Patient's question:
My little baby is 30 days old. Every day, he always strains to have a bowel movement but only manages to pass a little bit each time. It's hard. Who can tell me what's going on? What should I do?Doctor's answer:
Children with poor bowel movements and difficulty defecating need to identify the cause. One possibility may be related to diet. Another may be related to the child's development. You can express milk for your child. Take some probiotics. If necessary, check to rule out congenital megacolon. You can go to the hospital to get some laxatives that infants can take. Parents can gently massage the infant's abdomen (centered on the abdomen, in a certain direction). Take a bar of soap from home. Cut off a piece. It is best to be conical. Then insert it into the anus. Buy a bottle of petroleum jelly from a pharmacy. Put on rubber gloves. Apply petroleum jelly. Then insert it into the anus.