Bowel Incontinence

My son is 9 and is seeing a multidisciplinary team for Aspergers although I have not had confirmation of the diagnosis. He has bowel issues and soils his underwear every evening and it's a mess. I don't make an issue and he washes himself but he is unaware that it is happening until it is too late.

I don't want to make a big issue to him but tell him to look for the signs of wind/gas that he needs to sit on the loo. The paediatrician has suggested nappies and carrying a change of clothes and informing the school but he is in mainstream school and he's aware enough that this would be socially destructive.

Does anyone have any methods that work to help reduce this behaviourally and/or physically. Also the paediatrician suggested lots of milk products for the bacteria as lack of this may be contributing, but this seems odd to me.

Any help appreciated

[twinkleblazzer]

You may want to look up "Thoughtful house for Children" It is a place in Texas, USA that specifically deals with Autism and bowel issues. They have an email group for parents to ask questions and get answers from other parents. You may get some good information here. There are people from all over the world on the site but most are from USA.
Hope you find the information you are looking for.

Also, they have found many gut/intestanal issues with children with Autism and this site will have some answers for you. It usually isn't a behavioral issue.

Sometimes Milk can cause bowel problem...not sure why the dr. would say to give more????

Take care,
Carolyn

[twinkleblazzer]

Here's the web site:
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/
Take care,
Carolyn

[Fionakb]

Carolyn,
Thank you very much for your response, I'll check out the site. I had an idea from my research that milk could cause problems or exacerbate any bowel problems and you have confirmed it.
Thanks again
Fiona

[helpimataloss]

  Help my boyfriends son has recently came to stay the summer with us, He is having the same issues with his bowels and its driving me crazy. Im constantly having to remove my couch cusions to clean them, my dinning room table chair covers ugh i have had it so bad im so frustrated. His father wont listen to me i want to put him in the big boy pull-ups i cant continue to do this he even hides his soild underware behind my kids dressers, its making my home have a bad oder. Im trying to be sympothetic but its hard especially when im just conciderd the girlfriend but its my home they are in and i feel like im being dissrespected.

[yojojo12]

Having Aspergers myself and being an adult baby, i would say its a good thing he is unwilling to go with the idea of wearing nappies. People with aspergers, as with any ASD, can often be very gullable and impulsive. While im trying to spread genral understanding of infantilism and clear up the common misconceptions associated with it, I dont like the idea of any child potentialy becoming an infantilist.

Stay strong and stick with underpants, try sugesting that he loads his pants with some toilet tissue, and then some kitchen tissue, this will help keep his pants clean and help with the clean up process. Also sugest that he has at least 6 spare pares of pants on him at the begining of each day, put him in charge of his own laundry, and sugest that he take a shower at least three times a day and clean up and change staight away each time he soils himself.

You may also try putting him on the glutin free casien free diet as well as taking lactose out of his diet. Caffiene is also another thing that can cause lose bowl movments. Increasing the amount of fiber he has should help as long as you decrease the fluid intake propotionaly.
Anti dioreah tablits will also aid with the problem, but stick to the dose given on the back of the pack.

[aydenandalykandniya]

i have a son who has aspergers and messed his pants everyday atleast once a day i gave lactose milk for him to drink it lessened however he still messes his pants daily