What are the symptoms of baby's gas?

We all know that since babies cannot brush their teeth, their mouths always smell bad after eating too much, which is what we call food breath. For babies, mild bad breath is normal, but if the bad breath is severe, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time, because it may be caused by indigestion and should cause concern from parents. So, what are the symptoms of baby having gas eating?

1. Clinical manifestations

The most common bad breath in children is usually caused by indigestion, which can be divided into simple indigestion and toxic indigestion. Common symptoms of simple indigestion are diarrhea less than 10 times a day, yellow or green stools with little water, abdominal bloating, occasional vomiting, and sometimes fever but not too high. The child has a poor appetite but is in good spirits. Foul-smelling stools and refusal to eat are also clinical manifestations of bad breath in children. If a child occasionally has a loss of appetite, refuses to eat, or the food does not taste good, do not force him to eat, but let him eat less.

II. Treatment

1. General treatment

If a child has bad breath and sour taste in the morning, it is because of stagnation of milk and food. In this case, you can reduce or skip one meal to help recover your gastrointestinal function. For children's bad breath caused by indigestion, digestive aids and astringent drugs can be used, such as pepsin, multi-enzyme tablets, lactase, tannic acid protein, etc. In severe cases with bacterial infection, antibiotics can be used for treatment. Those with severe vomiting and diarrhea should fast for 12 hours, and then gradually transition to a normal diet starting with sugar water or rice soup. People with severe dehydration should be given fluids promptly.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine

Children's bad breath can generally be treated with Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine divides children's bad breath into two categories: damp-heat in the stomach meridian and food accumulation.

(1) Children with damp-heat in the stomach meridian will have a red tongue, yellow tongue coating, bad breath, irritability, and restless sleep. Many children also have dry stools. You can take some heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicine under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.

(2) Food accumulation type bad breath is more common in children aged 1 to 6 years old and is related to irregular diet and improper feeding. This type of children have long-term loss of appetite, pale face and thinness, but their spirits are normal. The medication is mainly for digestion and stomach.