Constipation

Under normal circumstances, after digestion and absorption of food through the gastrointestinal tract, formation of residue left behind by faeces, out with general process of 24-48 hours, most healthy people are fecal 1 times a day, stool soft forming, and defecation unobstructed, without feeling uncomfortable. But due to individual differences, defecation habits are different for everyone, some intervals of 1-2 days, or even longer defecation 1, some row 2-3 times in 1 day, but normal stool shape, without any pain, which are part of the normal range.
　
Of chronic constipation in children under 1 years of age about 25%, most during the years 2-4, if the two time intervals for more than 48 hours, excessive moisture is absorbed in the stool, stool is too dry, hard, and it will very difficult discharge, discharge sheep manure or rabbit manure-like droppings in severe cases, this is constipation.
　
Common causes of constipation in children include:
　
1, neglect, some children with fun, not defecation in time, over time, is stifled, staying in the stool in the colon for too long, excessive, resulting in excessive moisture absorption in faeces, faeces become dry and hard, result not easily discharged.
　
2, poor eating habits, such as food intake is too small, especially lack of remnants of a large number of residues in food, decrease the intestinal stimulation in children, reflective creeping weakening, caused by constipation.
　
3, after the baby feeding milk often constipated because casein in milk than milk, encountered in the gastric acid condensed hard blocks, not easy to digest, resulting in dry stool, perfect, and constipation.
　
4, place of residence or living environment changed, resulting in bowel habit changes, can also be induced constipation occurs, in addition, improper defecation posture in children, or often use open sailutong, may cause rectal reflex sensitivity reduced, despite the faeces into the rectum, but cannot cause an effective nerve impulses, make defecation reflex does not cause constipation.
　
5, continuing high State of nervous tension, bad habits and lack of sleep, may result in colonic motility disorders or spastic constipation caused by contraction. Spirit in children too excited or inhibited, defecation reflex disorder and arrhythmia or spastic contraction common causes of constipation.
　
How to prevent constipation in children?
　
1, to let the child sitting defecation on time every day, to adopt good defecation habits.
　
2, to form good eating habits, diet diversification, eat raw food, food consumption cannot be too little, food not too fine, rich in cellulose.
　
3, to form good habits to avoid continued high State of nervous tension, especially school-age children learn tension, lack of sleep can cause constipation.
　
4, small baby milk, may be appropriate to add some sugar, you can also add some soup with diet to orange juice, soup, to prevent constipation caused by fecal dry, excellent.