What's wrong with my child's stomachache?

In today's fast-paced life, everyone has some stomach problems to a greater or lesser extent, and most of these are caused by irregular and unhealthy eating habits. Some young children already suffer from stomach problems, which is something parents don’t want to see. But why do young children also suffer from stomachaches? Why does my child have stomachache? Friends who are interested may wish to read the following!

Causes of stomach pain

1. Common causes of stomachache include cold evil invading the stomach, diet damaging the stomach, liver qi invading the stomach, and weak spleen and stomach. The stomach is responsible for receiving and digesting food and drink. If evil cold invades the stomach, the cold will not dissipate and will block the Qi flow, which may cause stomach disharmony and pain.

2. Stomachache is caused by improper diet, excessive hunger and fullness, or overeating of fatty and sweet foods, food stagnation and indigestion, obstruction of Qi movement, and stomach dysfunction. The liver has a dredging effect on the spleen and stomach. Stomachache can also occur due to anger and depression, which can cause Qi stagnation and damage to the liver. The liver can also affect the stomach.

3. Internal injuries due to overwork, weak spleen and stomach due to long-term illness, or insufficient constitution, deficiency of middle yang, loss of warm nourishment for the stomach, breeding of internal cold, coldness and pain in the middle burner; also due to long-term qi stagnation, internal blood stasis, qi stagnation and blood stasis, which hinder the qi movement in the middle burner and cause stomachache. In short, the pathogenesis of stomach pain can be divided into two ends: deficiency and excess. Excess syndrome is caused by blockage of qi, which causes pain; deficiency syndrome is caused by lack of warmth or nourishment of the stomach, which causes pain.

There are many causes of stomach pain, including excessive work stress, irregular eating times, working or exercising right after eating, drinking too much alcohol, eating too much spicy food, and frequently eating difficult-to-digest food. Stomach pain can have several causes, but most are caused by acid reflux. That is, the liquid that originally stayed in the stomach flows back into the esophagus. These digesters contain hydrochloric acid (HCl), a corrosive substance used industrially to clean metals. Although the stomach has a protective lining to protect it from stomach acid, the esophagus lacks this protective layer.

The above is an introduction to what causes stomach pain in children. I hope the above can be helpful to you. Stomachache is not a trivial matter. After all, the child is still young. If he gets stomach problems now and is not properly treated, the child’s stomach may become worse in the future. Therefore, parents must supervise their children to eat on time, not eat spicy and irritating foods, and eat more easily digestible foods.