Modern Opportunities of Medical Rehabilitation of Children with Chronic Constipation

Abstract

This article reviews the methods of medical rehabilitation used in the complex treatment of children with chronic constipation. Medical rehabilitation of children with chronic constipation is a complex system of measures that include rational nutrition, medication therapy, physiotherapy, kinesotherapy, massage, etc. The main objectives of the medical rehabilitation of children with chronic constipation are normalization of the passage through the intestines, improvement of tone of the pelvic floor muscles, restoration of the defecation reflex. The article describes the methods of physiotherapy used in the treatment of chronic constipation in children in combination with diet, daily regimen, drug treatment, physiotherapy exercises and massage: amplipulse therapy, interference therapy, ultrasound therapy, percutaneous electroneurostimulation, fluctotuorization, high-intensity magnetic therapy, transient transduction. The methods of balneotherapy are widely used: the internal and external use of mineral waters, as well as heat therapy and peloidotherapy. Natural and artificial physical factors are assigned differentially, taking into account the type of intestinal motility disorder. One of the promising directions of modern physiotherapy is to study the combined and combined use of two physical factors that increase the effectiveness of the medical rehabilitation program for children with chronic constipation. Methods of medical and psychological correction are of great importance in the medical rehabilitation of children with chronic constipation. The medical rehabilitation of children with chronic constipation is carried out taking into account the individual program of medical rehabilitation of the child, which makes it possible to increase the efficiency of medical rehabilitation and the patient’s quality of life.