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2 year old with piles :-(
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hi, ive posted on here a while back about my 2 year old having a hard time with pooing, she goes every 2-3 days now but she finds it very painful and screams and holds on for dear life when shes going. Our health visitor suggested calfig syrup but this has no effect on her, and despite her having a excellent diet nothing is helping. She just had another poo now and when i was cleaning her up i saw that there was blood in the feaces and she had a pink bulbous fleshy lump around her back passage. Is this common in children? can the doctor give anything to help?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Iis that a an anal fissure? (or at least it sounds like something I was writing about earlier which was a fissure)... Anyhow, yes, a doctor can help, her stools might be hard and these can cause fissures so if she's straining and it's hurting her at all then the quack can give her something to soften the stool.
Yes the doctor can give her something to help, both for the hard time pooing and for the lump which probably was caused by all the straining and is a type of pile. I don't know how common it is in children.
You need to take her to the doctors. I am not sure whether a two year old can use preparations like Anusol, which shrink the pile down.
You need to take her to the doctors. I am not sure whether a two year old can use preparations like Anusol, which shrink the pile down.
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When we get the urge to go to the loo (no/2) a natural process happens to most of us The body secreets a lubrication in the passage to help us pass the stool. but in your daughters case it seems that its not happening and its dry and painful (poor mite) so she may need a little help.
Liquid parrafin helps (from your chemist) or Fibogel which is made up into an orange drink..
jem
Liquid parrafin helps (from your chemist) or Fibogel which is made up into an orange drink..
jem
I agree with Kate. A doctor as soon as possible as this good lead to a problem where your little one just is terrified of going to the loo and will refuse. This then leads to further problems with leakages. I know a little boy this happened to.
http://www.patient.co...ation-in-Children.htm
http://www.patient.co...ation-in-Children.htm
lotsafun, it sounds to me as if you shouldn't be waiting until Monday to get your daughter examined. Do you have a walk-in centre near you, where you can just turn up, save your daughter suffering more pain for another few days until you see the GP? I am surprised the surgery made the appointment for nearly a week ahead in a case like this, surely you told them it was urgent and she's only 2?