What should I do if my three-year-old child has chronic constipation?

Constipation is a very common phenomenon. Almost everyone has experienced constipation, whether adults or children. If constipation occurs occasionally due to improper diet, simple conditioning can immediately restore the condition. However, if constipation persists for a long time, it will affect the health of your stomach and intestines. Therefore, long-term dietary adjustments and improvements in lifestyle habits are needed. So what should we do if a three-year-old child suffers from long-term constipation?

The first key to solving baby constipation is dietary adjustment. When preparing food for your baby, choose foods rich in dietary fiber to stimulate the intestinal wall, speed up gastrointestinal motility, and facilitate the excretion of feces. The dietary fiber content in whole grains is high, such as sweet potatoes, buckwheat, oats, brown rice, mung beans, broad beans, etc.; in addition, many fruits and vegetables are also rich in dietary fiber, such as hawthorn and carrots.

In addition, don't ignore the role of water. Babies with avoidance habits should drink water regularly. Let your baby drink some warm water on an empty stomach every morning. Also be careful not to give your baby sugar, because sugar can weaken gastrointestinal motility and make the condition worse. Eating too much protein and calcium in foods can also make stools dry and difficult to pass, so you should reduce your intake.

1. Sweet potato porridge

Ingredients: 1 sweet potato, 1 cup of rice, some water, a little sugar

Method: Wash and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces, put them in a pot together with rice, add appropriate amount of water and cook into a thick paste, add sugar, and let the baby eat it warm in the morning and evening.

2. Carrot and apple fresh juice

Ingredients: 1 carrot, 1 apple

Method: Wash, peel and cut carrots and apples into pieces, then put them into a juicer to make juice and drink it immediately.

Massage techniques for constipation in children

In addition to dietary adjustments, massage is also the simplest and most effective way to treat childhood constipation.

1. Place the base of your right palm close to the abdominal wall, fold your left hand on the back of your right hand, and massage the right lower abdomen, right upper abdomen, left upper abdomen, and left lower abdomen in a clockwise direction for about 10 minutes each time. You can massage 2-3 times a day.

2. The child lies prone, and the parents use the thumb or index finger to gently press and rub the Zhongwan, Tianshu and Zusanli points for 1 minute each.

The above article introduces some methods to solve children's constipation. Massage and dietary adjustments are relatively healthy and convenient methods, and are also the most effective methods. If the constipation condition is still not improved by these methods, then you will need to take medication for treatment, such as suppositories, enemas, etc., which can relieve constipation, but dietary adjustments still need to continue.