Upon the drying of feces, the hunger level drops, and the intake volume reduces, and thus the feces volume drops as a result. The longer the feces accumulate in the intestine, the more moisture will be absorbed, and hence it becomes too dry to defecate.
If elder babies only like to eat protein-rich food, with little or no vegetable with higher cellulose content, it will lead to constipation.
Peristalsis is dominated by the neural mechanisms, if there is a regular habit to defecate, and by the time you want to defecate, the feces accumulated will not stay in the intestine for too long, and hence it will not to too dry to defecate.
Sometimes when the feces are too hard, it will cause anal fissure during feces movements and pain during defecation. The more you fear the pain, the harder it is to defecate, the longer the feces remain and the more difficult it will be constipate.
Products like Enema are normally used to help relieving constipation, when become a habit, the defecation will only happen when being stimulated. Once you know the mechanism, you can think about the resolution.
Some babies may suffer from malnutrition, rickets disease, hypothyroidism psychosis, which result in intestinal wall and abdominal muscle relax and feces become difficult to defecate.
Some special babies might suffer from Hirschsprung's disease psychosis like birth defects, resulting in frequent constipation
You can massage babies abdomen when the child constipate, this way you can accelerate intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation, this help digestion. You an also give your baby enema, or place glycerin suppository or soap bar and insert in baby’s anus to promote intestinal peristalsis.
If all the above methods are not effective, they should seek immediate medical attention.
Palm facing down flat on the baby umbilical, gently push it in clockwise direction. This can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and thereby promoting bowel movement and help digestion.
Allow the baby to lay on his side, with the enema tip seal cut, the nozzle must be smooth to avoid cutting the skin of the baby.
Insert the nozzle of the enema into the baby’s anus, and gently squeeze the plastic bag to inject the liquid into the anus.
After that pull the enema shell out. Use a clean paper towel to sandwich between the baby anus to avoid spill which makes the clothes and linens dirty.
Try to allow the liquid to stay in the body of the baby for a longer period to stimulate the intestinal, soften the feces to achieve the maximum result.
Open the wrapper of glycerin suppository, and slowly insert into the anus of the baby, and then gently apply pressure to the anus, try to wait for a longer period to allow all the glycerin suppository dissolve before encourage your baby to defecate.
Cut the soap bar to a length of 3cm, with thickness of conical pencil thin strips.
Firstly, wet the soap bar with small amount of water, and then slowly insert into your baby’s anus, try to allow it to stay for a longer period to achieve the result of intestinal peristalsis.
If the results above are ineffective, you should seek for medical attention immediately to check whether the cause of constipation is due to other factors.
You can massage baby’s abdomen when the child constipate, this way you can accelerate intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation, this help digestion. You can also give your baby enema, or place glycerin suppository or soap bar and insert in baby’s anus to promote intestinal peristalsis.
If all the above methods are not effective, they should seek immediate medical attention.
1. Massage:
Palm facing down flat on the baby umbilical, gently push it in clockwise direction. This can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and thereby promoting bowel movement and help digestion.
2. Enema:
Allow the baby to lay on his side, with the enema tip seal cut, the nozzle must be smooth to avoid cutting the skin of the baby.
Insert the nozzle of the enema into the baby’s anus, and gently squeeze the plastic bag to inject the liquid into the anus.
After that pull the enema shell out. Use a clean paper towel to sandwich between the baby anus to avoid spill which makes the clothes and linens dirty.
Try to allow the liquid to stay in the body of the baby for a longer period to stimulate the intestinal, soften the feces to achieve the maximum result.
3. Glycerin suppository.
4. Message:
Open the wrapper of glycerin suppository, and slowly insert into the anus of the baby, and then gently apply pressure to the anus, try to wait for a longer period to allow all the glycerin suppository dissolve before encourage your baby to defecate.
5. Soap bar.
Cut the soap bar to a length of 3cm, with thickness of conical pencil thin strips.
Firstly, wet the soap bar with small amount of water, and then slowly insert into your baby’s anus, try to allow it to stay for a longer period to achieve the result of intestinal peristalsis.
If the results above are ineffective, you should seek for medical attention immediately to check whether the cause of constipation is due to other factors.
Constipation in Babies Treatment:
Phenolphthalein:Result took place for 6 – 8 hours after intake. Small amount of drugs can help to stimulate the enterohepatic circulation; the effect can be maintained for 3 – 4 days. It is suitable for habitual constipation.
2. Liquid paraffin:
Intake at bedtime. Result took place for 6 – 8 hours after intake. Long-term use can lead to mal-absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and calcium, phosphorus.
3. Magnesium milk at bedtime.
4. Insert Glycerol suppository in anus with the guide of mild irritant laxative. Defecation will occur after a few minutes.
5. Glycerol / sodium chloride (containing sorbitol, glycerin or magnesium sulfate)
Firstly, apply little coating to moist the anus and then slowly squeeze the liquid into the anus. Defection will happen within minutes.
6. Simple Methods
Wear rubber gloves at home and dip a small amount of paraffin (paraffin oil) or Vaseline with little finger and insert into the anus to help defecation.
7. Clyster
Use 1% - 2% sopay water or saline with temperature similar to that of the room temperature, Clysterstrong is highly irritant, it is not advisable to use unless under special circumstances.
8. Constipation paste
All of the methods mentioned above can because a certain level of discomfort to your babies, babies with poor taste might suffer and thus cannot use it. Babies will resist.
Constipation taste directly paste onto the stomach of the babies, it does not cause any discomfort, and is made by herb with no side effect. It is absorbed from acupuncture point, the result is fast, long lasting, and not easy to relapse and it is the most effective method for constipation.
Since it is only redeveloped recently, and hence it might not be as popular, if you are working in the medical sector, please contact us to help more babies to relief pain.
What type of food is suitable for babies under Constipation?
Constipation of babies is due to improper diet or poor defecation habit, parents should allow their babies to intake food which is effective against constipation such as vegetables, juice etc.
1. Food that is beneficial to intestine
When nursing infant suffers from constipation. You can add food such as orange juice, jujube juice, and cabbage juice to smoothen his intestine.
2. Supplements
When baby suffers from constipation during weaned period, you can add supplements, apart from highly nutritious eggs, lean meat and fish, you should also add vegetable with higher cellulose content , fruits and porridge, such as spinach, rape, cabbage, celery and bananas, pears, etc.
3. Honey
People also use honey to aid laxative. In fact, honey is only effective when washed with cold water, honey under warm water is ineffective.
However, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety China Agricultural University, Dr FAN Zhi expresses: If it not suitable to allow infant to drink honey.
This is because we are not sure whether the babies are allergic based at a young age since they are staying at home.
They are not sure whether the babies is allergic to substances such as seafood and pollen.
Honey contains pollen, if babies are allergic to pollen, babies drinking honey might easily lead to allergy.
4. Whole Grains
When elder babies suffer from constipation, adding whole grain such as standard flour, potatoes, corn, barley and other fats and oils, with cold water can also contribute to the prevention and treatment of constipation.
For infant at the age of 4 – 5 months old, you can add appropriate level of food supplements, it is best to chop Spinach, cabbage, Chinese cabbage and shepherd's purse into pieces, and places it inside congee to cook together in order to feed your baby with a large variety of delicious vegetable congee.