How to deal with constipation in children?

We know that infants and young children, whether they are bottle-fed or breastfed, are often more prone to constipation problems. At this time, it is often necessary to further help children regulate their spleen and stomach by doing daily things. Moreover, constipation in infants and young children is often caused by varying degrees of spleen and stomach weakness. How to deal with constipation in children?

How to deal with constipation

1. Massage

Place your palm flat on the baby's navel with your palm facing down, and gently massage in a clockwise direction. This not only speeds up the baby's intestinal peristalsis and promotes defecation, but also helps digestion.

2 Enema method

Cut open the tip seal of the enema. If there are burrs on the tube opening, be sure to smooth it out, and squeeze out a little medicine to lubricate the tube opening to avoid piercing the baby's anus. Let the baby lie on his side, insert the tube of the enema into his anus, gently squeeze the plastic bag to allow the liquid to spray into the anus, then pull out the empty shell of the enema, and clamp a clean paper towel at the baby's anus to prevent the liquid from overflowing and staining clothes or sheets. At the same time, advise your baby to try to wait until he can no longer bear it before defecating, so that the medicine can fully play its role in stimulating intestinal peristalsis and softening stool, achieving the best laxative effect.

3 Glycerol suppository method

Wash your hands, then open the wrapping paper of the conical glycerin suppository, slowly insert it into the baby's anus, and then gently press the anus. Try to wait as long as possible to allow the glycerin suppository to fully melt before defecation.

4. Soap Bar Method

Wash your hands and cut the soap into a conical soap bar about 3 cm long and as thick as a pencil. Moisten the soap bar with a little water and then slowly insert it into the baby's anus. Also, try to keep the soap bar in the anus for a longer period of time to fully stimulate the peristalsis of the anus.

It is often caused by a bad spleen and stomach, so properly regulating the baby's spleen and stomach can often further relieve the baby's constipation. Not only can you massage the environment repeatedly, but you can even use enema. But you cannot use enema repeatedly. Otherwise it is more likely to cause dependence.