What should I do if my baby is constipated?

  At present, pediatric constipation is becoming more and more common, but there are still some parents who do not consider constipation as a disease and do not pay attention to it. 2 to 6 years old children with chronic constipation can do a lot of harm, including abdominal distention and pain, prolapse, hemorrhoids and lack of energy.  There are many causes of constipation in babies, but most of them are functional constipation. The main reasons: 1. dietary factors: infant diet in the amount of sugar is not enough, can cause less residue after digestion, less stool; high protein content in the diet, so that the stool is alkaline, dry, the number of times to reduce; food containing more calcium can also cause constipation, such as milk contains more calcium than human milk, so cow’s milk feeding than breastfeeding more chances of constipation.  2. Insufficient intake of dietary fiber: many babies do not like to eat vegetables, like to eat meat and dairy products and other high-protein, high-fat, high-cholesterol food, which causes slow intestinal peristalsis, poor digestion, food residues in the intestinal tract stagnation time too long, thus causing constipation.  3. Habitual factors: life is not regular, did not develop the habit of regular bowel movements.  4. The influence of disease: rickets, malnutrition, low thyroid function of children with poor abdominal muscle tone, or intestinal peristalsis is weakened, constipation is more common. Anal fissure; inflammation around the anus, pain at the anal opening when defecating, children do not relieve stool for fear of pain, resulting in constipation.  What should I do if my baby is constipated? First of all, if the baby has not defecated for several days, we emergency can temporarily use the open plug, or soap sharpened into a bar and stuffed into the anus, the method is simple and fast. But this method is only a temporary application, can not be used regularly for a long time, otherwise it will cause the child’s dependence. Chinese medicine massage and Chinese herbal medicine umbilical cord treatment, the method is simple, adhere to the treatment, the effect is good.