Dry stools in an eight year old child can generally be related to dietary factors, inadequate water intake, and disease factors. Insufficient water intake generally does not need to choose drugs, dietary factors as well as disease factors, can be adjusted through the use of drugs.
1. Insufficient drinking water: Insufficient drinking water may lead to dryness of the intestines, and the stool inside the intestines can’t be discharged, leading to the phenomenon of dry stool, which generally doesn’t need medication, and can be improved by drinking more water.
2. Dietary factors: Consuming too much dry food and food with insufficient sugar content can easily lead to dry and hard stools. It is recommended to supplement dietary fiber-rich foods, such as strawberries, bananas, apples, sweet corn, etc., and drink more water. In addition, you can choose drugs that promote gastrointestinal dynamics under the guidance of doctors, such as domperidone suspension, to help relieve the symptoms.
3. Disease factors: dry stools can also be caused by constipation, you can choose under the guidance of the doctor has the permeability of the laxative, such as lactulose oral solution to help relieve the symptoms. If necessary, you can use the open plug to help the bowel movement.
The dryness of the eight-year-old child is recommended to consult a doctor in time, active treatment. If you need to use drugs need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, combined with the actual situation of the patient, can not be used blindly. The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.