How to treat pediatric constipation

Constipation is not exclusive to adults, babies may also be constipated due to improper care. Parents should keep an eye on their babies’ bowel movements while keeping an eye on their babies’ food and clothing. As baby food has become more and more refined, constipation is becoming more and more common. Constipation has a certain impact on the growth and development of the baby, but it is not so easy to correct. For this reason, many mothers are anxious and headache, often feel helpless. So how can we avoid baby constipation, listen to the experts. For mild, self-limiting constipation (babies with bowel problems), the best treatment is careful observation and patient parental teaching to make babies improve their bad bowel habits. For constipation that requires treatment, there is no evidence that 2 weeks of 2%-4% lactulose is effective. It is not clear whether intra-anal thermometry, the use of glycerin, and the administration of fruit juices containing sorbitol are beneficial or harmful, but the most dangerous are the use of sodium phosphate enemas and the use of mineral oil, which are contraindicated in infants with constipation. The frequency and consistency of stools in infants often fluctuates physiologically and depends in part on diet. Table I summarizes the common types of functional bowel disorders in infants and children with associated symptoms. Functional bowel disorders in infants are often a continuation of the bowel difficulties they had as infants, and can also progress to functional constipation, and functional bowel retention. The majority of infants have difficulty defecating or are constipated. Difficulty in defecation in infants is self-limiting, caused mainly by the uncoordinated activity of immature muscles, and therefore requires only parental education to improve it gradually. Experts are not aware of any studies of osmotic laxatives in which a placebo group was used to set a floor, nor are there any studies of mineral oil and sodium phosphate enemas, which are associated with liposuction pneumonia in infants less than 1 year of age, and sodium phosphate enemas, which are associated with disturbances in the dielectric balance, as well as dehydration, and cardiac arrest, in infants less than 2 years of age. Other therapeutic recommendations: The Infant Gastrointestinal and Nutrition Association of North America recommends glycerin for acute infant constipation, sorbitol-containing juices for improving constipation, barley malt extract, corn syrup, and lactulose as stool softeners, and enemas and mineral oil should be avoided.