How to normalize stool if constipation occurs during teething?

Teething in babies is always a big event in the life of both the baby and his parents. This is due to the fact that this event is the main indicator of the baby’s maturation, and also indicates the correctness of his physical development.

But the process of teething in babies is almost always quite painful and is accompanied by many unpleasant accompanying symptoms.

During this period, the baby often experiences itching of the gums, which provokes excessive salivation, which can cause an allergic reaction in the chin and cheeks. The risk of disturbances in the functioning of the digestive system also increases significantly; in particular, when teething, there may be constipation.

Difficulty with bowel movements during teething

Typically, digestive problems arise due to errors in nutrition, lack of exercise, and also in the presence of chronic or acute diseases. Below we will tell you whether there can be constipation during teething and why.

Possible reasons

Against the backdrop of the baby’s peculiar “complaints” about teeth, which are characterized by loss of appetite, increased body temperature, moodiness and tearfulness, parents are often deprived of normal sleep.

Constipation during teething can actually occur in children.

They appear for the following reasons:

• The activity of digestive enzymes increases, which speeds up the digestion of food. Thus, a small amount of content remains in the intestinal lumen when the same volume of food is consumed.
• Improper introduction of complementary foods or poor nutrition. It can worsen the baby's condition, causing constipation in the child when teething. Especially if his diet is dominated by foods high in protein.
• Dehydration of the body. When teething, the baby may lose a lot of fluid due to a high fever or previous diarrhea, which is more common. Because of this, the contents become compacted, causing difficulty with bowel movements.
• Physical inactivity. Many parents overprotect the baby, not allowing him to move. Physical activity is directly related to the work of the intestinal muscles.
• Poor nutrition of a nursing mother. Sometimes a woman can consume foods that have a strengthening effect. Some substances can enter the baby's body with milk, causing constipation. This also happens when the mother’s drinking regime is insufficient.

Clinical picture

The appearance of teething is always associated with many unpleasant symptoms, primarily caused by pain. Many of them go away on their own, while others can be treated. However, this process is physiological - it prepares the baby to eat tougher foods.

In addition to constipation, a child may be bothered by the following symptoms:

• Soreness of the abdomen and gums;
• Attempts to strain strongly during defecation;
• Feces are fragmented (in the form of lumps), compacted;
• Only a small amount of feces is passed during one bowel movement;
• Constipation may be preceded by diarrhea;
• Increased body temperature;
• Nausea or vomiting;
• The child is whiny and capricious, sleeps poorly;
• The baby has lost his appetite and refuses to breastfeed or eat.

Although many of these signs are quite typical for the appearance of baby teeth, a prolonged delay in defecation against this background can be an alarming sign indicating serious damage to the gastrointestinal tract.

Associated symptoms - to help parents

In addition to constipation at the moment when teeth come in, the child may experience the following unpleasant symptoms:

• temperature increase;
• irritability, aggression, appetite may worsen;
• if, along with these symptoms, the baby develops a gag reflex, you should contact your pediatrician;
• cough, which is caused by excessive salivation;
• ear pain.

First aid measures

The appearance of a tooth usually does not require outside intervention, but if parents suspect something is wrong, they can try to help alleviate its condition before the doctor arrives.

The following measures should be observed:

• Ensure adequate drinking regime. It is believed that, in addition to mother's milk, a baby does not require more liquid. However, this can lead to dehydration of his little body. When teething, he must additionally be given clean filtered or boiled water in between feedings.
• You can improve your baby’s digestion with the help of fermented milk mixtures, especially when transferring him to artificial nutrition. Older children need to be provided with balanced complementary foods by introducing a sufficient amount of vegetable fiber (vegetable puree, oatmeal broth) and fruit juices with pulp (beetroot, apple), slightly diluted with boiled water.
• To ensure physical activity, it is necessary to do gymnastic exercises from early childhood, subsequently teaching the child to exercise. It is important to walk with him every day, regardless of weather conditions. This will not only strengthen his body, but also ensure good peristalsis.
• Try to first place the baby on his tummy before each feeding (about 20 minutes before).
• 1.5-2 hours after eating, do a gentle abdominal massage. It will be enough to simply stroke it with a warm palm in a clockwise direction.
• If you suspect constipation in a child due to the mother’s poor diet during breastfeeding, it is worth reviewing it. It is advisable to temporarily limit the consumption of flour, hard cheese, mushrooms, fatty meats and all types of nuts.

