What medicine should children take if they don't have bowel movements?

Children’s digestive systems are immature, so the food they eat should be easily digestible, and they should develop the habit of regular bowel movements. However, some children have very irregular bowel movements, which affects their bodies. What medicine should children take if they don’t have bowel movements? When children are constipated, they should first improve the condition through diet therapy, eat more high-fiber foods, more vegetables and fruits, and less greasy foods. If constipation is too severe, topical medications may be used.

What to do if your baby doesn't poop

1. Diet: Increase the fiber content in food, such as vegetables, fruits, and cereals. The fiber intake is: age + 5-10 grams/day (over 2 years old). You can eat wheat bran cakes to increase fiber. It is not advisable to eat too much food that may cause constipation, such as milk, bananas, peeled apples, etc. Eat more foods that do not cause constipation, such as meat, eggs, etc.

2. Drink more water: It can promote the baby's gastrointestinal motility and defecation as soon as possible.

3. Reduce psychological stress: Don’t blame your baby when he or she cannot defecate. At the same time, create a good family atmosphere to keep the baby in a peaceful state.

4. Bowel training: Let your child sit on the potty (in a comfortable position) for at least 10 minutes after the main meal every day (because the reflex intestinal peristalsis caused by eating increases) and tell your child that it is not necessary to defecate, and you can defecate if you want.

Reasons why babies don't poop

1. Insufficient diet: If you eat too little, your bowel movements will decrease. Long-term insufficient diet can lead to malnutrition, weak abdominal and intestinal muscles, weak peristalsis, and stubborn constipation.

2. Poor food composition structure: This is closely related to the nature of the stool. If the protein content in the food is too high, the food lacks residue, or the food contains a large amount of calcified casein, it can cause constipation. For example, milk contains more calcium than human milk. Therefore, children fed with milk are more likely to suffer from constipation than children fed with breast milk. This is also the reason why people believe that feeding milk powder is easy to cause "internal heat".

3. Intestinal dysfunction: Irregular life and lack of regular bowel movement habits lead to failure to form a conditioned reflex of defecation, which eventually leads to intestinal muscle relaxation and constipation. Various chronic diseases can cause intestinal wall muscle weakness and dysfunction, which may also cause constipation.

4. Disease factors: Anal fissure, anal stenosis, congenital megacolon, etc. can also cause constipation. In addition, constipation is also related to genetic and physical factors.

5. Mental factors: Changes in living environment, living habits and sudden mental stimulation can also lead to constipation.