In dealing with children's constipation, a complete history and examination and rejection of danger signs are necessary. If there is no danger sign in the history and examination of the child; Functional constipation is suggested for the child and its treatment is started.

When starting the treatment of your child's constipation, it is necessary to pay attention to some important points:

• The basis of constipation treatment is toilet training. Be careful, drug treatments are only an opportunity for you, your child and your child's digestive system! Provides to correct and regular stool pattern. Therefore, if you don't use the opportunity that the medicine softens the stool to train to go to the toilet and the wrong pattern is not corrected; It is very likely that you will return to the difficult days of constipation by stopping the medicine.
• Be aware that the treatment of children's constipation is long-term. So be patient and don't wander from doctor to doctor.
• The length of the constipation treatment period is from 6 months to 24 months or equivalent to the time the child has been constipated; It is mentioned.
• The minimum treatment time for constipation is 2 months, during which the child must defecate for at least one month without constipation.
• Apart from the mentioned times, do not stop drug treatment early and before correcting the stool pattern.

The points mentioned above are essential for definitive treatment of functional constipation at all ages.