CONSTIPATION IN INFANT

Constipation is a condition of difficulty in expenditure feces with symptom defecate irregular, frequency decrease and to be accompanied with feel of pain.

In some infants can occur change the pattern of defecate, such as defecate frequency initially is reguler and fluent in the first week will be irregular in the week next. This condition resembles the symptoms of constipation in adults.

Constipation is common in infants who received additional formula milk, it caused content of casein protein from formula milk is higher than mother's milk, and this protein difficult to digested by the baby's intestines.

Conditions like constipation can occur in some infants who received mother’s milk by exclusively, due to absorption of mother’s milk so perfect that there is no the rest of result the digestive process can be discarded. This condition occurs because the mother is less fibrous foods such as fruit or vegetables.

If occur change on the frequency of defecate in your baby should not too quickly to conclude the baby experiencing of constipated and give drugs certain, particularly if there is no expression of pain during defecate and feces ( meconium ) like a baby who received mother’s milk by exclusively ( the first form of meconium in baby is sticky blackish, gradually occur change of colour yellow to greenish yellow sometimes shaped like grains of rice with the smell is not too flashy ), especially if the baby's growth was normal, his face bright and urination was normal.

Unless the baby is can not defecation accompanied by abdominal bloat, enlarged and distanded, vomiting if given a drink, the baby's condition grew weaker and moaning in pain, take it to a doctor immediately because it was feared there was disorder in the digestive system.

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