Suggest Treatment For Abdominal Pain While Suffering From Constipation

Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2017

Question: my daughter has been experiencing abdominal pain but mainly at night. she suffers from constipation since an infant. but my concern is she has been complaing of pain in her lower belly area under her belly button from left to right and middle area, but like i said above the pain happens only at night time

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Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
She has to drink plenty of water

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic.

I have gone carefully through the details. The entire presentation could be due to constipation. My suggestions would be to ask her to:
* Avoid long gaps between meals. Take small but frequent meals.
* Spicy food has to be avoided.
* It is very important to exercise regularly.
* High dietary fiber intake has to be ensured. Plenty of green leafy vegetables are to be taken. Fiber supplements like psyllium husk can also be taken along. This has to be taken daily at dinner irrespective of whether the problems are present. Restoralax can be taken.
* Please go through the following for a list of fiber rich foods:
http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/063008p28.shtml
* You can give her Junior Lanzol (lansoprazole) once daily before breakfast.

Hopefully that would help.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar