What should I do if my child is often constipated?👦👧

Children have irregular bowel movements and it is very difficult to defecate. What should you do? In fact, constipation in children is very common. If the child's body has no major problems after the examination, it is probably related to improper diet or intestinal dysfunction. This situation can often be resolved by adjusting the children's diet. But how should we adjust the details? The following will explain a little.

Can children with constipation take medicine?

For children with constipation, the most effective and recommended treatment is non-drug methods. It mainly recommend to improve the coordination between the abdomen and pelvic floor muscle tissue. If the child takes laxatives too early, the child may continue to have symptoms of constipation. In fact, there are many reasons for children's constipation, which may be caused by abnormal diet, lack of water, insufficient exercise or intestinal diseases. It is more important to find out the cause of constipation for children's constipation than to use stool laxatives.

First of all, we should observe whether the child has a partial eclipse habit?

Children often have partial eating habits, such as eating only meat, not eating vegetables, drinking very little water every day, or eating snacks instead of regular meals. Children who have a partial eclipse should find ways to encourage them to eat more fruits and vegetables such as making fruits and vegetables into interesting patterns to attract children to eat. You should also try to make children drink more water every day. Children over 1 year old should drink more than 1000 ml of water per day. And you should not let children drink juice or milk instead of drinking water.

In addition, you can try to help your child develop a habit of defecation on time.

If the child does not have the habit of defecation on time, try to help him develop it. For example, let the child sit on the toilet for 5-10 minutes within 20-30 minutes after eating, 1-2 times a day to help the child develop the habit of defecation on time. Especially after breakfast, children are more likely to defecate. 

Posture: When going to the toilet, children should sit with their feet supported and the knees just above the hips. You can use a small stool or a book to achieve this posture.

Breathing training: Breathing training is very helpful to improve the muscles of the pelvic floor and can relax the anal sphincter. It is recommended to teach children to practice the movements of blowing candles and smelling flowers. It can prevent children from holding their breath during defecation.

Regular exercise can also strengthen the child's core strength and accelerate the peristalsis of the intestines.

Adjust the digestive function of the child's gastrointestinal tract.

When children have problems with defecation and indigestion, you can supplement with probiotics to increase the good bacteria in the intestinal tract. When you select probiotics, you can choose Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium species to help adjust the intestinal function. Probiotics can added to warm water for drinking, but the water temperature should not exceed 40°C. At the same time, this can increase the child's drinking water. 

👉If you have tried all of the above methods and the children's constipation has not improved. You are advised to seek medical attention.

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The impact of COVID-19 pneumonia on children may be seriously underestimated👪👪👪

Long-term symptoms of COVID-19 refer to a series of symptoms appearing after infection with COVID-19, including organ inflammation, shortness of breath, fatigue, behavior changes and so on. Studies have shown that about 30% of people infected with the COVID-19 will have long-term symptoms, even though most people can recover quickly. A recent study in the United Kingdom showed that only 4.4% of children with COVID-19 pneumonia will have symptoms for more than 4 weeks. Only 2% will last for more than 8 weeks. However, another study pointed out that 14% of 11 to 17-year-old children still have symptoms after 15 weeks. The child is older, the situation seems more serious.

Compared with adults, it is more difficult to diagnose long-term symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia in children. Although most symptoms are similar between adults and children, it is just more difficult to detect. Experts believe that children's bodies have a lot of functional reserves. Therefore, if a 5-year-old child loses 20% of his physical functions, it is hard to find out. Some children with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 suffer from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which may cause organ damage. There are also adolescents with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 who have developed Tourette's syndrome, which is characterized by convulsions and sometimes involuntarily cursing. These are very serious symptoms, not only for the children, but also for their family and related people around them will cause great mental stress. 

Risk and benefit balance

However, some experts believe that the benefit of unblocking is greater than that. They think that infections in children are not unacceptable because their symptoms are usually not serious. 

Without fully understanding the mechanism of this disease, and if its consequences may not slowly appear until many years later, it seems a bit reckless to risk the children. Although it is necessary of reopening the economy, it should adopt certain simple measures, such as wearing masks in schools and enhancing ventilation. Taking these measures can effectively protect the next generation. 

Protect the children from COVID-19

The risk of long-term symptoms of COVID-19 does exist. Schools should improve their preventive measures to protect their students from infecting the COVID-19 virus. It is recommended to provide vaccines to all suitable children. It is not mandatory. Their parents can choose if their children received the vaccines. Doctors need to recognize the severity of the long-term symptoms of COVID-19, rather than just treating it as a psychological problem and asking patients to see a psychologist. This is a physiological problem, so there must be some methods of physiological solution. People often ignore related issues. 

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