Constipation In Infants

Normally, a baby stool changes according to age. Starting with greenish watery stool (meconium) in the early days postnatal. Next usually after the first week, baby stool changes in character in accordance with the milk he drinks. Feces of breast-fed infants is different from infant feces are not breastfed. Constipation associated with the nature of feces. When the hard stool consistency, relatively large volumes and clay, generally more difficult than if the feces expelled is a normal baby, which is soft, moist (moist) like toothpaste or a very ripe banana.

When did your baby is constipated? If in two days did not defecate. Normally babies defecate one to two times every day. During the consistency and volume of a normal stool, defecate only in 48 hours no problem. Feces normal babies if the software are categorized, humid (moist), volume (with) no clay, and not too watery. Infant constipation is expressed in two days if no bowel movements, and the stool is hard, and wiry.

Infants who consume enough breast milk is generally not a problem with the amount of water waste and rare cases of constipation. Similarly, in infants who have received additional food (ASI solids), more rarely suffer from constipation, as long as the food contains enough fiber (dietary fiber). The first solid food milk porridge. Intestine work harder when the daily food already there inside (berbungkah, bulk). We know the basic baby food initially only of liquid (milk), and not the food (which is solid, contains).

Constipation Causes

Because there is sharing things cause constipation, it is necessary to find what the basic causes of infant constipation; among other issues of local organs, eg the existence of: metabolic disorders, the fissure (crack / fissure), swelling, tumors, local neurological disorders, etc.. If your doctor has determined there is no problem and / or disorders as mentioned above, another possibility could be due to constipation:

* Lack of fluids, in other words less drinking. Metabolism at a high infant allows fluid (urine, sweat) over many, if not immediately replaced by drinking often leads to less fluid, leading to hard stools, not soft and less humid (less moist). The table below, can be used as a benchmark calculation of how many babies need fluids every day. Purpose liquids are milk (or other drinks eg juice, gravy baby's age appropriate and the doctor's instructions).

* Excessive discharge can also environment such as hot weather, making the baby a lot of sweat. Or room air regulator with (AC) although berhawa cool but dry air causes, so a baby who was in it needs to be given a lot of milk (to drink).

* Residue (remaining disposal) is excessive, including disposal of proteins that generally comes from animal side dishes and vegetable (beans). In this case tips that can help overcome, give the baby more fluids. For infants who had received solid food, providing more starchy and certain fruits (banana, papaya) can often help.

* In addition to protein residues, residual minerals are also often make constipation. Excess protein and minerals resembling fecal droppings made goat, berbungkil-bungkil. Look at when the mother gives the baby a supplement (often called) vitamins, is also contains minerals eg iron (ferum / iron), if so convey this complaint to the doctor and asked whether supplements should be stopped first, or a reduced dose.

* Provision of certain drugs eg antibiotics, cold medicine also provides a side effect of constipation.

If the baby has started to be given additional food, and fruit, but still constipated, too, observe type vegetables and fruit. If it was a complete vegetable mayurnya (more than one kind), and fruit in addition to a portion, derived from the type of fruit that does not make constipation (barking and other fruits that many nodes), the possible causes is not it. Could be it not getting enough drinking water.

If the water has been still constipated, too, of course there's something wrong with his digestion. There are several intestinal disorders in newborns that make constipation. Intestine folded, coiled, or any part of the large intestine through the anus at the base abnormalities, all of it can also appear with symptoms of constipation. For that we need more further investigation in order to make sure.

The case of infant constipation can be overcome by giving laxatives, but should the doctor's supervision. Do not give any laxative laxative for constipation is not itself a drug, but only for a moment overcome. Causes of constipation itself to be tracked, so that constipation can be completely overcome.