Constipation

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    Call Your Doctor During Weekday Office Hours If

    • You have other questions or concerns
    • Child may be "blocked up"
    • Leaking stool
    • Suppository or enema needed recently to relieve pain
    • Infrequent stools continue after dietary changes (EXCEPTION: normal if breastfed infant over 1 month old AND BMs are not painful)
    • Toilet training is in progress
    • Constipation is a recurrent ongoing problem

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