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
Hi, Thank you for asking question on Chat Doctor. Exclusively tube fed baby usually have constipation as he is only on liquids. Calorie dense and fiber containing Food regularize 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 purposeless feel free to ask any more queries if requiredTake care Chat Doctor. V. Subrahmanyam MD;Disassociate professor of pediatrics