Is it normal for a child to poop once every three days?

The fact that a child has a bowel movement once every three days is not normal, and usually suggests that there is a functional constipation.
A child’s bowel movement once every three days is an abnormal phenomenon, clinically this situation belongs to the functional constipation, the child’s functional constipation will affect the child’s growth and development, long-term so the child’s gastrointestinal tract will cause certain damage, the child’s bowel movement will be dry, difficult to defecate, accompanied by abdominal distension or even abdominal pain, and even bleeding in severe cases, the parents need to pay attention.
Children with long-term functional constipation, may cause painful defecation, prolonged defecation time, but also due to the fear of defecation pain and hold tight to the buttocks to inhibit defecation, so the child three days to poop once need to parents to take the child to the hospital in time for a relevant examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and actively symptomatic treatment.