What causes pain in the left lower abdomen in children?

Once a child has abdominal pain, parents often panic and immediately think of taking the child to the hospital. In addition to intestinal cramps, ascariasis, and appendicitis, most common causes of abdominal pain in children are due to improper feeding or mental factors. If you clearly understand the cause of your child's abdominal pain, the child's abdominal pain should be easily resolved. What are the causes of different abdominal pains? Let me tell you.

1. Abdominal pain due to cold. Babies are generally restless when they sleep. They kick off the quilt and expose their bellies, which can cause them to catch a cold and suffer from abdominal pain. This kind of abdominal pain is often accompanied by an increase in the frequency of bowel movements, but there is no mucus, pus or blood, and the stool test results are also normal. At this time, parents only need to pay more attention and prevent their children from catching cold.

2. Calcium deficiency abdominal pain. Calcium deficiency in babies can also cause abdominal pain, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as sweating, bad temper, and unstable sleep. Just eat more calcium-rich foods such as eggs, beef, seafood, green vegetables, etc., take calcium tablets under the guidance of a doctor when necessary, get more sun exposure to promote the absorption and utilization of calcium, and abdominal pain can be cured without medication.

3. Psychogenic abdominal pain. Children also have their own emotions. For example, when they are afraid of going to kindergarten, they may feel stomachache, which is called psychogenic abdominal pain. At this time, parents need to give more guidance to their children to eliminate their nervousness, and the abdominal pain will naturally disappear.

4. Allergic abdominal pain. If you find that your child's stomach pain mostly occurs after eating milk, eggs, fish, shrimp and other foods, and there are no other symptoms, it is mostly allergic abdominal pain. As long as you stop eating these foods, it will get better. In addition, changing milk powder or milk brands can also cause stomach pain, which can usually be resolved after a few days or by switching back to the original brand.

5. Abdominal pain during exercise. Many children experience stomach pain after or during strenuous exercise. This is because strenuous exercise causes stretching of the gastrointestinal tract or induces intestinal spasm. Avoid strenuous activity; do not exercise immediately after a meal.

If your child experiences any of the above abdominal pain, you can treat it according to your child's condition. The editor would also like to remind everyone that when a child has abdominal pain, parents should not help to massage the child blindly because of panic and nervousness. Children's immunity is weaker than that of adults. Little do parents know that such behavior will only backfire.