How to quickly relieve gas in children

Children's bloating is often related to poor diet and gastrointestinal dysfunction. In order to help children get rid of bloating quickly, parents should massage their children's abdomen more often, which will help improve their digestive ability. In addition, they can take some medicines that help to expel gas, eat some radishes, exercise more, and apply hot compresses, all of which will help to expel gas quickly.

1. Massage the abdomen

Once you find that your child is bloating, crying non-stop, or farting frequently, you should massage his abdomen in time to speed up the discharge of gas. You can massage around your belly button in a clockwise direction, which is very helpful for expelling gas.

2. Take medicine to help expel gas

Choosing medication to help children with bloating quickly expel gas is also a method, but if other methods are effective, this method is not recommended to expel gas, because all medicines are toxic. However, if other methods are ineffective, it is okay to use medication to relieve gas occasionally.

3. Eat foods that help to relieve gas

Food therapy is the best method, but don’t eat too much. If your child has bloating, you can eat some beans or radishes to help expel gas.

4. Do kicking exercises

Exercise to relieve gas is also a good method. If the child is young, you can help him to pedal like a bicycle. If the child is older, let him do it independently. It is possible to relieve gas during exercise.

5. Hot compress

Using a hot towel to warm your lower abdomen can also achieve a good exhaust effect, or you can use other methods to warm your lower abdomen. For example, you can hold a hot pack or a blanket for a while.

6. Soak your feet in hot water

If your child has unbearable abdominal bloating, in addition to massaging and exercising him to expel gas quickly, you can also soak his feet in hot water, which can also achieve the effect of quickly expelling gas and relieve abdominal bloating.

Causes of baby flatulence

1. Swallowing too much air

Children are more prone to bloating than adults. For example, when a baby is fed with a bottle, if he eats too quickly, he may inhale too much air. If the nipple hole of the bottle is not of appropriate size or the bottle is tilted, air may be inhaled into the baby's stomach through the gap in the nipple. Excessive crying by the baby may also easily lead to bloating. In addition, when children eat milk or other food, it is fermented in the digestive tract by intestinal bacteria and other digestive enzymes, producing a large amount of gas, which can cause abdominal bloating.

2. Indigestion

The accumulation of feces in the intestines causes the proliferation of gas-producing bad bacteria, or milk protein allergy, lactose intolerance, enteritis, etc. cause digestion and absorption problems, which can easily produce a large amount of gas.

3. Abdominal tumors

The organs in the abdominal cavity are enlarged or have tumors, such as hepatosplenomegaly, cirrhosis, etc. The organs and tissues in the abdominal cavity may have tumors, and the larger the tumor grows, the more it will cause abdominal distension.

4. Intestinal obstruction

The main symptom of lower intestinal obstruction in babies is abdominal distension. Intestinal obstruction in infants and young children, including severe complete obstruction, is often discovered soon after birth due to obvious symptoms.