This is a selection of tips sent in by parents
and carers. If you have any tips you would like to share, please
email
us.
Constipation - Pro-biotic yoghurt drinks
can a very effective way of relieving constipation. They are also very good
for dealing with trapped wind. However, please check with your GP
before administering any new dietary/nutritional supplements.
Constipation and bowel spasms in adults -
For those that have had difficulties finding the right solution, here is
another suggestion. A parent has recommended Movicol, which seems to have
been more effective then Senekot. Also, for bowel spasms, they have found
Buscopen to be really effective. Both these medications need to be
prescribed by a GP.
Taking Medicine - If you find that despite
trying to hide tablets in their favourite food you still can’t get them to
swallow, try placing the tablet in a 10cc syringe, fill up with about 5cc of
warm water, making sure there is air in the syringe too. Shake the syringe
to make sure the tablet has dissolved – and hey presto its ready for you to
squirt the fluid into her or his mouth! You can also use a syringe if the
medication is in liquid form. For those tablets that don’t easily dissolve,
you could try crushing them with a pestle and mortar (easier than using two
spoons!) and putting them into fruit flavoured yoghurt). It's
important that you always check with your GP that the medication is
suitable for crushing or dissolving before trying the techniques
recommended.