If the child’s condition does not improve, you must immediately call a pediatrician or an ambulance team to your home.

Homeopathic medicines for the treatment of adenoids in children

The basis of homeopathy for adenoids in children is the anti-inflammatory effect and improvement of metabolic processes. Strict adherence to the recommendations of a homeopathic doctor and long-term treatment with such remedies makes it possible to avoid surgical intervention for adenoids in children. Doctors usually recommend thuja oil as a monotherapy.

Barberry Comp Job Baby has a complex effect. It contains thuja, iodine, berberis, and eupatorium. Complex aerosol Euphorbium compositum Nazentropen S is used for irrigating the throat cavity and contains several plant components.

Treatment of adenoids in children with the above drugs makes it possible to achieve resorption of the formations themselves. After just 6 months of taking such drugs, the inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx and throat that accompany adenoids cease. However, it is recommended to treat this childhood illness with homeopathy for at least a year with strict adherence to the doctor’s instructions and regular monitoring.

Non-drug methods

When the baby begins to eat on his own, it is worth giving him small pieces of apples and soft crackers. This will allow baby teeth to erupt faster. Swollen and congested gums are lubricated with special gels to relieve pain, but only after consulting a doctor.

The process of the appearance of baby teeth can be facilitated with the help of special cooling teethers, although children are not particularly fond of them. Hypoallergenic chew toys or other foods are also suitable.

To relax the intestines and improve the passage of gases during bloating, which may accompany constipation, children are given fennel infusion or dill water. After this, digestion will return to normal, colic and pain will go away, which will significantly alleviate his condition.

Even a nursing mother herself can use an infusion of dill seeds or a decoction of chamomile. A small proportion of the substances will enter the baby’s body with milk and calm him down. Taking such medications will soften stool, making defecation easier.

For older children with constipation during teething, the following foods with a laxative effect are introduced into the diet:

• Kiwi;
• Plums;
• Prunes;
• Dried apricots;
• Raisin;
• Vegetable soups, salads, casseroles;
• Fermented milk products - kefir, natural yogurt, fermented baked milk, full-fat cottage cheese.

How to help your baby

All therapeutic procedures must be prescribed by a doctor. Self-treatment is dangerous for the health of the baby. Those recipes offered by traditional healers may not be suitable for a newborn baby. Pharmaceutical preparations for children are available in the form of pleasant-tasting syrups. Kids don't refuse them. By turning to pediatric dentistry, parents can be confident in the success of the therapy. When the symptoms of the disease begin to subside, you should not stop taking the medications. This is done with the doctor's permission.

Natural laxatives include fruit purees made from fresh apples or apricots. They are baked in the oven, peeled from the rough crust, and ground. This supplement is usually allowed to be introduced into the diet in small portions from 4.5 months. If the intestines “like” complementary foods, the dose is gradually increased. The pediatrician may prescribe mild sedatives. After all, the nervous system takes an active part in the formation of units.

The mother of the baby should also follow the diet. She can eat dried apricots, prunes, and limit starchy dishes from rice, pasta, and potatoes. Flour products should be consumed with stewed vegetables. After all, everything that a mother eats enters the newborn’s body with her milk. For children in this condition, play activities in the form of moving their legs, arms, and lightly stroking their tummy are useful. When artificial feeding, you need to replace wheat and rice mixtures with buckwheat or oatmeal. A special teether with rough spikes will calm the nervous system, which reduces itching of the gums.

Medications

Can medications be used to relieve constipation in children? Prescription of medications is possible only by a specialist (pediatrician) after examining the child. In some cases, additional diagnostic measures are required.

In most cases, the doctor prescribes the following medications:

• Microlax. The active substance is placed in a special bottle with a soft tip, which must be carefully inserted into the rectum according to the instructions. It acts quickly on the principle of cleansing with an enema.
• Rectal suppositories with glycerin or sea buckthorn oil. These products are made on the basis of natural substances that gently soften stool, provoking bowel movements in about a quarter of an hour.
• "Duphalac" based on lactulose.
• "Prelax" in the form of syrup stimulates peristalsis and normalizes intestinal microflora. Consume before meals.

It should be remembered that the use of such laxatives is possible only in emergency cases. If you do this too often, the child’s body gets used to such “help”, after which difficulties arise with normal bowel movements.

Homeopathic medicines for children to improve immunity

Today, the category of frequently ill children is growing. Such children definitely need to strengthen their immunity. The German remedy Galium-Heel copes well with this task in preschool children. It is used to activate the body's immune cells and prevent viral and bacterial diseases.

