What causes nausea and retching in children?

When taking care of their babies, many parents always find that many children always have symptoms such as nausea and retching. This often makes inexperienced parents wonder what the cause is, or whether the child has some disease. Such symptoms must be relieved in time. If you want to get a complete cure, you must understand the cause so that you can prescribe the right medicine and let the child adjust and recover as soon as possible. Let’s understand what causes nausea and retching in children.

What causes nausea and retching in children?

There are many reasons for baby retching, the main reasons are related to improper feeding or eating, excessive feeding in the neonatal period, improper milk formula, swallowing large amounts of air while feeding, babies eating too much at one time or food that is difficult to digest, babies having fire, and cold air irritating the baby's throat, all of which can cause retching. It is recommended that mothers give their babies more water to drink, and also be careful not to let their babies catch cold and avoid stimulation from cold wind.

If your baby always retches or has severe retching, or has slow growth or development, or is accompanied by abnormalities such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, lethargy, fever, etc., it is recommended that you seek medical attention in time and follow the doctor's advice for symptomatic treatment.

In addition, it is common for babies of this age to spit up milk because the baby's stomach is horizontal and has a small capacity. The cardia connecting to the esophagus is wide and has poor closing effect. The pylorus connecting to the small intestine is tight. When the baby is feeding, he often inhales air, and the milk easily flows back into the mouth, causing spitting up milk. When a mother sees her baby spitting up milk for the first time, she may be very worried and at a loss. In fact, as long as you pay attention to the following issues, you can prevent your baby from spitting up milk.

1. Use the right feeding posture: Hold the baby up to feed, and let the baby's body be tilted at about 45 degrees. The milk in the stomach will naturally flow into the small intestine. This will reduce the chance of vomiting compared to feeding while lying down. After the baby finishes feeding, stand him up and pat his back until he burps.

2. After feeding, be sure to let the baby burp: Hold the baby upright against your shoulder, pat the baby's back gently, let him burp out the air inhaled into the stomach when sucking milk, and then put the baby on the bed, so that it is not easy to spit up milk.

3. It is not advisable to let the baby lie on his back immediately after feeding, but should lie on his side for a while, and then change to lying on his back.

4. The amount of milk should not be too much, and the intervals should not be too close.

After the baby spit up milk, if there is no other abnormality, generally do not need to worry about it, it will gradually get better, and will not affect the baby's growth and development. The milk that the baby vomits may be in the shape of tofu dregs, which is the result of the reaction of milk and stomach acid, and it is normal, so don't worry. Generally, the baby will spit up less after ten months. However, if the baby vomits frequently and vomits yellow-green or coffee-colored liquid, or is accompanied by fever, diarrhea and other symptoms, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

The above is an introduction to what causes nausea and retching in children. After understanding it, we know that there are many reasons for this phenomenon. If such symptoms occur without the child being sick, it is generally a digestive problem of the child. Therefore, mothers must pay attention to the correct methods and ways when taking care of their babies. Especially when feeding the baby, mothers must burp the baby and pay attention to the baby's feeding posture. This can effectively relieve the child's nausea and retching symptoms.