It's been a 3 months long battle against hard stools that AN's been passing, along with blood from her torn anus.
Some information that I do not already know from searching the Net includes (I miss Dr Terrance Tan every time I think of bringing AN for professional help):
- If your child develops small tears near the rectum from trying to have a bowel movement, let him or her sit in warm salt water three times daily (your doctor will tell you how much salt to add to the tub water). Do not leave your child alone in the bathroom. After the bath you can rub 1/2 percent hydrocortisone cream on the area. This cream can be bought over-the-counter at a drug store. (I miss buying drugs and creams at clinics after consultations...that way I know chances of giving AN the wrong medications and amounts are much lower)
- If your child is one year or older, he or she should eat fruits and vegetables three times daily. Encourage the child to eat raw unpeeled fruits and vegetables. Cut the food into small pieces to prevent choking. Avoid food that can't be chewed easily. (Her PD also mentioned raw. It's time I stop behaving paranoid over Salmonella.)
- Some foods can make your child's constipation worse. Limit the amount of milk, ice cream, cheese, white rice, bananas, cooked carrots, and applesauce in your child's diet. (white rice - staple diet, bananas & cooked carrots - baby's first foods from 6 months till now. Carrots are her recent favorites/ must-haves)
Taken from: http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0302.htm
It's AN's diet that causing her all the pain, yet these food are either her favourites, or exceptionally crucial for growth.
*Scratch head*
Not easy...sigh...
Some information that I do not already know from searching the Net includes (I miss Dr Terrance Tan every time I think of bringing AN for professional help):
- If your child develops small tears near the rectum from trying to have a bowel movement, let him or her sit in warm salt water three times daily (your doctor will tell you how much salt to add to the tub water). Do not leave your child alone in the bathroom. After the bath you can rub 1/2 percent hydrocortisone cream on the area. This cream can be bought over-the-counter at a drug store. (I miss buying drugs and creams at clinics after consultations...that way I know chances of giving AN the wrong medications and amounts are much lower)
- If your child is one year or older, he or she should eat fruits and vegetables three times daily. Encourage the child to eat raw unpeeled fruits and vegetables. Cut the food into small pieces to prevent choking. Avoid food that can't be chewed easily. (Her PD also mentioned raw. It's time I stop behaving paranoid over Salmonella.)
- Some foods can make your child's constipation worse. Limit the amount of milk, ice cream, cheese, white rice, bananas, cooked carrots, and applesauce in your child's diet. (white rice - staple diet, bananas & cooked carrots - baby's first foods from 6 months till now. Carrots are her recent favorites/ must-haves)
Taken from: http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0302.htm
It's AN's diet that causing her all the pain, yet these food are either her favourites, or exceptionally crucial for growth.
*Scratch head*
Not easy...sigh...
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