Symptoms of gastrointestinal diseases are pretty deceptive, you can easily confuse them and, grasping for "grandmother's" funds, only lubricate the picture of the disease and hurt the crumbs. Therefore, do not self-medicate. The throat knits with legs, cries out in pain, arching out. An attack of cramping pain is repeated daily at the same time. Symptoms of a stomach upset in a child - the main theme of the article.
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If the baby and after three months continues to suffer from abdominal pain, accompanied by a liquid frothy stool, redness and a rash around the anus, if he is not gaining weight - consult a doctor.
Infant intestinal colic
Colic does not need treatment and go away after the sin of months. To alleviate the condition of the baby, it is possible to use children's herbal tea with fennel, warming trays and compresses, preparations with simethicone, which the attending physician will recommend. In a number of cases, abdominal pain is a symptom of formidable diseases that require emergency medical care. Dial an ambulance if the baby has ... Acute, constantly increasing pain - the front abdominal wall is tense, it hurts, the child does not let her touch it. He reflexively takes a pose that helps reduce pain: on his side with his legs pressed, sitting in a half-bent state, on all fours, etc.
Blood in stool or vomit
Asymmetry of the abdomen, visible bulging of its parts. Symptoms of arterial hypotension: severe weakness, pallor, sweat, cold hands and feet. Confused consciousness. If the sharp pain suddenly stops, do not rush yourself to calm: a calm can mean the perforation of the wall of the inflamed organ. Pain in the abdomen is accompanied by a swelling, frequent loose stools, vomiting, fever. Than it is dangerous: intestinal infections of any origin (viral, bacterial) are dangerous for young children, primarily because of rapid dehydration. What to do with it: call a doctor, and before he comes, start to bottle out the baby with a rehydron or salted boiled water.
Important
With intestinal infection, infants continue to breastfeed, often and gradually. Artists and older children are put on a hunger diet. The kid constantly (most often of the autumn) complains of pain in the abdomen in the daytime, is capricious, sleeps badly and does not eat anything at all.
Worms
Than it is dangerous: the balance of microflora of an intestine and a metabolism is broken; waste of vital activity of parasites poison the body, the nervous system suffers from this. For the treatment of worms to be effective, it is necessary that it passed the whole family, including pets. Kroha regularly complains of pain in the tummy in the morning, refuses to go to the kindergarten. After a while, the pain disappears without a trace. So the body reacts to an uncomfortable, traumatic situation. Than it is dangerous: the immediate threat to health psychosomatics does not carry, however pains say that the kid has chronic stress, which can lead to neuroses. We need to find out why the kid does not want to go to kindergarten, and try to solve the problem. Sometimes for this purpose it is necessary to visit the psychologist or even to change a garden. This is a classic triad, which will help a child with a sharp pain in the abdomen to hold out until the arrival of a doctor. Put the crumb in bed and try to calm him down. You can try to distract him from painful sensations by a book or a cartoon. Put a bubble wrapped in a towel on the stomach with ice. It will be successfully replaced by a package of frozen vegetables from the refrigerator.
In no case:
• Do not allow your child to eat or drink;
• Do not give any painkillers and other potent drugs that can make it difficult to diagnose;
• Do not put an enema;
• Do not place a hot water bottle on your stomach.
After eating, there are pains, and with it - bitterness in the mouth, nausea, belching. Symptoms increase if the baby is overexcited, overtired or stressed. Than it is dangerous: a digestive disorder, a metabolic disorder, a bad state of health. It should be examined by a gastroenterologist who will confirm the diagnosis. The disease is treated mainly by a special diet, choleretic herbs, curative mineral waters, homeopathy.