What causes my child to always retch?

Many parents will find that their children are always prone to dry heaving involuntarily, especially when eating or taking medicine, they will experience severe nausea and dry heaving. If this dry heaving is only a simple and small attack, it is normal, but if it occurs frequently, it needs our attention. Let me tell you why children are always heaving.

What causes baby nausea?

1. Improper feeding or eating: infants and young children eat too much at one time or the food is difficult to digest. When the weather is dry and you drink less water, a dry throat can also cause nausea.

2. Abnormal digestive function: Systemic infectious diseases, such as upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, sepsis, etc., are often accompanied by nausea symptoms.

3. Digestive tract infectious diseases: gastritis, enteritis, dysentery, appendicitis and other diseases can cause reflex vomiting due to local irritation, which is often accompanied by other digestive system symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

4. Mental factors: Some children may experience symptoms such as nausea and vomiting due to excessive mental stress or anxiety caused by certain reasons.

What to do if your child has nausea

1. Since there are many diseases that cause nausea and vomiting, and nausea and vomiting is only one of the symptoms of the disease, strong antiemetic drugs that act on the vomiting center should not be used blindly before the cause is identified, otherwise the disease will be delayed. Only after the cause of vomiting is identified can necessary symptomatic treatment be carried out on the basis of actively treating the cause.

2. Pay attention to your diet, don’t eat too much, and try to eat small meals frequently. The diet should be regular, with three meals at regular times and regular amounts, and no overeating. Mainly vegetarian, with some meat options. Eat vegetables and fruits regularly to meet the body's needs and keep bowel movements smooth. Eat less irritating and difficult-to-digest food, such as spicy, sour, fried, dry, hard and sticky food. Also try to eat less raw and cold food.

In addition to the above content, don’t simply think that children generally need to be well protected at home. In fact, you should take your baby outside to participate in certain outdoor sports. This will help exercise the child’s gastrointestinal function and promote better digestion and absorption of food and nutrients. You can also massage your child’s abdomen more often.