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ʻO ka ʻōpū paʻa i nā keiki, ʻo ia ka pilikia o kāu keiki liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā wai ʻōpū a i ʻole e lōʻihi aku ma mua o ka maʻamau me ka ʻole o ka pooping. ʻO ia kekahi o nā pilikia digestive maʻamau loa a nā keiki e kū ai, e pili ana i ka 30% o nā keiki i kekahi manawa.
ʻOiai hiki ke hopohopo ma ke ʻano he mākua, ʻo ka ʻōpū paʻa o ka wā kamaliʻi he mea manawa pōkole a hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia me nā loli maʻalahi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e kū mai ana ma muli o ka ʻai, nā loli maʻamau, a i ʻole nā paepae hoʻomohala maʻamau ma mua o nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
Kū mai ka ʻōpū paʻa i ka wā e lilo ai nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū o kāu keiki i paʻakikī, maloʻo, a i ʻole e emi pinepine ma mua o ka maʻamau. No ka hapa nui o nā keiki, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka emi ma mua o ʻekolu neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū i kēlā me kēia pule e hōʻailona ana i ka ʻōpū paʻa.
Eia naʻe, loaʻa i kēlā me kēia keiki kā lākou ʻano ponoʻī. ʻO kekahi mau keiki olakino e poop i ʻekolu manawa i ka lā, ʻoiai kekahi e hele i kēlā me kēia lā ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i nā loli i ka maʻamau o kāu keiki, me nā hōʻailona o ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika.
I ka wā e noho ai ka stool i loko o ka colon no ka manawa lōʻihi, e komo hou ka kino i ka wai mai ia mea. Hana kēia i ka poop i ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e hala, e hana ana i kahi kaapuni e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōpū paʻa i ka manawa.
Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka ʻōpū paʻa e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e pono ai kāu keiki i ke kākoʻo hou aku. ʻAʻole hiki i nā keiki ke wehewehe i ka mea a lākou e manaʻo nei, no laila e lilo ka nānā ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona i mea nui loa.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
E hiki nō hoʻi ke ʻike ʻia nā loli i ka ʻano. Hoʻomaka kekahi mau keiki e pale aku i ka lumipaku, e hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou mau ʻōpū, a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka ʻeha ke noho. Hana pinepine kēia mau pane ma muli o ko lākou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā ʻike ʻeha ma mua.
I nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki i nā keiki ke ʻike i ka mea a nā kauka i kapa ai ʻo ka “overflow incontinence.” ʻO ia hoʻi, ke leaka mai ka wai ʻōpū a puni ka ʻōpū paʻakikī, a hoʻopilikia i nā keiki i aʻo ʻia e hoʻohana i ka halepaku. ʻOiai hiki ke hilahila kēia, he hōʻailona lapaʻau maoli kēia e pono ai ka nānā.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka constipation i nā keiki he mau kumu maʻamau e pili ana i ka ʻai, nā maʻamau, a i ʻole ka ulu maʻamau. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e pale aku i nā hanana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hilinaʻi hou aku e pili ana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kūlana.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
I kekahi manawa, e ulu mai ka constipation i nā wā hoʻololi maoli. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa potty he loli nui ia no nā kamaliʻi, a ke kūʻē kekahi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōpū i loko o ka halepaku. Hiki i nā keiki kula ke hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou mau ʻōpū no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou makemake e hoʻohana i nā lumipaku kula a i ʻole e hoʻopio i ka manawa pāʻani.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i nā kūlana lapaʻau ke hoʻopili i ka constipation. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana i ka hypothyroidism, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā hoʻolālā ulu, a i ʻole nā pilikia anatomical. Eia naʻe, ʻo nā kumu lapaʻau e pili ana i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 5% o nā hihia constipation i nā keiki, no laila he mea kūpono ke ʻike, akā ʻaʻole pono e hopohopo koke.
Hoʻoponopono ka hapa nui o ka constipation me ka mālama home, akā, pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e kāhea ai i kāu pediatrician e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa i kāu keiki ka mālama kūpono me ka hopohopo ʻole.
