Newborns do not poop for 4 days may be due to insufficient food intake, weak gastrointestinal function, congenital megacolon and other reasons, according to the different situations to take appropriate measures, such as according to the amount of feeding newborns, massage the stomach or probiotics supplementation, surgical treatment and other ways of treatment to ease.
1. Feeding according to the amount: If the newborn’s food intake is insufficient, it may lead to unformed stools, and then the newborn may not have a bowel movement for 4 days. Parents are advised to pay attention to the food intake of their newborns and feed them on time.
2. Oral medication: The digestive system of newborns is usually immature, gastrointestinal function is relatively poor, if parents give newborns too much breast milk or milk powder, it is easy to cause indigestion, which may lead to newborns 4 days without bowel movement. You can follow the doctor’s advice to supplement probiotics, such as Bacillus subtilis bacillus, to regulate the intestinal flora, which can help relieve the situation of no bowel movement.
You can also give the newborn to do touch, to the navel as the center of the clockwise direction of the operation, can promote intestinal peristalsis, relieve the situation of not pooping.
3. Surgery: Some babies may be intestinal obstruction, congenital megacolon resulting in the baby does not defecate, usually with abdominal distension, crying, poor appetite and other manifestations, should seek medical attention in a timely manner, if necessary, surgical treatment.
Parents should take their children to the hospital in a timely manner, under the diagnosis of the doctor to determine the cause of the disease, according to different situations to take the appropriate treatment for treatment, not their own indiscriminate use of drugs in order not to aggravate the condition.