Patient's question:
My child, a boy, is about 60 days old. He hasn't had a bowel movement for eight days now, and there are no other abnormal symptoms. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
It is essential to actively treat constipation. There are several reasons that can cause pediatric constipation, mainly including the following points:Insufficient diet: When children eat too little, there is less residue in the intestines after digestion, leading to reduced bowel movements. Insufficient sugar in milk can make the stool dry. Prolonged dietary insufficiency can lead to malnutrition, causing weak abdominal and intestinal muscles, insufficient tone, and weak peristalsis, resulting in stubborn constipation.
Unsuitable food components: Constipation is closely related to the composition of food. If the diet is high in protein and low in carbohydrates, the relative number of intestinal fermentation bacteria decreases, affecting fermentation and making the stool alkaline, dry, and leading to constipation. For example, if the food contains a large amount of casein, the feces will contain a high amount of insoluble calcium soaps, increasing the volume of feces and making it easier to cause constipation.