E kelepona i kāu kauka inā loaʻa i kāu keiki:
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo o ke kauka inā lilo ka constipation i mea maʻamau, lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau pule ʻoiai e ho'āʻo ana i nā lāʻau home. Hiki i ka constipation mau ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia e pane maikaʻi aku i ka mālama mua.
E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo ma ke ʻano he mākua. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he mea hewa a i ʻole ke ʻano ʻoluʻolu ʻole o kāu keiki, ua kūpono mau ke kāhea aku i kāu pediatrician no ke alakaʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o ka constipation maʻamau a me nā kūlana e pono ai ka nānā hou aku.
ʻO kekahi mau mea e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka constipation i kekahi mau keiki. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale a ʻike i ka wā e pono ai kāu keiki i ke kākoʻo hou aku.
ʻO nā mea pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hoʻopili pū kekahi nā kumu kūlohelohe. Hiki i nā keiki e ʻike ana i ka pilikia nui, nā loli pinepine i ka papa hana, a i ʻole ka komo iki ʻana i nā halepaku ʻoluʻolu ke maʻalahi ka constipation.
Lohi kekahi mau keiki i kā lākou ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe, e hoʻolilo ana iā lākou i mea maʻalahi i ka constipation i loko o ka wā kamaliʻi. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo he hewa kekahi mea i kāu keiki, ʻo ia wale nō paha e pono ai lākou i ka nānā mau ʻana i ka ʻai a me nā maʻamau o ka halepaku.
ʻOiai ka nui o ka constipation e hoʻonā ʻia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua hou aku. Hoʻomohala pinepine ʻia kēia mau pilikia me ka constipation maʻi mau, ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ma mua o nā hanana manawa.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
Hiki i ka constipation maʻi mau ke hoʻokumu i nā pilikia manaʻo. Hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻomohala i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka halepaku, e alakaʻi ana i kahi kaapuni kahi e hoʻopilikia ai ka makaʻu i ka constipation. Hoʻomaka kekahi mau keiki e pale aku i nā hana a i ʻole nā kūlana pilikino no ka mea ua hopohopo lākou e pili ana i nā ulia.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka nui o nā pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka hoʻokele kūpono. Hoʻemi nui ka mālama mua ʻana i ka constipation i ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale aku ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka constipation o nā keiki. Hiki i nā hana maʻamau o kēlā me kēia lā ke mālama i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana digestive o kāu keiki a pale aku i ka nui o nā hanana mai ka loaʻa ʻana.
ʻO nā hana pale nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i nā maʻamau halepaku maikaʻi i ka wā ʻōpiopio he mea nui loa ia. E paipai i kāu keiki e noho ma ka halepaku no kekahi mau minuke ma hope o nā meaʻai, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole lākou e manaʻo i ka makemake. Hoʻohana kēia i nā reflexes digestive kūlohelohe e loaʻa ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana.
E hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu keiki kahi footstool inā pono i hiki ai i ko lākou mau wāwae ke hoʻomaha pālahalaha ʻoiai e noho ana ma ka halepaku. Kūkulu kēia kūlana i ka hoʻopau pono ʻana a hoʻolilo i ka ʻike i ʻoi aku ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Hoʻomaopopo pinepine nā kauka i ka constipation o nā keiki ma muli o nā hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau ma mua o nā hoʻokolohua paʻakikī. E nīnau kāu pediatrician i nā nīnau kikoʻī e pili ana i nā maʻamau ʻōpū o kāu keiki, ka ʻai, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
I ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā, e hana paha kāu kauka i kahi hoʻokolokolo kino. ʻO kēia e komo pū ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpū o kāu keiki no ka palupalu a i ʻole nā mea nui a hiki ke komo pū me kahi nānā rectal mālie e nānā i ka stool impacted a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole pono ka nui o nā hihia i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā. Eia naʻe, inā koʻikoʻi ka constipation, maʻamau, a i ʻole e hele pū me nā hōʻailona hopohopo, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i nā loiloi hou aku. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i nā kūlana kumu a i ʻole nā haʻawina kiʻi e nānā i ka ʻōnaehana digestive.
