What to do if your child has not had a bowel movement for 3 days

Since newborn babies do not have the ability to defecate on their own, their urination and defecation are all cultivated by their parents. Therefore, parents also have a certain measurement of the frequency of their baby's bowel movements. Since the baby's gastrointestinal development is not as sound as that of an adult, the baby also has certain difficulties in defecation. But what should you do if the child has not defecated for three days?

What's going on if the baby doesn't poop for three days?

1. If the baby has long bowel movement intervals and difficulty in defecation and has abdominal distension, crying, etc., you should consult a doctor to rule out whether it is due to the development of the anus or colon.

If the interval between bowel movements is longer than one day, suspect constipation; if there are more than three bowel movements a day, consider diarrhea. Every child has his or her own gastrointestinal condition and bowel movement patterns. As long as the baby is eating normally, growing normally, maintaining a regular life, and having no difficulty defecating, you don't need to pay too much attention to the interval between bowel movements.

Due to constipation, dry and hard stools can cause anal damage and cause blood in the stool. The blood adheres to the outside of the stool and does not mix with the stool. Resolving constipation is key. Take fiber, such as lactulose. The effect will be more obvious if probiotics are taken at the same time. In the first two days, you need to use enema to empty the dry stool in the colon. After constipation is resolved, eating fiber-rich vegetables is encouraged to maintain normal bowel movements.

2. If the milk is well digested and absorbed, there is little food residue, the interval between bowel movements is long and the stool is not dry, it is possible that the patient has constipation.

"Stomach retention" caused by long intervals between bowel movements is different from constipation (dry stools). Many babies have long intervals between bowel movements. If the milk is well digested and absorbed, there will be less food residue, longer bowel movement intervals and the stool will not be dry. If the intervals between bowel movements are long, and the baby always feels the urge to defecate but has difficulty doing so, and has obvious abdominal distension and crying, you should consult a doctor to rule out possible causes such as anal or colon development. In most cases, long intervals between bowel movements are a physiological phenomenon.

In addition to observing the time of the baby's bowel movements, you should also pay attention to the shape and color of the baby's bowel movements, and pay attention to any abnormalities. If your baby has not defecated for several days and there is blood in his stool, you should pay attention to whether he has anal fissure.