What are the causes of bloating in children?

What are the causes of bloating in children? In life, we often find that our children have stomach bloating and discomfort, but we don’t know what causes it, which makes us parents worry about our children’s health. So what causes children's stomach bloating? Let me explain the reasons to you below.

To solve the problem of abdominal bloating, we must first know the causes of bloating. Experts point out that there are only two reasons for bloating: one is swallowing too much gas, and the other is too much gas produced by the large intestine.

1. Swallowing too much gas

About 90% of intestinal gas is swallowed orally. A normal person swallows about 500 to 1000 cc of air every day. The main components of air are oxygen and nitrogen. When the human body swallows air into the small intestine, oxygen will be absorbed, while nitrogen goes to the large intestine and becomes the main component of intestinal gas. In many cases, the human body swallows air without realizing it, for example, when chewing gum, eating quickly, talking while eating, drinking carbonated beverages such as soda, cola, beer, or eating foods that easily produce gas. In addition, some people will swallow their saliva involuntarily when they are nervous. These factors will lead to an increase in intestinal gas.

2. The large intestine produces too much gas

The intestines produce gas due to intestinal motility disorders, which cause bacteria to over-ferment food and produce a large amount of gas; or because there is a problem with a certain digestive enzyme in the intestine, which leads to indigestion of certain foods. The most common one is "lactose intolerance", that is, the gastrointestinal tract cannot digest lactose. In this case, as long as you don't eat foods containing lactose, there will be no symptoms.

Excessive stomach acid can also cause bloating. Excess stomach acid and pancreatic juice in the stomach will produce carbon dioxide after neutralization, causing bloating and burping. In addition, if the anus is too tight, it will be difficult to pass gas, and chronic constipation will gradually cause abdominal bloating. We can analyze the cause of abdominal bloating by directly analyzing the gas content ratio in the body. If you swallow too much gas, the concentration of nitrogen and oxygen in the intestine will be higher. If the flatulence is caused by bacterial fermentation in the intestine, the concentration of hydrogen and oxygen in the intestine will be higher.

What to do if you have bloating?

1. Diet adjustment

In terms of diet, the three meals a day should be reasonably distributed, with equal hunger and fullness. Generally, eat until you are 80% full and do not overeat, so as to adapt to the digestive capacity of the gastrointestinal tract. Eating too much can easily cause indigestion and bloating. Eating too much soy products, potatoes, melons, beans, etc. can easily produce gas and cause bloating, so be careful to avoid it. Yogurt, especially yogurt containing bifidobacteria, can increase the beneficial bacteria in the intestines, inhibit the reproduction and growth of putrefactive bacteria in the intestines, and is beneficial to maintaining the balance of normal bacteria in the intestines. Therefore, drinking yogurt appropriately is beneficial to the restoration of normal intestinal function and is beneficial to eliminating gastrointestinal flatulence.

2. Drug treatment

In terms of medication, multi-enzyme tablets aid digestion and can be used appropriately. It can also be supplemented with the use of a variety of vitamins and Chinese patent medicines, and Buzhong Yiqi Pills and Metoclopramide can also be used in combination. If you have frequent bowel movements and your stools are sometimes dry, sometimes watery and unformed, you can take antibiotics such as amoxicillin and norfloxacin for 3 to 5 days. This can eliminate the abnormal bacteria in the intestines that are active and ferment and produce gas, causing bloating and unformed stools.

3. Emotional control

In addition, since human emotions are closely related to gastrointestinal function, we must first maintain a good mood, be cheerful, and get enough sleep, which may gradually improve gastrointestinal functional disorders.

Through our professional introduction above, do you have some understanding of the problem of children's abdominal bloating? It is very necessary to treat children's bloating problem. Children will have some problems during the bloating process. Only if we do a good job of prevention can we let our children have a healthy body in life.