What to do if your baby can’t poop

Babies can not pull out the stool, the most common is functional constipation, a few are organic constipation, can be improved through general treatment, medication, enhanced care, surgery and other methods.
1. Functional constipation: most babies can’t poop out belongs to functional constipation, such as milk powder add too much, supplemental food in protein add too much, iron supplementation drugs and other reasons. For smaller babies, such as 0 to 3 months breastfeeding baby, you can clockwise massage the abdomen to promote defecation, when serious, you can use corkscrew, soften the stool, promote defecation.
For larger babies, such as adding complementary foods to the baby to balance the nutritional intake, moderate increase in vegetables and fruits, drink more water as appropriate, more outdoor activities, if necessary, training defecation, when serious, you can use Kessel to soften the stool or water enema.
2. Organic constipation: systemic diseases, colorectal or anal canal diseases can lead to defecation dysfunction, such as hypothyroidism, anorectal malformation, congenital megacolon, etc., need targeted treatment. For example, congenital megacolon can undergo prolapsed colorectal end anastomosis, rectal posterior colonic prolapse lateral anastomosis and so on. Hypothyroidism can be oral levothyroxine sodium and so on.
There are many other reasons why babies can’t poop, such as malnutrition, congenital muscle weakness, intestinal malfunction, intestinal neuron dysplasia, etc. You should consult a doctor in time, make a clear diagnosis and standardize the treatment. The above medications should be used in accordance with medical advice.