Children's physical and mental health has always been a key concern for mothers, recently found that the baby's "poo" look a little strange, so suspect that the baby will not easily be bb便便 constipated? Or is there something else going on in the body?
The symptoms of constipation in babies
Dr. Yang Min, director of the "poo" shape is the main indicator value to distinguish whether the child is seriously constipated, the normal stool is long and soft "banana apple look", if the baby's bowel movements occur dry, spherical, into strips, the outer edge is bumpy and uneven look, then this may represent the baby constipation. Then this may mean that the baby is constipated.
In addition, parents can also distinguish from the child's bowel movement and bb便便, if the child usually defecate easily, but now defecation is very difficult; the usual basic rule is a day a bowel movement, but now three or four days only once, this change are reminded that the baby is likely to be seriously constipated.
How to manage constipation in children
How can parents deal with the problem of severe constipation when they can tell that their baby is constipated? Dr. Yang Min, the chief doctor, has some suggestions for mothers on this point.
1, cultivate excellent defecation habitual: parents should let their children cultivate all normal defecation habitual, this kind of defecation cultivation can carry out defecation training. With the child as the core defecation training, we should choose the exact time of defecation training (after waking up in the morning, diet with), and specific guidance on reasonable defecation posture.
2, diet with balance: pay attention to whether the dietary structure is bb便便, if the baby is partial, parents must give the corresponding correct guidance to help the child immediately fill the necessary dietary fiber and protein. After adding dietary fiber, we must pay attention to the intake of water, and prevent too dry, fried diet with.
3, fitness exercise: exercise is also a reasonable way to relieve constipation, because the movement of the body's muscle tissue to promote intestinal peristalsis, this time on the child's severe constipation can have a mitigating effect, so parents can take their children out more outdoor activities, which is helpful to their bowel movements.
4, health care massage: massage for reducing pediatric constipation relatively have a little efficacy, but parents must understand the skills of health care massage, such as the navel as the core, to carry out clockwise health care massage, less clear parents also need to go to a reliable designated medical institutions, under the tutelage of physicians to carry out health care massage.
5, corked lotion: If you touch the child's buttocks anus with dry defecation, resulting in a lot of effort to defecate, and even bleeding stools, the child forced to defecate, stomach pain, in such cases can use corked lotion, but it is not recommended to apply for a long time.
In general, to deal with baby constipation in daily life, parents can start from the child's bowel habits, dietary structure, and integrate a certain exercise intensity and his way to help children avoid serious constipation confusion.