The General Cause of Constipation in Baby

Constipation can make you suffer, especially when it happening to your baby. If a baby suffered with constipation, she/he will cry when they want to take poo. This usual happen to a baby so you as a parent should not panic if this situation happened to you.

Baby got constipation and having a stomache are something happening to our babies. We as a parent should know the cause of constipation and doing the right ways to handle it.

If your babies not poop in two days, it might be they suffering constipation. In normal situation, a baby usually poop two times in a day. Other symptoms is that your baby poops or feces too hard and tough.

There're a few things that made your babies got constipation, Which are:

1. Lack of liquid or water
Babies has to get enough water. If babies has high metabolism, they will release much liquid from urine and sweat. Lack of liquid can cause babies feces hard and less of moist.

2. Too much liquid release when excretion
In certain situations, babies can released too much liquid. Such as, in summer of place that have high temperature can make babies release much liquids. Babies has feed much mother milk or water to change the liquid loss.

3.The residue of Food
Protein residue can made babies suffer constipation. Such as protein from the plant (peanuts) or animal.

4. Mineral Residue
Vitamin that contain iron can made babies feces look like goat feces. If this happened to your babies, consult to doctor whether to stop giving the vitamin or reduce the doses.

5. Medicines or drugs side effect
Flu drugs and antibiotic can caused constipation. Consult to your doctor to handle this. Because only your doctor know the side effect of the drugs and how to handle if there's a side effect.

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Parent sometime difficult to making their children eat vegetables and fruits. but no need to giving juice to your children if they can't be persuade. Fruits and vegetables contain fibre but if you processed it to become juice, the fruits or vegetables will lose it nutrient. Children only get water in juice and less of nutrient. Juice process will make fruits and vegetables release water and the fiber from fruits or vegetables will dissolve.

The best way to get fiber from fruits and vegetables by eat it directly. You can curry it to get fiber too. When we eat directly, we will get more fiber than we juice it. How to make children eat fruits or vegetables? pick up fruit with sweet taste, it because children love to eat sweet food. Combine vegetables to other food so children eat it without hestitate.

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Children liver have an ability to change codein. If codein change into morphine and in large amount, it would be dangerous. FDA found that death cases and serious side effect of codeine, that way they review the codein safety. Patient who receive condein will have shortness in their breath and eventually will lead to death.

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Wrong diapers can cause fungal infection

Fungal infection in vital area not only attack grow up people. Babies can also get fungal infection. less hygiene and inappropriate use are the main cause of fungi.

Fungal infection usually cause by a group microscopic fungi or yeast. Candida is one of yeast that naturally live on human body but it can grow up fast and cause infection if it got proper moisture and temperature. Before it become a fungal infection it will show as Diaper rash marked with red and irritation skin.

Red rash can be papules or little bump that fill with pus and easy to blister. In certain condition, baby scrotum and their penis can be so red, scally and got dry skin.

What you should do is to maintain the baby hygiene. Always treat diaper rash before it get worst. You can prevent the rash expanded by using disposable diapers. Always make sure your diaper have good air circulation. If your babies got a fever or getting open wound or appear a yellow fluid in the infection area, it can indicated bacterium infection, consult to your doctor immediately.

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