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Safe Treatment For Constipation In A Child

My son is 2.3 yrs old and he is severely constipated. Passes stools after 3-4 days. Cries a lot while passing stools. Facing this problem since Feb 2010. His diet has been good but the intake of water is less. Could you help me with the below queries: 1. How much water a 2.3 yr old kid should take in a day? 2. What should we do so that he passes stools daily? 3. How to regulate his bowel movement? The last medicine which we have given him was Laxopeg (1/2 sachet twice a day for 3 days). That helped but very little. Could you please suggest something which will help my son in overcoming this situation.
Thu, 7 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I understand your problem and treating constipation in a child need time and patient. First of all is important to have plenty of water maybe a total of 1.5 liter (you can alternate water, apple juice, orange juice, tea) but avoid sparkle juices. Also you should use a healthy diet with soup, vegetables and fruit (kiwi in everyday use helps) and should avoid fast food, snack, bananas. I understand that all this is not easy for a child but is important to have a regularly diet. Also use in his everyday morning fig jam, plum jam. You can help to increase his intestinal movement by doing abdominal massage from time to time.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Safe Treatment For Constipation In A Child

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I understand your problem and treating constipation in a child need time and patient. First of all is important to have plenty of water maybe a total of 1.5 liter (you can alternate water, apple juice, orange juice, tea) but avoid sparkle juices. Also you should use a healthy diet with soup, vegetables and fruit (kiwi in everyday use helps) and should avoid fast food, snack, bananas. I understand that all this is not easy for a child but is important to have a regularly diet. Also use in his everyday morning fig jam, plum jam. You can help to increase his intestinal movement by doing abdominal massage from time to time. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.