With pain in the stomach, difficulty or pain when having a bowel movement, and several days passing between such movements, most people have no problem knowing when they have constipation. Most people will not tolerate the pain and discomfort of the condition for more than a day or two before they seek constipation relief. The majority of time, laxatives are the key to ending short term constipation. But where child constipation is concerned, just identifying the condition is not always so easy—let alone treating it.
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