Since the beginning of winter, more and more babies have appeared, and most babies have it every 2-3 days. To make matters worse, the baby was unable to have a bowel movement for nearly a week, with significant bloating and irritability. Some parents don’t care about this, and try various methods at home to help babies defecate, but the results are not satisfactory. It is well known that long-term constipation in infants seriously affects the growth and development of infants. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the baby’s condition.
1. What causes constipation?
Stool is the residue left after food is absorbed and digested by the five internal organs and six lungs, and finally excreted through the intestines. Constipation means that stool is blocked in the intestines. Some parents believe that if the bowel movements are not smooth, they will “clean up” the baby. There is nothing wrong with this starting point, but we should not be “clear” in disorder, but should be “clear” dialectically.
In fact, parents often attribute their babies’ constipation to high temperatures, so they fill their babies with a variety of herbal teas. In fact, some constipation is empirical. However, some constipation is a deficiency syndrome, and drinking herbal tea can backfire.
2. Types of constipation
Children’s constipation Constipation can be roughly divided into experience Sex and Falsehood. Repeatedly with many babies, parents have tried many things to no avail. This is because there is no clear distinction between the causes of constipation, and the effect is naturally not good without the right medicine.
1. Demonstration of constipation
Experiential constipation is normal In general, the disease course is short, the disease is mild, the stool is dry and hard, some babies do not press the abdominal distension, accompanied by symptoms such as bitter mouth, bad breath, not wanting to eat or restless sleep. This condition is mostly hot and its root cause is the accumulation of food. Therefore, the diet should be bland or reduced to avoid the deterioration of accumulated food and then to aid digestion and removal of accumulated food. You can also eat some foods that clear heat and nourish yin, such as bananas and dragon fruit. The effect of moistening the bowels and defecation is also very good.
Note: Do not use medicines that are too cold at this time because the baby’s spleen and stomach are still fragile. Too cold will damage the baby’s spleen and stomach, affecting the baby’s growth and development.
2. Deficiency of Constipation
Repetitive, long-term, false more likely to be certified. Infant stools are generally not dry, but not passed or passed smoothly. Some are before drying and after thinning. Bloating and oppression, the complexion will turn white and dull every day. This condition is mainly caused by a lack of Qi and blood, loss of moisture in the intestines, and inability to have a bowel movement. After all, it is spleen deficiency. At this time, you cannot eat cold foods like bananas and dragon fruit, which will not relieve but aggravate it. The best way to solve this problem is to improve the baby’s spleen and stomach.
Three, long-term constipation injury
long-term constipation in infants Neglected and untreated, it affects the entire life and health of the baby.
1. Anal fissure
The anus is not damaged during normal bowel movements. If the pressure in the anus exceeds a certain limit, it can cause bleeding from an anal fissure. About 20% of all constipated babies have anal fissures.
2. Hemorrhoids
for a long time Inside, babies can cause hemorrhoids and some urinary problems.
3. Affect intellectual development
Bacteria in the gut can convert proteins Converted to toxic substances such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. Over a long period of time, these substances cannot be excreted from the body and therefore cannot be absorbed by the intestines. If the liver’s ability to detoxify is exceeded, the toxins can cause nerve damage and affect the baby’s intellectual development.
4. Affect physical development
Long-term constipation will reduce the digestion and absorption function of the baby’s intestine, and some important nutrients cannot be transported to the whole body.
5. It is easy to cause enuresis in infants
for a long time Constipation causes the rectum to expand continuously, compresses the bladder continuously, reduces the bladder capacity, and continuously stimulates the bladder, causing the bladder to contract uncontrollably, resulting in enuresis.
Fourth, how to achieve fast defecation?
1. Drink plenty of water
The feces cannot be excreted after drying in the body, which will lead to constipation. Drinking plenty of water can loosen and soften your stools, thereby reducing pain. In addition, drinking more water can effectively promote gastrointestinal function and reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, thereby accelerating the excretion of toxins and other harmful substances in the body, and can prevent and relieve constipation.
Especially drink more water during the day and less water at night, otherwise it will lead to frequent waking up at night, affecting the quality of sleep at night, and the eyes will be affected the next day. Blisters.
2. Reasonable diet
Constipation people should be reasonable Plan your meals to stay healthy and balanced.
3. Keep exercising
Life is about exercising, Exercise can go a long way in improving your health. We must develop a good habit of insisting on exercising, and choose the exercise that suits us according to our own situation. You can jog for about 15 minutes a day. This moderate aerobic exercise can help the intestines to expel gas, speed up blood circulation in the body, improve the body’s metabolism, enhance the digestive capacity of the intestines and stomach, and better expel toxins and wastes from the body.
4. Regular work and rest
In our daily life, we should go to bed on time, work and rest regularly, and not stay up late. Going to bed before 11pm is good for all body functions, because during this time the body begins to detoxify, which helps improve.
5. Develop good bowel habits
You can determine a time for bowel movements. It is best to have a bowel movement within two hours of waking up in the morning. Go to the toilet whether you feel it or not so your body can slowly develop a bowel habit.