E mālama i kahi moʻolelo o nā neʻe ʻōpū o kāu keiki, me ka pinepine, ka kūpaʻa, a me nā hōʻailona pili. Kūleʻa kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka constipation, e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻōlelo lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka constipation o nā keiki me nā ala mālie, ʻaʻole lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻOi aku ka pane maikaʻi o ka hapa nui o nā keiki i nā loli meaʻai a me nā hoʻololi nohona ma mua o ka pono ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau mua loa e komo pū ana:
Inā ʻaʻole kōkua nā loli meaʻai i loko o kekahi mau lā, hiki i kāu pediatrician ke ʻōlelo aku i nā laxatives mālie i hana ʻia no nā keiki. Kūleʻa kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka palupalu ʻana i ka ʻōpū a maʻalahi hoʻi ke hala. ʻO nā koho maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX) a i ʻole lactulose, ʻelua i manaʻo ʻia he palekana no nā keiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi.
No ka constipation ʻoi aku ka nui, hoʻokaʻaʻike pinepine nā kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika a i ʻole e ʻōlelo aku i nā enemas. Eia naʻe, mālama ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā hihia kahi i hana ʻole ai nā ala mālie a i ʻole ke loaʻa ka impaction nui.
ʻO ke kī ka hana pū ʻana me kāu pediatrician e ʻimi i ke ala kūpono no kāu keiki. Hoʻopili pinepine ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hui ʻana o nā hoʻolālā i hoʻopilikino ʻia i nā pono kūikawā o kāu keiki a me ka pane i nā hana like ʻole.
Hoʻokumu ka lāʻau lapaʻau home i ke kumu o ka mālama ʻana i ka constipation o nā keiki. Palekana, kūleʻa kēia mau ala, a kōkua i kāu keiki e hoʻomohala i nā maʻamau olakino lōʻihi no ka olakino digestive.
E hoʻomaka me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻai. Hāʻawi i kāu keiki i ka wai nui i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, me ka pahuhopu o ka 6-8 mau kīʻaha no nā keiki nui aʻe. Hoʻokomo i nā meaʻai momona i ka fiber e like me nā ʻāpala, nā pēra, nā huaʻai, nā pī, a me nā cereal palaoa holoʻokoʻa. Hana maikaʻi loa nā prunes a me ka wai prune no nā keiki he nui.
Hana i kahi hana lumi ʻauʻau e hoʻoikaika ai i ka neʻe mau ʻana o ka ʻōpū. E noho kāu keiki ma ka pākaukau no 5-10 mau minuke ma hope o nā meaʻai, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke kakahiaka. Lawe kēia manawa i ka pono o nā reflexes digestive maoli a kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā maʻamau olakino.
Hoʻoikaika i ka hana kino ma o ka pāʻani, nā haʻuki, a i ʻole nā hele wāwae ʻohana. Kōkua ka neʻe ʻana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana digestive a hiki ke pale aku i ka constipation mai ka hoʻi hou ʻana. ʻO nā hana maʻalahi e like me ka lele ʻana, ka holo ʻana, a i ʻole ka holo paikikala paha e hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa.
E hoʻoluʻolu a hoʻomaha i ka ʻike lumi ʻauʻau. Hāʻawi i kahi paepae wāwae i hiki ai i nā wāwae o kāu keiki ke hoʻomaha pālahalaha, heluhelu i nā puke pū ma ka wā lumi ʻauʻau, a i ʻole pāʻani i nā pāʻani mālie e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaha. Mai wikiwiki a hoʻoikaika paha i kāu keiki i ka wā e kipa aku ai i ka lumi ʻauʻau.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu kipa pediatrician e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka alakaʻi kōkua loa no ka constipation o kāu keiki. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kikoʻī e mākaukau ana e hana i ka kūkā ʻana i ka hana nui a alakaʻi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau maikaʻi aʻe.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e hahai i nā ʻano neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū o kāu keiki no ka liʻiliʻi loa o hoʻokahi pule. E hoʻomaopopo i ka pinepine, ka kūpaʻa, a me kekahi ʻeha a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika ʻana. E kiʻi i nā kiʻi o ka stool inā hiki, ʻoiai hāʻawi kēia i kāu kauka i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i ka nui.
