How to treat cyclical vomiting in children?

Many parents have reported that their children are prone to periodic vomiting, which is very worrying. So what are the symptoms of periodic vomiting and how to treat it? The editor will explain it in detail below, let’s take a look!

Vomiting can be seen in many diseases, such as brain disease, gastrointestinal disease, upper respiratory tract infection, inappropriate food, etc. When a child vomits, parents should pay attention to the following aspects:

① Let the child sit up and turn his head to one side to prevent vomit from entering the trachea.

② After vomiting, rinse your mouth with warm water to clean your mouth and remove bad odors. Babies can clean their mouths by feeding them water frequently.

③ Feed water frequently, allow the baby to drink small amounts frequently, and ensure water supply to prevent excessive water loss and dehydration. The water temperature should be hotter in winter and cooler in summer. Warm water can easily cause vomiting.

④ Pay attention to your diet, don’t eat too much, and try to eat small meals frequently. Do not eat greasy, spicy or sour foods to avoid irritating the stomach and intestines. After vomiting, you should first eat liquid food or semi-liquid food (such as rice porridge or noodles), and gradually transition to a normal diet.

⑤ Pay attention to the vomiting situation, the relationship between vomiting, diet and coughing, the number of vomiting, the vomited stomach contents, etc.

⑥ Try to rest in bed and do not change your body position frequently, otherwise it will easily cause vomiting again.

Vomiting in children is often caused by digestive dysfunction, so when a child vomits, the first thing to do is to temporarily fast to give the digestive tract some time to rest. You can first give the child some light sugar salt water or light tea, and the child will be fine after a few hours or 1 to 2 days.

If a baby occasionally vomits after feeding, it may be that he has swallowed air. The nipple should be blocked during the next feeding to prevent him from swallowing air. After sucking, you can hold the baby and pat his back gently to let the air out. Then lie on the right side with the upper body slightly raised. If the child often vomits after sucking milk but is generally normal, he may have pyloric spasm and should be given some antispasmodics under the guidance of a doctor. If there is still no improvement and the general nutritional condition is affected, you should prevent pyloric hypertrophy and ask a doctor to check.

If severe vomiting occurs repeatedly, including spitting out yellow water, and general care does not improve the condition, you should be careful about intestinal obstruction. If accompanied by other conditions such as fever, the details should be reported to the doctor. If you find that the vomitus is abnormal, you should bring it to your doctor so that the doctor can analyze the cause of the vomiting and deal with it promptly and correctly.

Through the editor’s sharing above, parents and friends have a clear understanding of children’s periodic vomiting symptoms. So in the future, if you find that your child has this symptom, it is better to treat it as soon as possible.