Patient's question:
Is intermittent constipation caused by long-term eczema and poor spleen and stomach? What should I do? I'm so worried every day I rely on using glycerin suppositories to make my child have a bowel movement, but the stools are as hard as stones. What should I do? I'm so frustrated the eczema isn't getting better and constipation is driving me crazy. I'm looking for some assistance...Doctor's answer:
Artificially fed children are prone to recurring constipation. You can appropriately increase the amount of milk intake, provide supplementary foods, such as adding sugar to milk, feeding honey, pear juice, orange juice, tomato juice, and vegetable juice, etc., to stimulate intestinal peristalsis and promote bowel movements. Young children can consume more vegetables, fruits, coarse grains, sweet potatoes, etc.Medical Advice: Develop good bowel habits. It is recommended that children have a bowel movement once a day, preferably after dinner. Under no circumstances should bowel movement times be changed arbitrarily, or bowel movement frequency increased without necessity. For constipated children, before defecation, they can perform squatting movements to enhance abdominal pressure, or massage the abdomen in a clockwise direction to promote intestinal movement, achieving the purpose of defecation.
Lifestyle Care: Avoid spicy and hot foods, such as ginger vinegar eggs, chili peppers, lamb, etc. The diet should be light and balanced. You can consume more dishes like pear and pig pancreas soup, carrot and water chestnut spine bone soup, vegetable dry soup, winter melon spine bone soup, sweet potato sugar water, etc.
Wishing your child good health.