How to treat abdominal pain in children

Every child will always encounter some health problems in the process of growing up. Abdominal pain in children is the most common phenomenon. This also makes many parents particularly worried. The abdominal pain in children will seriously affect the child's absorption and digestion of food nutrients. Therefore, parents are always in a hurry and don’t know how to help their children regulate. Let’s learn about the treatment methods of children’s abdominal pain.

How to treat abdominal pain in children

Abdominal pain is a common disease in children. Almost every child has experienced abdominal pain, but the symptoms can be mild or severe, and the duration can be long or short. Abdominal pain can be divided into two categories: abdominal pain caused by internal medicine diseases and abdominal pain caused by surgical diseases. Therefore, there are many causes of abdominal pain in children, and the treatment methods vary depending on the disease. For children with abdominal pain, parents and teachers should not give them painkillers as soon as the disease occurs, but should observe the condition for a certain period of time. Those with severe pain should seek medical attention promptly. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for abdominal pain in children Western medicine treatment for abdominal pain in children

1. Etiological treatment: Provide appropriate treatment based on the cause of the disease. If intestinal spasm occurs, give antispasmodics. Biliary ascariasis or ascariasis partial intestinal obstruction can be treated with antispasmodics and analgesics. Inflammatory diseases should be treated with effective antibiotics based on the cause. Surgical acute abdomen should be treated promptly with surgery.

(II) Symptomatic treatment:

1. For those with water and electrolyte imbalance or shock, water and electrolyte imbalance should be corrected and anti-shock treatment should be given in time.

2. Before the cause of the disease is diagnosed, morphine, pethidine, atropine and other drugs are prohibited to avoid delaying the diagnosis. Laxatives or enemas are contraindicated in patients with suspected intestinal perforation, intestinal obstruction, or appendicitis.

Diet and health care

The following dietary therapies are suitable for children:

1. 500 grams of white radish and 150 grams of honey. Dice the radish, put it in boiling water and cook it, take it out and dry it in the sun for half a day. Then put it in a pot, add honey and boil it over low heat. Mix well, cool it down and bottle it. Take 3 tablespoons daily. It is suitable for children suffering from stomach bloating, belching and acid reflux.

2. 220ml milk, 30g honey, 1 quail egg. Boil the milk first, beat in quail eggs, cook for a few minutes and then add honey. Take every morning. Suitable for children suffering from stomachache, thirst, poor appetite and constipation.

3. Add 20 grams of maltose into 250 ml of soy milk, boil it and drink it on an empty stomach. Suitable for children with dull stomach pain, cold hands and feet, and fear of cold.

4. Take 50 grams each of lotus seeds, glutinous rice, and rice kernels, and 15 grams of brown sugar. Soak the lotus seeds in boiling water until they swell, peel and core them, put them into a pot, add water and boil for 30 minutes, then add rice and millet and boil, simmer over low heat until soft, add brown sugar and eat. It is suitable for children with upper abdominal pain, weight loss, loss of appetite and greasy tongue coating.

Each disease has different treatments. Don't panic when a disease occurs. The above is an introduction to the treatment methods for children's abdominal pain. After understanding, we know that there are many reasons for children's abdominal pain. Parents should not think that their children have eaten something wrong when they have such symptoms. They must understand the cause of the disease and then prescribe the right medicine.