Patient's question:
My close friend's baby has been drinking cow's milk since childhood and has been constipated, unable to defecate. They also eat and drink fruits, vegetables, honey, and honeysuckle liquid, but their stools are always dry, and they only defecate every four or five days. What could be the reason for a child often being constipated and unable to defecate?Doctor's answer:
Children with congenital intestinal malformations cannot heal on their own with general care. Digestive disorders are also a common cause of infant constipation, or parents failing to cultivate proper bowel habits in their infants may lead to unconditioned defecation, thereby causing constipation in infants. In addition to many congenital intestinal diseases such as Hirschsprung's disease and anal fissures, anal stenosis, etc., can also cause constipation. The gastrointestinal function of children has not fully developed.