How to treat gastritis in children?

Children's health has always been a matter of great concern to families. Especially with the increasing pressure of study and the strengthening of the concept of time, many children have great hidden dangers in diet. Whether it is skipping breakfast or eating an unreasonable diet, it will affect gastrointestinal health. We still need to be vigilant and strengthen prevention. So how to treat gastritis in children?

1. Correct bad eating habits: Let children develop good eating habits from an early age. Eat on time, do not be picky about food, do not be too full or too hungry, and eat less cold drinks, snacks or candies.

2. Drug treatment: In recent years, Western medicine has achieved good results in the treatment of chronic gastritis in children by using cimetidine or Losec to reduce gastric acid secretion, combined with amoxicillin, metronidazole or clarithromycin to eliminate Helicobacter pylori. If the child has symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distension, metoclopramide can be added. In addition, children can also be given drugs that can enhance the defense ability of the gastric mucosa, such as sucralfate or colloidal bismuth subcitrate.

3. Some children do not respond well to Western medicine treatment and can be treated with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines for clearing away heat, regulating qi and regulating the spleen and stomach in clinical practice include dandelion, scutellaria baicalensis, white peony root, tangerine peel, lindera strychnos, yam, cyperus rotundus, Corydalis yanhusuo, fructus aurantii, costus root, and northern adenophora; Chinese patent medicines include Monkey Mushroom Tablets, Xiangsha Liujunzi Pills, and Wei Fuchun. The above medicines must be taken according to the doctor's instructions and should not be prepared by yourself or given to children.

4. In the treatment of chronic gastritis in children, dietary adjustment of the children is also very important. Children's bodies are in the stage of growth and development, so their diet must not only be "fine, soft, tender and rotten" but also nutritious. During the treatment, children can be provided with foods such as noodles, porridge, egg custard, milk, fish, soy products, fresh vegetables and fruits. In addition, you can also give your child some foods that help stomach digestion, such as yam, lentils, lotus seeds, chicken gizzards, pork stomachs, coix seeds, etc. Foods that children should not eat too much include celery, bamboo shoots, fatty meat, and various fried foods.

Through the above introduction, everyone is very clear about how to treat children's gastritis. In fact, gastrointestinal diseases are the result of disease entering the body through the mouth. If you want to treat the disease, you must find the person who caused it. You must start with diet to regulate the body. It is very important to eat more stomach-nourishing foods and avoid irritating foods.