My 2.5 Yr Okd Daughter Has Been Complaining Of Tummy

Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2019

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Question : my 2.5 yr okd daughter has been complaining of tummy hurting. usually passes once shes had a BM. her BM are hard, dry and lumpy a lot. she complained of tummy hurting again so i pressed on it thinking its gas, trying to help relieve any gas pains. as i was doing so i felt a hard lump seems long on the lower right aode of abdomen. could that be stool?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Most probably yes, fecolith formation.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for our query about your 2.5 year old daughter.
Noted the history well and understood the concerns.
Hard, lumpy and dry BMs indicate that there is ''fecolith (stone like)'' formation in color and rectum. When the colonic movement tries to evacuate the person will feel the pain as too much spasm causes pain.
Feeling hard lump in the right lower abdomen is usually due to fecolith in cecum area of large bowel unless proved otherwise in a child of 2.5 years.
This can be easily diagnosed by X-ray of abdomen and ultrasonography.

I hope this answers your query.
Please ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.

Dr T Chandrakant.
General Surgeon.

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