5 common misconceptions about constipation

Myth 2: Constipation is easy to detect 

Reality: Mostly, parents don’t detect their children having constipation due to busy schedules and kids spend most of the time at school. Only when reaches chronic constipation that they find out through the state of stools that compresses pull. pooping, anal tightness pain, etc. 

Myth 3: If kids go to the toilet every day, they’ll not have constipation 

Reality:  If kids go to the toilet every day, they’ll not have constipation just only when they have painless bowel movements solf stools, moderate stools. To chronic constipation, kids still have bowel movements every day, but only small, hard, or lumpy stools, then the child will continue to avoid taking bowel movements.

Myth 4: Eat more vegetables to cure constipation

Reality: If your child is NOT constipated, a diet full of fiber (soluble) and insoluble, will help soften stools and create large enough stools to stimulate bowel movements every day. For children who are already constipated, fiber supplementation is not enough. Because at that time, the child holding the bowel movements is mainly due to anal pain. It will remain in a repetitive circle leading to more severe constipation. At that time, your child will need to be actively treated by taking stool softeners.