What to do if your child has a stomachache and vomits

Stomach pain is common in children, but it is often accompanied by vomiting symptoms. In fact, the main causes are intestinal cramps, dysentery, appendicitis, ascaris, etc. So how to treat stomach pain and vomiting?

1. Let the child sit up and turn his head to one side to prevent vomit from entering the trachea.

2. After vomiting, rinse your mouth with warm water to clean your mouth and remove odor. Babies can clean their mouths by feeding them water frequently.

3. Feed water frequently, drink small amounts frequently, and ensure water supply to prevent excessive water loss and dehydration. The water temperature should be hotter in winter and cooler in summer. Warm water can easily cause vomiting.

4. Pay attention to your diet, don’t eat too much, and try to eat small meals frequently. Do not eat greasy, spicy or sour foods to avoid irritating the stomach and intestines. After vomiting, you should first eat liquid food or semi-liquid food (such as rice porridge or noodles), and gradually transition to a normal diet.

5. Pay attention to the vomiting situation, the relationship between vomiting, diet and coughing, the number of vomiting, the vomited stomach contents, etc.

6. Try to rest in bed and avoid changing your body position frequently, otherwise it will easily cause vomiting again.

7. Vomiting in children is often caused by digestive dysfunction. Therefore, when a child vomits, the first thing to do is to temporarily fast to allow the digestive tract to have some rest. You can first give the child some light sugar salt water or light tea, and the child will be fine after a few hours or 1 to 2 days.

8. If the baby occasionally vomits after feeding, it may be that he has swallowed air. The nipple should be blocked during the next feeding to prevent the baby from swallowing air. After sucking, you can hold the baby and pat his back to let the air out. Then lie on the right side with the upper body slightly raised. If the child often vomits after sucking milk but is generally normal, he may have pyloric spasm. Under the guidance of a doctor, the child should be given some antispasmodics. When the general nutritional status is affected, pyloric hypertrophy should be prevented and a doctor should be asked to check.

9. If severe vomiting occurs repeatedly, including spitting out yellow water, and general care does not improve, you should be careful of intestinal obstruction. If accompanied by other conditions such as fever, the details should be reported to the doctor. If you find that the vomitus is abnormal, you should bring it to your doctor so that the doctor can analyze the cause of the vomiting and deal with it promptly and correctly.