How to judge whether it is indigestion or cold

There are many symptoms of food accumulation in the stomach, such as cough, fever, etc. Colds also have many similar symptoms. Colds are often accompanied by fever, cough, runny nose, dizziness, etc. Colds are mostly caused by bacteria. It is a process for the human body to improve immunity and detoxify the external environment. Colds and food accumulation have so many similar symptoms that it is easy to confuse people and take medicine to treat the wrong symptoms. Let's learn how to judge whether it is food accumulation or cold?

Symptoms of indigestion

(1) Foul breath; (2) Stool smells bad; (3) Changes in the frequency and quality of bowel movements; (4) Thickening of the tongue coating; (5) Lips suddenly become very red in the past few days; (6) The face easily turns red; (7) Poor appetite; (8) Restless sleep at night; (9) Sore throat after a cold; (10) Stomach bloating and diarrhea after meals.

These situations do not necessarily occur at the same time, but each of them may help you treat your child's indigestion.

There are many symptoms of indigestion. Parents can observe carefully and make good judgments. Here are some methods to judge whether children have indigestion. You can refer to them.

(1) Foul smell

If you feel that your child's mouth has a strong taste recently, it is more likely that he has indigestion. Children with serious conditions may vomit and vomit up sour and smelly undigested food. In this case, the possibility of food accumulation should be considered.

(2) Stool smells bad

The ancients said, "It smells like rotten eggs." In other words, if the stool smells like rotten eggs, the possibility of indigestion should also be considered in this case.

(3) Changes in the frequency and quality of bowel movements

Children with indigestion will have changes in the frequency of their bowel movements, which may become more frequent, but each time will be sticky and not painful, and have a very bad smell, and may even cause diarrhea. The odor of stool will be more serious in the first few days, and then it will gradually become lighter and the taste will become a light fishy smell. This type of baby will have a bloated stomach that constantly makes gurgling sounds as if there is gas passing through it. At the same time, they will constantly pass gas and fart, and the smell will be quite strong.

(4) The tongue coating will become thicker

This situation is very typical. There is a thick tongue coating the size of a coin in the middle of the tongue. Sometimes the tongue coating of the entire tongue becomes thick and greasy. At this time, you should highly suspect whether it is food accumulation.

7. Many parents will ask: How to observe the tongue coating? In fact, I advocate observing the tongue coating in a dynamic process. For example, if you often observe your child's tongue coating, you will have an understanding of your child's usual condition. However, in recent days, you find that your child's tongue coating is suddenly thicker than usual. This change is very diagnostically significant, and doctors cannot see this kind of observation, so parents have an advantage.

(5) My lips have suddenly become very red these days.

Some children suffer from indigestion, and the food stagnation turns into heat. Parents will find that their children's lips suddenly become very red in the past few days, as if they had put on lipstick. At this time, they should suspect that the indigestion has turned into heat. This is also a dynamic process. The change in lip color is the most meaningful, and only parents can observe this change.

(6) If the face is prone to redness

Children's faces are prone to redness after indigestion. This redness is often concentrated in a relatively concentrated area, often on the right cheekbone. Some parents think that it is caused by the children themselves, but in fact, this is often a problem caused by indigestion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human eyelid corresponds to the whole body, the left side is responsible for ascending, and the right side is responsible for descending. If the lungs and stomach do not descend, problems are likely to occur on the right side. In fact, why do children scratch here? It is also possible that they feel uncomfortable here, but even if they do not scratch, there will be a difference in color here.

(7) Appetite disorder

When children first start to have indigestion, they often cannot eat and have a bad stomach. However, if food is accumulated for a long time and there is heat in the stomach, you may always feel hungry, but your stomach will be bloated after eating and will soon be defecated.