my five yr old cousin pooping his pants

[blueeyes1990]

My cousin is 5 years old and when he was younger he found it hard to poop but he has medication for that now so he can go to the toilet but instead of pooping in the toilet he poops in his pants no matter  where he is my auntie is really frustrated with it all and is at the end of her teather with him is there any advice you can give us to start making him go to the toliet to do it as this has been going on for ages now thanks

[blueeyes1990]

he aint on his meds no more and it isnt leaking it is normal stools it is just that he wont go on the toilet he goes a wee on the toilet just wont poop in the toilet this has only been going on since my auntie broke with her partner a few months ago he wasnt the boys dad but he did live with them i was wondering do u think that this could have something to do with it

[mammo]

I don't know his background, but often children who have bowel problems tend to pass large and painful stool.  Because it hurts, they will try to hold it to avoid the pain.  During this process often stool just leaks out.  He cannot control the leakage.  It may be that whatever he is taking to make him go to the bathroom is too strong now, and he finds it difficult to hold it.  He's at an age when this bercomes very embarrassing for him, so I don't seem him doing this on purpose.  Also, he may have some impaction which cause the stool to pass in liquid form and just "drain" out without him knowing until it's too late.  I think I would take him to see a pediatric gastroenterologist for an evaluation, now that he is older they may need to reduce the amount of whatever it is they have been giving him because kids do tend to grow out of this.  Take care.