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[quote=Anonymous]Someone I know recently found out that a lot of their digestive issues since childhood were due to gallbladder issues.  No stones, but the gallbladder was covered in scar tissue from years and years of attacks, beginning in childhood and likely causing some chronic constipation.  Ask the doctor for an ultrasound for your child’s gallbladder and liver.  It’s not something docs think of when it comes to children and they tend to focus on the colon when there are digestive issues, but it’s possible the root cause is further up in the digestive tract.  It’s just that the most noticeable symptoms are in the colon.

An ultrasound of the gallbladder is noninvasive.  I would also ask them for a HIDA scan to measure how wel your child’s gallbladder functions.  If the number is low, that would cause constipation because bile flow is necessary for the digestive tract to function and move food along.

Be persistent.  My friend’s GI doc Pooh-poohed her and insisted it wasn’t her gallbladder.  It was, and the surgeon said there were layers and layers of adhesions and her gallbladder was very inflamed.[/quote]

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