Children enjoy eating snacks, drinking little or no water and almost never finishing the vegetable from the plate. While it is normal to indulge once in awhile and when you allow your child to have fun snacks such as pizza and hot dogs it is essential you know that lack of fiber and water is what causes constipation in children. Children often hold from going to the bathroom if they are playing and that can cause constipation in children as well.
Constipation left untreated can cause a blockage in the bowel and threaten the life of the individual. Common symptoms of constipation in children are stomach ache, nausea, headaches and vomiting. Depending on how old you child is you can monitor yourself or ask him or her about the hardness of the stool and if he or she has difficulty, hurts, or the anus bleeds when passing it. One or all the symptoms may be present and they all stem from constipation disorder. Usually constipation in children is not a very serious matter and it can be easily corrected through the following treatments.
The first thing you need to do is ensure that your child has in increased amount of fiber foods such as, spinach or broccoli and fruits such as raisins, prunes or figs as well as plenty of plain water. Children can get dehydrated very fast when they play because the activity is often intense and the body looses its fluids fast and when they are not replenished it will get dehydrated.
The patient needs to take enough pain medication to control the pain but no more.Do not administer laxatives to your child without the prior consultation with the doctor, as they are habit forming and you may cause your child more harm then benefit. Other natural ways to combat constipation is massaging the stomach with baby oil preferably in circular motions and mint tea.
If the patient begins to feel that they are becoming constipated they should notify the medical staff as the doctor will want the patient to receive medications before the constipation becomes severe. Usually children don't like having healthy foods because they don't like the taste so, if you can create tasty and fun dishes out of the vegetables and fruits, you will find your child enjoying them more often and also staying healthy and regular always.
Constipation left untreated can cause a blockage in the bowel and threaten the life of the individual. Common symptoms of constipation in children are stomach ache, nausea, headaches and vomiting. Depending on how old you child is you can monitor yourself or ask him or her about the hardness of the stool and if he or she has difficulty, hurts, or the anus bleeds when passing it. One or all the symptoms may be present and they all stem from constipation disorder. Usually constipation in children is not a very serious matter and it can be easily corrected through the following treatments.
The first thing you need to do is ensure that your child has in increased amount of fiber foods such as, spinach or broccoli and fruits such as raisins, prunes or figs as well as plenty of plain water. Children can get dehydrated very fast when they play because the activity is often intense and the body looses its fluids fast and when they are not replenished it will get dehydrated.
The patient needs to take enough pain medication to control the pain but no more.Do not administer laxatives to your child without the prior consultation with the doctor, as they are habit forming and you may cause your child more harm then benefit. Other natural ways to combat constipation is massaging the stomach with baby oil preferably in circular motions and mint tea.
If the patient begins to feel that they are becoming constipated they should notify the medical staff as the doctor will want the patient to receive medications before the constipation becomes severe. Usually children don't like having healthy foods because they don't like the taste so, if you can create tasty and fun dishes out of the vegetables and fruits, you will find your child enjoying them more often and also staying healthy and regular always.
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