{"id":7220,"date":"2022-08-31T06:46:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2022-08-31T06:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T06:46:11","slug":"how-is-constipation-treated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/31\/how-is-constipation-treated\/","title":{"rendered":"How is constipation treated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Treatment will depend on your child\u2019s symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Treatment may include diet and lifestyle changes, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diet changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Often making changes in your child&#8217;s diet will help constipation. Help your child to eat more fiber by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Adding more fruits and vegetables<\/li><li>Adding more whole-grain cereals and breads. Check the nutrition labels on food packages for foods that have more fiber.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Foods<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Moderate fiber<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>High fiber<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Bread<\/strong><\/td><td>Whole-wheat bread, granola bread, wheat bran muffins, whole-grain waffles, popcorn<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cereal<\/strong><\/td><td>Bran cereals, shredded wheat, oatmeal, granola, oat bran<\/td><td>100% bran cereal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vegetables<\/strong><\/td><td>Beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, corn, green beans, green peas, acorn and butternut squash, spinach, potato with skin, avocado<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fruits<\/strong><\/td><td>Apples with peel, dates, papayas, mangoes, nectarines, oranges, pears, kiwis, strawberries, applesauce, raspberries, blackberries, raisins<\/td><td>Cooked prunes, dried figs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Meat substitutes<\/strong><\/td><td>Peanut butter, nuts<\/td><td>Baked beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans, lima beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, chili with beans, trail mix<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other diet changes that may help include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Having your child drink more fluids, especially water<\/li><li>Limiting fast foods and junk foods that are often high in fats. Offer more well-balanced meals and snacks instead.<\/li><li>Limiting drinks with caffeine, such as soda and tea<\/li><li>Limiting whole milk as directed by your child\u2019s healthcare provider<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also a good idea to have your child eat meals on a regular schedule. Eating a meal will often cause a bowel movement within 30 to 60 minutes. Serve breakfast early. This will give your child time to have a bowel movement at home before rushing off to school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treatment will depend on your child\u2019s symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is. Treatment may include diet and lifestyle changes, such as: Diet changes Often making changes in your child&#8217;s diet will help constipation. Help your child to eat more fiber by: Adding more fruits and vegetables [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[855],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}