stay healthy Naturally
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Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physica...read more

Physiotherapist•Chennai
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Knee Ligament laxity if you have problem in your legs then it might be due to ligament laxity where your legs would become very weak due to the old ligament injury and that should be treated immediately. Wear knee cap so that you will feel firm while walking or climbing stairs.
This is a general strain and for this you can follow these measures: one keep a pillow right under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes, if pain still p...more
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M.S.(Shalya)

Proctologist•Akola
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Don't ignore Fissure as lead to serious complications, so consult a expert for permanent solution. You can't avoid the disease but you can cure it. No such solution is used for this, so have proper medication.
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