What to do when children have hard stools

Children’s hard stools suggest that the baby has functional constipation, dyspepsia and other diseases, can be improved by changing the dietary structure, abdominal massage and medication and other ways to improve.
1. Change dietary structure: If the baby’s daily intake of too many eggs, meat, will increase the risk of functional constipation, in order to ensure that the nutrition at the same time, but also pay attention to the proportion of vegetables and fruits in the child’s daily diet, eat more kiwi fruit, dragon fruit, spinach, cabbage and other dietary fiber-rich foods, drink more water, to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, to alleviate the problem of excessively hard stools.
2. Abdominal massage: children with hard stools may also be related to their indigestion, parents can massage their abdomen, to the navel as the center, clockwise in the abdomen gently massage, to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, easy for children to defecate. Can also enhance the movement.
3. medication: when the above conservative treatment can not effectively improve the problem of hard stools, it is recommended to seek medical treatment in a timely manner, can be taken under the guidance of the doctor to promote digestion of drugs, such as compound pepsin, etc., but also oral lactulose and other laxatives or Nanoanal Kaiser, soften the stools to promote the discharge of stools in order to improve the symptoms.
Children daily defecation difficulties, hard stools, parents need to pay attention, long time constipation is not only detrimental to the absorption of nutrients, may also lead to other diseases, if the above treatment does not relieve. If the above treatment does not relieve, it is recommended to consult a doctor for treatment. The above drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice.