
Suggest Ways To Gain Weight In A Child With Constipation

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Detailed Answer:
Hello
I have gone through the details and do understand your concern.
In premature babies particularly whose birth weight was less than 1 kg,it is really difficult to achieve a normal growth pattern.These children lag their peers in growth chart,but usually achieve a normal growth till adolescence.
Children of this age are very choosy regarding their food and usually prefer to play rather than feed.This creates more worry for the parents.
I would suggest you to encourage her for feed and not to force.Give her what she likes.
Encourage for high fibre,high caloric feeds.
Constipation also is a very common problem in this age particularly of the child is not toilet trained properly.
You may give laxative like laxopeg which has very little side effect.
I agree with your doctors as if all the abnormalities have been ruled out,constipation is most likely psychological in origin.
The main management in this condition is behavioral therapy and encuragement of healthy nutritious food.You may also take help of pediatric psychologist.
Regards


I need to know what are the food items which we can choose for her which helps to gain her quickly.
Do we need to try anything supplementary health drink etc. or we only focus on regular home food.
Another concern is if Laxopeg has some side effect, did we try anything else or how to stop using this.
You may give supplementary health drink,laxopeg has minimal side effect
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for follow up
You may give health supplementary formulas like pediasure to meet the nutritional demand of the child.
It's good to give home food,but choose high caloric food.You may make the food caloric dense by adding butter or ghee.Give full cream milk and that can be condensed with dry fruit paste or pediasure.Give frequent small frequent meals.The diet should contain enough green vegetable and fruits as they are rich source of antioxidant and vitamins.
Laxopeg contains polyethylene glycol which is a new generation laxative with little side effect.If given intermittently side effects are rare.
With these measures I hope the growth will improve.
With regards

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