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What are the symptoms of constipation in children?

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  1. Johns Hopkins Medicine
     
    Johns Hopkins Medicine answered:

    There are several universal symptoms of constipation, including:

    • No bowel movement for several days or daily bowel movements that are hard and dry           Cramping abdominal pain
    • Nausea
    • Vomiting
    • Weight loss
    • Liquid or solid, clay-like stool in the child's underwear—a sign that stool is backed up in the rectum
    Constipation can make a bowel movement painful, so the child may try to prevent having one. Clenching buttocks, rocking up and down on toes, and turning red in the face are signs of trying to hold in a bowel movement.
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