Sotos Syndrome

Comments on Bowel Movements

© Walter Gilbert 2001

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These are comments included in the surveys. In some cases they have been slightly edited for clarity. The numbering is for convience of reading only, the numbers do not represent a particular child; that is, comment number 16 on this page does not necessarily represent the same child as number 16 on another page of comments.
  1. Very large; plugs toilet often
  2. 4 bm's per day, soft to mushy due to celiac's disease
  3. seems to ignore stomach aches until last moment. Had big stool when younger.
  4. Child's bowel movement size/condition: large/solid
  5. mega colon ,Crohns
  6. Large/Firm
  7. large, very large
  8. large, constipation when young. Large bowel operation at 14 when it was obstructed!!
  9. often constipated, large bowel movements
  10. Very large, firm
  11. up to 3 times a day, small to moderate in size, mostly hard stools
  12. Goes a lot, sometimes constipated .
  13. large but normal consistency.
  14. Always small and hard stools but never a large amount.
  15. only empties his bowels about once a week with huge BMs though not particularly hard. Sometimes provokes anal bleeding (this has been the case since birth and indeed the doctors thought he and his twin might have cystic fibrosis to start with as they were late passing muconeum and had a dilated bowel in utero (on the ultrasound))
  16. was constipated a lot when younger but does well now. He drinks a lot which helps
  17. Frequent, small, hard movements; struggles to go
  18. Has Encopresis. Probably has a megacolon. Will not have BM if is not instructed to specifically go poop twice a day. Bowel movements get really large if not made to go regularly
  19. infrequent, very large stools; has been treated for megacolon symptoms during the last three or four years; it is a constant issue that I get very tired of monitoring.
  20. big bm,suffer from constipation when very young
  21. Not large, just lots of them
  22. Varies but often quite large and often uncomfortable
  23. large and formed (on daily basis)
  24. Always large. We always check w/ daycard to be sure a BM occurred, one day delay & we get out the prune juice
  25. Huge and infrequent; we have always had problems
  26. Average
  27. Large
  28. Very large stools, often plugs up toilet
  29. now normal; had problems, went to gastro. Dr.
  30. normal size every 3 days
  31. adult size
  32. megacolon; stool the size of a soda can, too firm to be flushed. Started constipation at 3, became inpacted at 5; takes 2 tsp mineral oil a.m. & p.m.