Study progress of gut microbiota and functional constipation in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Functional constipation(FC) in children is a kind of common gastrointestinal disease caused by a variety of factors.At present, basic therapy and drug therapy are main treatments of FC in children.The drug therapy has a good curative effect, but it is prone to cause symptom recurrence after drug withdrawal.Moreover, the long-term medication costs much.In recent years, research has indicated that intestinal flora disturbance may be a vital mechanism of FC, In this article means that regulating the gut microbiota can provide a theoretical support for microbial treatment in FC.In this article, the research progress of the correlation between intestinal flora and FC in children and its mechanism were reviewed.