The role of magnesium deficiency in the formation of functional constipation in children and adolescents

Abstract

Pediatricians face a problem of functional constipation in children and adolescents in one-third of cases of observation. Functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are based on disregulatory processes of the cortical-vegetative-endocrine complex. Magnesium deficiency is one of the factors influencing the formation of functional constipation in children, and an important link in the pathogenesis of the disease. Correction of magnesium level by means of magnesium-containing mineral water is one of the safe, effective and complex factors influencing a number of pathogenetic mechanisms of formation of functional constipation in children and teenagers.

Keywords

• children
• functional constipation
• magnesium
• vegetative disorders
• mineral waters