Constipation in children
Constipation in children is one of the troublesome problems that may hinder their daily lives, their interaction with those around them, and lead to significant physical and psychological problems if they continue without treatment and reduce the achievement of the school.
The majority of children who complain of these constipation are the ones who excrete fruits and vegetables from their daily diet, and are full of carbohydrates, desserts and ready-to-eat saturated meals.
Constipation is an abnormal condition in the intestine is slow movement of the bowel muscles, and the spacing of the frequency and frequency of output, may delay the date of defecation in the child for long days and may be up to a week without the ability to empty the intestine of waste, causing the feeling of nausea and dizziness and frequent abdominal pain, , Change in child movement, difficulty sitting.
Causes of constipation in general
- Wrong eating habits “focus on carbohydrates, fats, sugars and fiber reduction.”
- Environmental habits: such as lack of movement and sitting for long periods.
- Psychological and social factors: mental disorders such as anger, sadness, shock, fear and other negative emotions that affect bowel movement.
Signs of constipation in the child
- Fewer times the exit, spacing and protrusion every 3 days or more may stretch for a week sometimes
- Do not remove all the waste and leave it in the form of small pieces accumulated
- Difficulty, sweating and great pain at the time of defecation
- Excess mucus or some blood due to cracks in the anus during defecation.
- Loss of appetite for the child, because it does not leave the waste of his body remains a sense of fullness.
- Decrease in child weight
- Bad mood, excessive nervousness and feeling tired without exerting effort.
- A slight rise in temperature facilities for constipation
- continuous headache
- Black under the eyes
Treatment of constipation of children
- Encourage the child to drink sufficient amounts of water and natural juices daily.
- Encourage the child to eat more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis, because they contain large amounts of fiber facilitate digestion of food and accelerate the movement of the bowel.
- Encourage the child to move and play games appropriate for his age until the circulation of blood circulation and thus activate the movement of the intestine and remove the waste.
- Eat some delicious and delicious dishes for the intestines, such as brown bread, corn flakes, dates, papaya, zucchini, green grass such as spinach, hibiscus and mulukhya green beans.
- Eat healthy and useful soups during meals.
- Avoid junk food, pastries, white bread and fries, as they aggravate the problem
- Use herbal laxatives from the pharmacy by consulting your doctor
- The use of a special gel from the pharmacy to be painted at the anus facilitates the process of extraction.