Hi there,thanks for the post. She probably does eat quite a bit of insoluble fibre. This is her third day of not going, she will go sometime today - if she doesn't go every day she goes every second or third day. We have tried fibre supplements, obviously haven't bought any from Heather yet, and both psyllium and normacol made her so sore and gassy she was doubled up in pain. I will try the suggestion of lying on left side with legs bent and deep breathing, I have done variants of this over the months :-) I have cut down her fruit consumption considerably, especially when I read that bananas can cause gas.
I know I don't know what I'm talking about but all this seems to be treating the symptoms and nothing getting to the bottom of what actually causes irritable bowel syndrome, I have read articles on the SIBO small intestine bacteria overgrowth and this makes sense to my untrained brain. These bacteria feed on partially digested foods in particular carbs and sugars causing gas and cramping. I know there are other articles that dispute this theory.
I guess I just can't get my head around a kid who was healthy on Thursday 4 Feb 2005 and then in pain etc on Friday 5 February 2005 and has continued like this for the year. How intolerances can just 'show up' 'out of the blue' I just don't know. I had at least been intolerant to cow's milk as a baby and still have problems with dairy products, but to suddenly become gluten and lactose intolerant in a day or there abouts like she has???????????
I can't fathom why there is no pain during the day (believe me I am thankful), but only pain at night, it seems to me that there is a gas build up of what she has eaten throughout the day, and this is causing the colicky crampy pain and gas at night. She has a very windy butt. :-)
Please excuse my ramblings, just a tired and desperate mother.
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