How to constipate a seven or eight year old

For children aged seven or eight with constipation, individualized comprehensive treatment should be carried out according to the causes of constipation, mainly including improving dietary structure, drinking more water, proper exercise, and developing good bowel habits, and if still not effective, medication should be given. 1. Improve dietary structure: Dietary fiber supplementation is the preferred treatment for functional constipation, which can change stool properties and promote intestinal peristalsis, thus helping stool discharge. It is recommended to give children an appropriate amount of high-fiber fruits, such as apples, bananas, oranges, etc.; vegetables rich in fiber include radish, corn, cabbage, etc.. It is also recommended to eat a moderate amount of coarse grains, such as wheat bran and oats. But do not suddenly eat a lot of dietary fiber, can be slowly increased within a few weeks, otherwise bloating and belching may occur; 2, drink more water: the daily water intake should be 1.5-2L, water can increase the water content in the stool, so that the stool becomes loose and easy to discharge; 3, appropriate exercise: children need to do appropriate daily sports, exercise can help increase intestinal vitality, conducive to Defecation. At the same time, you can massage the abdomen clockwise, which can also stimulate the stomach and intestines; 4, good defecation habits: regular defecation every day, generally early in the morning is better, and children are instructed not to sit on the toilet all the time, focus on defecation, do not play and other reasons distracted; 5, drugs: if the above methods, children still do not relieve the symptoms of constipation, you can also cooperate with drug therapy. You can choose to take oral intestinal probiotics to regulate the intestinal flora, or use open plugs to promote the discharge of stool, but should not be commonly used to avoid dependence.