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What Causes Pain In Tail Bone Of A 3 Year Old?
my 3 year old complaints that his bum hurts and cannot sit on it for long or walk for long i took him to the doctor and they just said it was part of potty training him and prescribed him movicol but then he got such a sore bottom a stopped using it. this has been going on for 4 weeks now
Wed, 21 Sep 2016
the pain is different for the two situations, sitting / pooing .
if you think he is in pain the moment just before pooping then it's a probably an analysis fissure from constipation and warrants Movicol
if you think the pain is always when he sits on it , then he probably has an injured coccyx ,and this is confirmed by an x-ray . these injuries take a long time to heal because of its position . and warrants avoiding constipation as well because it will induce pain to that region , so movicol isn't a bad idea after all . , it needs time to heal , but I recommend an XRAY first
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if you think he is in pain the moment just before pooping then it's a probably an analysis fissure from constipation and warrants Movicol
if you think the pain is always when he sits on it , then he probably has an injured coccyx ,and this is confirmed by an x-ray . these injuries take a long time to heal because of its position . and warrants avoiding constipation as well because it will induce pain to that region , so movicol isn't a bad idea after all . , it needs time to heal , but I recommend an XRAY first
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