What to do if your child has indigestion

Nowadays, we often hear mothers complain that their children don’t like to eat and often say they have stomachaches. In fact, this is most likely pediatric indigestion. There are many manifestations of pediatric indigestion, such as nausea, heartburn, and feeling full without eating much. Some children also have vomiting symptoms. Because children are relatively young, the symptoms they express in front of doctors vary. Therefore, there are many names for pediatric indigestion, among which pediatric functional dyspepsia is the most commonly used term.

Since it is called a functional disease, it means that organic lesions of the digestive organs have been ruled out. Therefore, when a child does not like to eat, becomes thinner, and sometimes complains of stomachache, parents should first take the child to the hospital for a check-up to see if the child has diabetes, esophagitis, or liver disease. If all of these are ruled out, it is very likely functional pediatric dyspepsia. Since it is not an organic disease, there is no specific medicine to treat this disease so far, and it mainly relies on physical and mental conditioning.

Or you can try traditional Chinese medicine treatment. The principle of traditional Chinese medicine is also based on conditioning. So when it comes to physical and mental conditioning, what specific methods should be used? Here are some methods for you to discuss together. First of all, parents must not spoil their children. Now many families have only one baby, and it is easy for parents to spoil their children. The children eat when they want to eat and don’t eat when they don’t want to eat. This is not caring for the children, but will harm the children instead.

Secondly, parents should arrange a reasonable diet structure for their children, and match meat and vegetables. They must prevent their children from being picky eaters and not let them eat too much raw and cold food, especially now that summer is approaching. They should try to eat less ice cream and other cold drinks. At the same time, try not to let children eat snacks between meals. Another point is that parents are usually very busy and often like to use the time at the dinner table to criticize their children. This will make the children nervous and easily suffer from indigestion.