How to treat severe constipation in children?

Children's stomachs are generally not very good, because their physical development is not so complete at this time, so they are likely to suffer from severe constipation, which is very serious and difficult to deal with. Therefore, the best way is to solve it through prevention. The following editor will introduce some better preventive measures to parents.

1. Imbalance of intestinal flora: The nature of the stool is closely related to the food composition of the baby. If the food contains a lot of protein but insufficient carbohydrates, the intestinal flora will change secondary to the fermentation process of the intestinal contents, and the stool will tend to be alkaline and dry. If the food contains more carbohydrates, the intestinal fermentation bacteria will increase, the fermentation effect will increase, and more acid will be produced, so the stool will tend to be acidic, frequent and soft. This situation is mostly caused by parents not paying attention to their children's scientific diet, or the children being picky about food and having anorexia.

2. Abnormal intestinal function: Irregular life or parents’ failure to cultivate correct bowel habits for their babies will lead to the failure to form a conditioned reflex of defecation, which will lead to constipation in babies. There are also some congenital intestinal diseases, such as congenital megacolon, anal fissure, anal stenosis and other diseases can also cause constipation in babies. One thing worth noting is that when the baby's constipation symptoms are mild, long-term use of enemas such as suppositories, or long-term holding of bowel movements due to inadequate care by teachers at school, can cause constipation due to intestinal wall muscle weakness and dysfunction. In addition, sympathetic nerve dysfunction, weak or paralyzed abdominal muscles can often cause constipation in babies. [1]

3. Weak spleen and stomach: This is the most common cause of constipation in babies, and its main manifestations are food accumulation, anorexia, and getting angry. Usually parents will regard this kind of constipation as getting angry, and choose some heat-reducing food or medicine for their baby. However, parents who help their babies reduce internal heat will find that there are only two results of reducing internal heat to treat constipation: one is that the constipation remains, and the other is that the constipation is relieved for a period of time but recurs.

The above are several methods introduced by the editor. Have you all seen them clearly? In fact, there are still many preventive methods. In fact, the most important thing is to let children develop good living habits and good eating habits. This is the most important thing to prevent constipation from the root.