What’s wrong with the baby not pooping for 5-6 days? How can I treat it? The incidence of constipation in infants and children is high, and the causes are diverse and can be functional or organic. The first step in treatment is to do an examination, except for anal fissures, congenital megacolon and other intestinal pathologies, such as barium enema and anorectal manometry. If the examination reveals no intestinal abnormalities, functional constipation is considered. The etiology of functional constipation in children is not clear, but it is not recommended to consume long-term fire-clearing drugs, which can lead to the imbalance of the internal environment of the affected children and affect their development. Treatment recommendations are as follows: 1. Pay attention to diet: eat more foods with high fiber content, drink more water, do not be partial and picky eaters, drink less milk (some milk protein allergies can lead to constipation) 2. The reflex of defecation should be established. 3, drugs: can take oral intestinal microecological preparations, i.e., Hibiscus, probiotics, etc., yogurt drink Jin Shuangqi, Silien Kang is also a common preparation. Appropriate application of lactulose, dulcolax and other laxatives 4, some traditional therapies: salt can be fried hot, wrapped in a towel, hot compresses belly button, do not pay attention to do not burn. Or moxibustion Zhonggui, Guan Yuan, foot three miles, etc. The above treatment must be strictly adhered to six months to one year, if not effective, come to the hospital to do special constipation examination, including: colonic transmission test, fecal imaging, sphincter electromyography, anorectal manometry, rectal mucosal sensory threshold, etc.. Some family members have very simple ideas in treating constipation, they only want to solve constipation by taking some medicine or having a surgery. There will be no miraculous cure at once, nor will there be a ready-made unified formula to treat all constipation, that is impossible. In most cases, it is necessary to go through repeated examinations, treatment plan adjustments and long-term follow-up to achieve good treatment results, so families should establish the long-term, recurrent and uncertain clinical thinking of constipation treatment, do not be anxious, anxious can not eat hot bean curd, anxious is useless, but will be counterproductive.