What causes right lower abdominal pain in children?

When a child complains of a stomachache, the parents' first reaction is often "Did he eat something bad?" But don't take medication without a proper diagnosis. If a child has pain in the right lower abdomen and cries even more, you should consider whether it is appendicitis. It is not just eating bad food that can cause stomach pain. Let us now understand why children have pain in the right lower abdomen.

The peak age group for the incidence of appendicitis in children is 6-10 years old, and child cases account for about 10% of the population. So far, the medical field is still unclear about the specific causes of appendicitis, so prevention is difficult. Parents should pay attention to their children's diet when taking care of them, try to let their children eat less irritating food, and be careful not to let their children's abdomen get cold.

If parents find that their child has paroxysmal crying, that is, the child cries for 1-2 minutes every 20 minutes, parents should take the child to the hospital in time. "The child's paroxysmal crying may be due to acute appendicitis." Chen Xiaoping introduced that the child's greater omentum is not fully developed. When the appendix becomes inflamed, the greater omentum cannot migrate to the inflamed area, thus losing its protective function. Therefore, appendicitis in children develops rapidly and is relatively serious, with symptoms such as high fever and vomiting appearing in the early stages.

Abdominal pain is the main symptom of appendicitis. If the child is older, he or she may be able to tell the location of the pain himself or herself, but infants and young children only know that their stomach hurts and cry. Therefore, you can estimate the location of the child's pain based on the body position he or she takes when he or she cries and has abdominal pain. If a child cries because of abdominal pain, parents can press the lower right side of the child's belly button. If the child cries more violently, he may have appendicitis and should be sent to the hospital immediately.

The above are the reasons for lower right abdominal pain in children. So in many cases, parents think that simple indigestion can be treated by taking medicine or getting an injection. However, it is not as simple as we think. If your child also has the above symptoms, it is best to go to the hospital for examination first, confirm his condition, and then take appropriate measures for treatment.