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Question: granddaughter is 4 and she has sticky and glueing poop all the time so she has dirty pants all day long. she says she can;t feel when she poops. but when we give her apple-prune juice in a day she has hard poops and uses the toilet. but then when we have no more juice, it;s right back to the sticky and glueing again. help
Brief Answer:
Fibre content of diet needs to be increased
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic. I have gone very carefully through your query. It seems that the problem is due to lack of adequate amount of fibres in diet. You need to give a fibre rich diet. Wheat, corn, and XXXXXXX are high in insoluble fiber, which should help. Apart from apple-prune juice (which is high in fibre content) you can give other fibre rich food items like:
* Apples, pears, parsnip, berries, raspberries, kumquats, guavas, squash, oranges, passion fuit, avocado, blackberries, pomogranate, currants, persimmons, kiwi fruits, figs, bananas, blueberries, cherries, apricots, strawberries, tangerines, papaya, mangoes, pineapple, plums, litchi, grapes, watermelon
* Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, brussels sprout, carrots, leafy vegetables and spinach, amaranth, artichokes, green peas, collard greens, XXXXXXX sweet potato, okra, fennel, eggplant/brinjal, sweetcorn, beets, turnip, asparagus, onions
* Legumes, beans, lentils, chickpeas, celery, soybean, navy beans, cranberry beans, french beans
* Whole grains, quinoa, brown rice, millets and oats, squash and pumpkin seeds, seasame seeds, dried coconut, almonds,
* Mushrooms
* Flax seeds, chia seeds, corn XXXXXXX
Also consider going through the following list:
https://www.nestle.in/nhw/nutrition-basics/nutrients/dietary-fibre-fact-sheet
Fruit juices are known to make stool runny. It is better to avoid fruit juices.
Let me know if I could help further.
Regards
Fibre content of diet needs to be increased
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic. I have gone very carefully through your query. It seems that the problem is due to lack of adequate amount of fibres in diet. You need to give a fibre rich diet. Wheat, corn, and XXXXXXX are high in insoluble fiber, which should help. Apart from apple-prune juice (which is high in fibre content) you can give other fibre rich food items like:
* Apples, pears, parsnip, berries, raspberries, kumquats, guavas, squash, oranges, passion fuit, avocado, blackberries, pomogranate, currants, persimmons, kiwi fruits, figs, bananas, blueberries, cherries, apricots, strawberries, tangerines, papaya, mangoes, pineapple, plums, litchi, grapes, watermelon
* Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, brussels sprout, carrots, leafy vegetables and spinach, amaranth, artichokes, green peas, collard greens, XXXXXXX sweet potato, okra, fennel, eggplant/brinjal, sweetcorn, beets, turnip, asparagus, onions
* Legumes, beans, lentils, chickpeas, celery, soybean, navy beans, cranberry beans, french beans
* Whole grains, quinoa, brown rice, millets and oats, squash and pumpkin seeds, seasame seeds, dried coconut, almonds,
* Mushrooms
* Flax seeds, chia seeds, corn XXXXXXX
Also consider going through the following list:
https://www.nestle.in/nhw/nutrition-basics/nutrients/dietary-fibre-fact-sheet
Fruit juices are known to make stool runny. It is better to avoid fruit juices.
Let me know if I could help further.
Regards
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