What is constipation in infants and young children? Constipation in infants and young children is a common condition, which refers to dry and hard stools, longer interval, sometimes difficult to defecate. The causes are divided into two categories: 1, functional constipation: this type of constipation can be cured after conditioning; 2, constipation caused by congenital intestinal malformation: the vast majority of infants and young children constipation is functional. Infants and young children generally 1 to 2 times a day stool, stool quality is softer, if two to three days without stool, and other conditions are good, it may be general constipation. Some children two to three days to solve a stool, and stool quality and soft volume, is also normal. After the constipation of the child, out of the stool and dry and hard, stimulate the anus to produce pain and discomfort, over time so that the child is afraid of defecation, and do not dare to use force to defecate. This makes the feces in the intestines more dry, constipation symptoms more serious. The cause of constipation in infants and young children: the nature of the stool is related to the composition of the food, if the food contains a lot of protein and the lack of carbohydrates (sugar and starch), the stool is dry and less frequent; if the food contains more carbohydrates, the number of bowel movements increased and the stool is thin and soft. Certain fine foods lack crumbs and can easily cause constipation after eating. Some children’s life is not regular, not on time to relieve the habit of defecation, so that the conditioned reflex of defecation is difficult to develop, resulting in intestinal muscle relaxation and constipation. At present, the constipation of infants and young children is mainly caused by over-nutrition and improper food matching. Many children’s parents are obsessed with increasing the child’s nutrition, so that the protein content of the food is very high, and relatively few vegetables. Many children’s food are some fine grain products, lack of dregs, children rarely eat crude fiber and food containing much dregs, easy to lead to constipation. The principle of treatment of constipation in infants and children: for simple constipation children, to improve the content of the diet, increase the water intake, eat more fiber-containing grains, vegetables, and at the same time, train the habit of defecation on time. Medication should only be used temporarily when necessary. Daily care of constipation in infants and young children: breastfed babies who are constipated, you can add vegetable juice, fruit juice, tomato juice, 4 months after the addition of pureed food, such as pureed vegetables, pureed fruit. Artificially fed babies are more prone to constipation, once it occurs, the amount of milk can be reduced, increase complementary foods, to add laxative supplements at the right time, such as vegetable juice, fresh fruit juice, tomato juice and so on. By the time the baby is 4 months old, you can eat some vegetable puree or fruit puree. Train bowel habits. To teach your baby how to defecate with force, after forming the habit, as soon as you carry your baby to the toilet and pose him, he will know that he has to poop and will start to exert himself. Medications for constipation in infants and young children: If your baby really can’t poop, you can use corkscrew. For children with long-term constipation, you can take some medicines to regulate the function of the intestinal tract under the guidance of the doctor, such as Mummy Love, Silencon and so on. You can also use traditional Chinese medicine. The above methods should not be used for a long time, otherwise, the child will become dependent. The fundamental way to deal with pediatric constipation is still to prevent it from happening in the first place, that is to say, it is important to prevent constipation. Parents should pay attention to the baby’s diet, develop regular defecation habits, ensure that the appropriate amount of activity to start.