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What Causes Recurrent Diarrhea And Constipation In A Child?

I have a five-year-old granddaughter. She is Constantly getting diarrhea or being constipated. Have you ever heard of kids getting sick like that from your stomach?
posted on Mon, 7 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

This could be due to inflammatory bowel disease which is uncommon at this age but a stool analysis is mandatory.

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What Causes Recurrent Diarrhea And Constipation In A Child?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. This could be due to inflammatory bowel disease which is uncommon at this age but a stool analysis is mandatory. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.