Help. Encopresis/constipation & trying to go gluten free

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My 9 yr old son (wt. approx 50lb) has been suffering lately from constipation to

the point of encopresis. He's had the problem in the past, we had treated with

mag supps, fish oil & he got better. We backed off on the mag and now he's

having problems again & it's getting severe.

I've read the info from Dana's site and enzyme stuff (thanks both of you)

I'm not sure what to try next. He is back on mag citrate caps for the last month

or so (won't drink the liquid) I gave 600mg yesterday, just started vit C. I've

given him colace a couple times (every 4 days or so)

I want to get him tested for food allergies as every thing seems to point in

that direction.

My concern for right now is rice. I know it can be constipating but what about

rice flour, rice pasta and rice bread?

If I give him foods with that in it will it make it worse?

Also, I wanted to try him back on enzymes. We had tried it in the past but it

seem to cause constipation. I recently purchased Swanson brand BioCore DPP IV

Gluten Peptide Enzymes but am hesitant to use it with all the problems he is

currently having.

Any suggestions? We have Kaiser, I'm going to call them today to see if they

will test him for food allergies.

Thanks in advance!