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Child Has A Mitochondrial Disorder, Frequent Urination, Enlarged Colon. On Miralax And Senna Laxatives. Go For Colectomy?

My child has a Mitochondrial Disorder. His colon is huge and not functioning regularly. After 6 years of Miralax and Senna laxatives, an appendicostomy was recomended and done last month. At this time, his flushes are done with sterile saline, and he is up to a volume of 800mL every evening and 2 senna ExLax tablets each night at bedtime. However, this liquid is not coming through the colon and emptying, rather my son is urinating in huge volumes. Tests today showed that contrast is staying right near the cecum and not moving through the colon at any speed at all. Now a colectomy has been mentioned. Any thoughts?? I will gladly answer more questions. Thank you in advance. CL
posted on Mon, 9 Sep 2013
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greetings.
As our gastrointestinal tract is important for us to pass the food that we eat to the caecum then to rectum and finally out.so if theres a blockage down the GIT it is advuisable to take some step.
exact decision can be made by the examining doctor.
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Child Has A Mitochondrial Disorder, Frequent Urination, Enlarged Colon. On Miralax And Senna Laxatives. Go For Colectomy?

greetings. As our gastrointestinal tract is important for us to pass the food that we eat to the caecum then to rectum and finally out.so if theres a blockage down the GIT it is advuisable to take some step. exact decision can be made by the examining doctor.