Engystol is a drug that has proven itself to be an effective means of strengthening the immune system during viral infections. It accelerates metabolic processes in the children's body and is used during periods of epidemics.

Echinacea Compositum is used to relieve inflammatory processes in children and accelerate the elimination of toxins.

There are homeopathic remedies that simultaneously treat colds and boost immunity. These are Influcid, Antigrippin, Aflubin.

Influcid is produced by the German Homeopathic Union in the form of tablets and solution. It is recommended for children of primary preschool age. If we talk about domestic complex homeopathic preparations, then parents can recommend Edas, Silicea compositum and Lachesis compositum, Oscillococcinum, Zinfil, Coryzalia to increase the immunity of their children.

Organic preparations, which are extracts from the body of animals, are also used for this purpose. These are Mutsosa tsop, Larynkh tsop, Tonsilla tsop.

Homeopathic medicines for children for cough and runny nose; for the treatment of acute respiratory infections, flu, colds

Colds in children are the most common. Their treatment involves choosing from a wide range of homeopathic remedies:

1. Aconitum napellus. It is used to treat a cold that occurs in a child after hypothermia. The drug copes well with dry cough and fever. The remedy will be effective only when parents begin to use it at the first signs of the disease.
2. Alium sulfur. A good drug for the treatment of rhinitis. For heavy, mucous nasal discharge that irritates the nostrils, the product will help relieve symptoms and normalize nasal breathing.
3. Arsenitsum album. This remedy is also used to treat children's runny nose. It softens the child’s anxiety and irritability, reduces severe chills, and normalizes breathing through the nose.
4. Ferrum phosphoricum. Homeopathic medicine copes well with fever in the early stages of colds, acute respiratory infections, and flu. It relieves redness of the throat and face.
5. Gelsemium. If, with the flu and acute respiratory infections, a child is worried about dizziness, cold in the back, muscle aches and headaches, then the drug will help cope with such symptoms.
6. Mercurius solubilis or vivus. A homeopathic remedy used for thick discharge from a child’s nose, a coated tongue, and sore throat.
7. Nuh vomitsa. More often the remedy is used for flu with cough and sneezing.
8. Pulsatilla is a remedy for eliminating fever and nasal discharge due to influenza.

If your child often suffers from colds, then he definitely needs to take homeopathy courses several times a year to improve immunity. Then colds and acute respiratory infections will occur much less frequently and be milder. The baby will become more resistant to infection with viruses and infectious diseases.

Homeopathic medicines for children from allergies

Allergic reactions today tend to become more frequent in childhood. And while adults are more patient, itching and skin irritation as allergy symptoms are difficult for children to tolerate. They scratch the body until it bleeds and thereby contribute to the spread of infections. The drug Rhus tochicodendron is used to reduce itching that occurs with eczema, urticaria, and atopic dermatitis. Rus 3 has a similar purpose.

Belladonna 3 is prescribed by homeopaths at the first manifestations of allergies, skin redness and swelling.

Alumina 6 is a homeopathic remedy that helps with exacerbation of itching in a warm room.

Coffea 6 is used at night to soothe severe itching of a child's skin.

Ointments for external use are often prepared from the above-mentioned drugs. They are applied to children directly on the itching areas. Do this 2-3 days in a row.

Treating allergies with homeopathic remedies helps parents and children cope more peacefully at night, when itching and tingling of the skin traditionally increases.

It is worth noting that sometimes the use of such remedies for allergies in children leads to an increase in their mobility and strengthening of the immune system, provided that the advice of a homeopathic doctor is strictly followed. As a rule, having achieved stable remission, doctors also prescribe medications to increase immunity and cleanse the child’s body.

Types of defecation disorders

Defecation disorders in children vary depending on the cause of the pathology, the age of the child, as well as existing diseases:

• persistent constipation, accompanied by pain and tension in the abdomen, lethargy and poor appetite;
• chronic diarrhea with progressive weakness and weight loss, signs of dehydration and vitamin deficiency, deterioration of emotional state;
• alternating diarrhea and constipation, which especially often occurs due to self-treatment carried out by parents without making an accurate diagnosis and selecting adequate medications;
• diarrhea with simultaneous fever and vomiting, which may indicate an infection.

Each case of a change in bowel movements in a child can be a sign of a serious, sometimes life-threatening disease, so even if the condition improves, it is necessary to show the baby to a specialist.