Five and a half year old children always poop in the pants, may be related to bad habits, or gastrointestinal tract dysfunction, neurological abnormalities and other factors. 1. Bad habits: If you have not developed good defecation habits since childhood, or often have the habit of holding your bowels, it is easy to affect the normal defecation, resulting in the occurrence of poop in the pants. 2. Gastrointestinal tract dysfunction: such as due to intestinal dysfunction, caused by acute diarrhea, or increased frequency of bowel movements, may therefore poop in the pants, and intestinal flora imbalance. 3. Neurological abnormalities: If the child’s neurological development is abnormal, when the spirit is more nervous, he may poop in his pants or involuntarily discharge the stool. Five and a half year old children always poop in the pants, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.