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Is My Child Suffering From Constipation After Endoscopy And Biopsy?
My 4 year old had an upper endoscopy almost a month ago under general anesthesia. He had biopsies, and also a 20 hour ph impedance test. He has not been moving his bowels as normal since then. He is exclusively g tube fed, so since his diet is always the same, I wondered if the constipation could be a symptom of something hard during either of those tests
Mon, 15 Jun 2015
Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
Exclusively tube fed baby usually have constipation as he is only on liquids.
Calorie dense and fiber containing foos regularise the motion.
You may try lactulose syrup 2 times daily to ease constipation.
I do not think the tests have any relation to constipation.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
Thank you for asking question on health care magic.
Exclusively tube fed baby usually have constipation as he is only on liquids.
Calorie dense and fiber containing foos regularise the motion.
You may try lactulose syrup 2 times daily to ease constipation.
I do not think the tests have any relation to constipation.
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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