E kākau i ka ʻai maʻamau o kāu keiki, me nā meaʻai punahele, ka inu wai i kēlā me kēia lā, a me nā loli hou i nā maʻamau ʻai. E hoʻomaopopo pū i ko lākou pae hana, nā ʻano hiamoe, a me nā hanana kaumaha e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka pilikia.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e nīnau aku ai i kāu kauka. Loaʻa paha kēia i nā hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena lōʻihi, i ka wā e manaʻo ai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi, a i ʻole pehea e pale aku ai i nā hanana hou. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui e inu ana kāu keiki, me nā wikamina. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i ka constipation, a pono i kāu kauka kēia ʻike e hana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūpono.
He mea maʻamau loa ka constipation i nā keiki a maʻalahi ke hoʻokele me nā loli maʻalahi i ka ʻai a me ka hana maʻamau. Hoʻopau ka hapa nui o nā hanana i loko o kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule me ka mālama home kūpono, a he mea maʻamau ʻole nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i ka hana ʻana me kēia pilikia. Ua kokoke loa kēlā me kēia mākua i ka constipation o nā keiki i kekahi manawa, a aia kāu pediatrician e kōkua iā ʻoe ma o ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana.
E nānā i ka hana ʻana i nā maʻamau olakino i kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o ka hopohopo ʻana e pili ana i nā hanana constipation i kekahi manawa. ʻO ka inu wai maʻamau, nā meaʻai momona fiber, ka hana kino, a me nā hana lumi ʻauʻau mau ka kumu o ka olakino digestive maikaʻi no nā keiki.
E hilinaʻi i kāu mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua lapaʻau, akā e hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi he manawa pōkole ka hapa nui o ka constipation a pane maikaʻi i nā hana mālie. Me ke ahonui a me ke kūpaʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i kāu keiki e mālama i nā maʻamau bowel olakino i ko lākou ulu ʻana.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki e loaʻa kahi neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū ma ka liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu lā. Inā ʻaʻole i poop kāu keiki no ka lōʻihi ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻia lākou i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻeha paha, ua hiki mai ka manawa e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku ai i kāu pediatrician. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia keiki, no laila e nānā i nā loli mai kā lākou ʻano maʻamau ma mua o nā manawa kūikawā.
ʻAe, ʻo ka hoʻonui koke ʻana i ka fiber a i ʻole me ka wai lawa ʻole e hiki ke hoʻoino hou aku i ka constipation. Hoʻonui mālie i ka fiber i loko o kekahi mau lā a e hōʻoia e inu nui ana kāu keiki i nā wai. Hoʻomaka me nā meaʻai fiber kiʻekiʻe liʻiliʻi a nānā i ka pane ʻana o kāu keiki ma mua o ka hoʻonui ʻana.
ʻAʻole, mai hānai i kāu keiki i nā laxatives pākeke me ka ʻole o ka nīnau ʻana i kāu pediatrician mua. Pono nā keiki i nā dosages a me nā formulations like ʻole i nā pākeke. Hiki i nā laxatives pākeke he nui ke ikaika loa a hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i ka wai a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe i nā keiki. E hoʻohana mau i nā lāʻau i hana ʻia no nā keiki a hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka.
ʻAe, hiki i ka constipation ke kumu i nā ulia i nā keiki toilet-trained. Ke piha ka rectum i ka waiū paʻakikī, hiki i ka waiū wai ke kahe a puni ia, e hoʻokumu ana i ka mea a nā kauka i kapa ai ʻo
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