What to do when a 4 year old child hasn’t had a bowel movement in a week

4-year-old children a week without stool is generally constipation, to improve pediatric constipation from exercise, dietary adjustments, medication and other aspects. 1. Exercise: moderate exercise is conducive to children’s gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate gastric emptying, which is conducive to improving constipation. 2. Dietary adjustment: daily diet should focus on increasing fiber and water intake, while minimizing the intake of spicy, greasy, cold and other foods that are easy to contribute to constipation. 3. medication: medication for constipation mainly includes fast-acting lubricants such as Keserol, etc. Probiotics such as Bacillus subtilis bacillus granules can also be applied as prescribed by the doctor. When children’s constipation, such as in the exercise and correct dietary deficiencies in the basis of still not improved, parents should take the child to a professional hospital treatment, not blindly use drugs.