What if the kid doesn’t poop?

Constipation in young children is a relatively common symptom, according to the causes of constipation can be divided into two categories, one is functional constipation, after diet, lifestyle and other adjustments can be cured, the other is congenital intestinal deformity caused by constipation, this constipation through the general conditioning can not be cured, and must be corrected by surgical procedures can be completely cured. The vast majority of pediatric constipation is functional constipation. Most of the infants within 2 months have frequent bowel movements and mainly paste-like stools. If the child has fewer bowel movements or even dry stools, and some of the children will be accompanied by abdominal distension, especially the newborn infants, first of all, we need to rule out the defecation difficulties caused by congenital megacolon, which is a relatively common disease. The bar soap method can be used to induce defecation. Wash your hands, the soap will be sharpened to about 3 cm long, pencil thickness of the conical soap bar, first with a little water to wet the soap bar and then slowly inserted into the baby’s anus. Try to let the soap bar in the anus to stay for a period of time, in order to fully stimulate the role of intestinal peristalsis. For some slightly older children, stools are extremely dry, and even children in the process of defecation will appear anal breakage and so on, can be taken to assist the laxative Keseru. However, both methods can not be used for a long time, so as not to cause dependence. There are also some children caused by allergic enteritis, especially during breastfeeding, due to lactose intolerance, some children will show diarrhea, but some children will show dry stools, but also note that breast milk plus milk powder mixed feeding of children, will show some dry stools, the need to adjust the ratio of milk formula, appropriate increase in water, help the child’s stools out of the larger Children, appropriate dietary adjustments, especially for the addition of complementary foods for children, can be adjusted by adding some fiber foods, such as vegetables, fruit puree and so on. For children with dry stool, can be relieved after basic treatment, but need to clarify the cause, usually also pay attention to the child’s balanced diet, to develop the habit of regular defecation, increase the child’s activity level, in order to prevent constipation.