Constipation in children

CONSTIPATION IS A COMMON DEPRECIATION DISEASE IN CHILDREN

Recognizing constipation is quite easy, but if parents do not understand the cause and take proper care, children will be constipated for a long time, making it difficult to treat.

Most constipation is caused by:

• Lack of fiber from fruits and vegetables and lack of water
• Changing the diet from milk to porridge
• Stress due to new school, changing school environment, just learning to go to the toilet or disagreement in the family.

Signs of constipation:

• Abnormal changes in stool mass: hard, small such as goat feces or too big
• Reduce frequency of bowel movements: The interval between bowel movements is longer than 3 days
• Discomfort when having a bowel movement: straining, burning pain, sometimes blood in the stool
• Other symptoms such as abdominal pain, slow weight gain, loss of appetite, poor appetite, vomiting.

The unpredictable harms of constipation cannot be underestimated:

• Bowel obstruction
• A systemic toxic colonic dilatation
• Anorexia, growth retardation
• Psychological effects or irritability, reducing quality of life
• Inflammation of anal fissures, hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse

Constipation can be treated by:

• Take stool softeners, stool softeners
• Change in diet: a balanced diet that requires 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and adequate fluids.
• Behavior change:
  • Encourage your child to go to the toilet every day, at the same time (30 minutes after meals)
  • Train in the toilet or potty when appropriate and incorrect bowel posture
• Be physically active

>> Watch video topic Child's Constipation - Parents' Obsession to learn more about the Causes, Signs and Treatment Guidelines for Children Constipation.

Intensive counseling and constipation treatment package for children

- Price: 620,000 VND

- Items:

• Examine the causes of constipation, monitor the baby's bowel habits through the checklist.

• Evaluation of nutrition as well as physical development - psychomotor

• Make a plan for drug treatment, guide parents to make a bowel diary as well as how to take care of a constipated child

• Counseling on the right signs and times for your baby to practice sitting on the potty or toilet

Please share with your doctor CarePlus to find out the cause, and be instructed by your doctor on how to care and treat effectively. Leave information below this article or contact Free Hotline 18006116 for detailed advice.