Patient's question:
NoDoctor's answer:
General treatment methods for infant constipation include:1. Drink more water.
2. For breastfed babies, mothers should adjust their dietary structure, focus on light meals, and drink more water.
3. Perform clockwise abdominal massage on the baby twice a day, for 5–10 minutes each time.
4. If the baby does not defecate for several days, use infant glycerin suppositories.
5. Feed more fruits and vegetable juices. The feeding speed should not be too fast or too full, and the formula concentration should be slightly diluted.
6. Soap stick laxative method: Shave a soap stick into a pencil-thick, 3 cm long piece, moisten it with water, and insert it into the baby’s rectum to stimulate the intestinal wall and induce defecation.
7. Salted radish stick laxative method: Shave radish sticks into pencil-thick pieces, soak them in saltwater, and insert them into the rectum to promote defecation.
8. Glycerin suppositories: Inject glycerin suppositories into the infant’s rectum to stimulate the intestinal wall and induce defecation.