1 Why is the stool in the baby broken?

If a child can not go to the toilet for a long time, it affects his overall well-being. First of all, sleep and nutrition are disturbed, the child becomes restless. Together with the baby, his parents are also suffering, who are trying to find a way to help their beloved child. The main thing in violation of stool in infants is not to self-medicate, but to show the child to a pediatrician, as constipation can be a symptom of dangerous disorders and pathologies.

Young children should normally empty their bowels after theirfeed, or before feeding. This process must pass quickly and imperceptibly. During emptying, the child should not strain and cry, pinch his legs, etc. The number of acts of emptying individually for each infants, the rate can vary from 6 to 7 times a day. The feces should not be too thick, like goats' bowel movements - this is unnatural for newborns. If such a stool is present, it is an occasion to sound an alarm and go to a doctor for examination.

The motor activity of the intestine is most often disturbed because of:

1. of Atonic constipation. There is a disease in the form of bloating and large amounts of stool( after feces the amount of feces of the child resembles the emptying of adults).The reason for this is an inadequate peristalsis of the intestine, and when trying to drop the baby on the pot on the regime the situation can only worsen.
2. Spastic constipation. With this type of disease, the cause of constipation is an increased contractile activity of the gastrointestinal tract. The main signs of spastic constipation are too dense stool and pain during emptying.
3. Pathologies of the rectum. If a month-old child can not go to the toilet for a long time, and when emptying a chair appears ribbon-like, then it is necessary immediately to take the baby to the examination not only to the pediatrician, but also to the surgeon.

Among the functional reasons for stool disorders, it is possible to distinguish incorrect feeding or finding a baby on artificial feeding. Unsuitable mixture may well lead to the development of constipation, as well as the errors in feeding the nursing mother( eating foods with a lot of starch, baking, sweets).The prolonged absence of a mother nearby can negatively affect the psychoemotional mood of the child, which can cause a disorder of the stool. These causes are often of a functional nature, and when they are eliminated, the intestinal peristalsis resumes.

2 Organic causes of constipation

There are a number of organic, often congenital pathologies that lead to constipation in children. This may be dolichosigma, a disease characterized by the presence of an excess loop of the rectum. This leads to lengthening of the intestine and accumulation of content in it, which accumulates in case of untimely retention, thickens, which further exacerbates the problem.

There is another very dangerous disease that can cause constipation in infants - this is Hirschsprung's disease. According to statistics, this disease is diagnosed in 1 out of 5,000 newborns. The essence of this disease is that a certain area of ​​the intestine( straight and sigmoid colon) is devoid of nerve endings, becomes narrow and does not allow the calves to go outside, which leads to the development of constipation. The disease immediately after birth in the form of the absence of meconium - the first feces of newborns within 48 hours.

For a long time, with Hirschsprung's illness, the child experiences painful constipation, and parents, instead of turning to a specialist, are looking for ways to get rid of them, which will not bring any result. Another cause of Hirschsprung's disease is an anatomically irregular form of the intestine - it is longer than that of a healthy child. This leads to accumulation of feces in the cavity of the rectum, bloating( "frog stomach") and the occurrence of constipation.

The residents of northern regions, where most of the time there are cold and lack of sun, children suffer from rickets. These babies have weakness of the abdominal muscles, which leads to a violation of the act of defecation. Recognize child rickets and can be by the wrong structure of the body, a large stomach, etc.

3 Symptoms and consequences of the disease

How to recognize constipation? If a child does not go to the toilet for a day, he grunts, stiffens, presses his legs to the stomach, as a result of which there appears hard feces with blood veins, these are obvious symptoms of constipation.

The main danger of untimely emptying is that the child is experiencing severe pain, provoked by damage to the rectal mucosa by hard-boiling masses. The injuries and injuries on the rectum are permanently injured, they do not heal for a long time, and this is a favorable factor for getting and developing various infectious diseases.

Older children, who recover themselves on a pot or toilet, constipation provide a lot of psychological discomfort. A child after a painful bowel movement feels pain and a sense of fear before going to the toilet next time. After such an agonizing procedure, he can refuse to eat, from trying to seat him on a potty. If you do not treat medically at the right time, it will result in a psychological problem.

If you persistently ignore the problem and the thought that the baby "outgrows" and everything gets better, you can aggravate the course of the disease. One of the most frequent companions of stool disorders is hemorrhoids, which are prone to overgrowth into a chronic form. This disease is painful for adults, which is already talking about children who experience such symptoms is simply unbearable.

If the child does not go to the toilet more than 2 days, you need to take steps and help him empty. Otherwise, the accumulated feces inside the intestine can become a source of toxins that will enter the bloodstream through the vascular wall and lead to infection of the whole organism. Treatment of such a symptom should begin with a visit to the polyclinic and a comprehensive medical examination to determine the cause of the violation of the act of defecation.

4 Treatment measures

Most often, enemas are used to eliminate constipation in children. This is really a good way to help the baby to empty, but it is often not worth resorting to, otherwise it will lead to a disruption of the intestinal peristalsis finally. Enema can only be done if there are skills, or perform them under the supervision of a doctor. Apply for enema can be clean water or a weak broth of chamomile. The water temperature should be at room temperature. The composition is typed in a syringe with a soft tip. The liquid is injected into the rectum slowly, massaging the abdomen to the child. Such a procedure can be done only for children up to 6-8 months, as in the elder such manipulations can cause emotional shock.

Young infants can be given a certain dose of Dufalac. Its basis is lactulose - a safe substance for the child's body. The only drawback of this drug is its not very fast action, so to solve the problem urgently, it is better to resort to other means.

If constipation is caused not by organic causes, then it is possible to help the baby to be emptied by using a stomach massage.

For this baby put on the back and begin gently stroking the stomach clockwise 12 times. After this, you need to take both legs of the baby and gently massage their stomach, while bending the knees. The procedure can be repeated until the child empties.

Breastfeeding moms with frequent constipation in children should think about their diet. In particular, you need to exclude from the diet of bananas, potatoes, rice and white bread. Milk and meat can be eaten very rarely, because these foods are quite heavy and poorly digested by a small organism. Raw vegetables and fruits also do not solve the problem, since many of them are rich in fiber - a known provoker of colic and constipation. Food should be light, rich in microelements necessary for the growing organism( buckwheat, boiled fish, steamed beets and carrots, etc.).

Children with constipation can put a glycerin candle or give a laxative. If the constipation after the recommended methods has not passed or was soon repeated, you need to see a doctor. It is important to remember that many constipation remedies eliminate the symptom, but do not cure the reason that with certain pathologies it is necessary.

Preventing the violation of timely emptying is the proper nutrition of the baby, giving it before or after feeding. As water for drinking, you can prepare broths of dill seeds or purchase special fennel water, which will help to establish peristalsis of the intestine and prevent constipation.