Why do children often have stomachaches?

Children's bodies are still in the process of rapid development, and many of their body functions are not yet at a full level, so they cannot resist external stimuli very well. Once they eat unclean or overly raw, cold, or greasy food, it will lead to bacterial invasion, resulting in infection and inflammation. This is why children often have stomach upset. Therefore, children should always eat a healthy diet at home to prevent illness.

This type of abdominal pain not only exists in children, but is also very common in adults. There used to be various diagnoses to refer to this type of abdominal pain. The most common ones are gastrointestinal spasm, gastrointestinal flatulence, gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastrointestinal neurosis, and even gastroenteritis, etc. But now there is a more unified name. After excluding clear organ organic lesions, such abdominal pain may come from two diseases. One is called functional dyspepsia (upper abdominal pain, possibly with bloating and belching, etc.), and the other is called irritable bowel syndrome (middle and lower abdominal pain, accompanied by changes in bowel conditions, etc.). It still requires a doctor's help to determine which type a person is.

Both diseases are functional abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract, except that one involves the stomach and the other involves the intestines. The mechanisms of the diseases are very similar, but the medical community is still not particularly clear about them. It is only known that they are caused by multiple factors. The domestic expert consensus on these two diseases mentions gastrointestinal motility abnormalities and high sensitivity as the two pathogenesis mechanisms, but there is no further explanation as to why these two situations occur.

General treatment

Both conditions can occur in children or adults, and some people have both. There are also similarities between the two in terms of treatment. In both expert consensuses, the adjustment of diet and psychological factors was briefly mentioned. Other treatments include drug treatments, including proton pump inhibitors, gastrointestinal motility drugs, drugs that kill Helicobacter pylori, and even some anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs (because psychological factors are also one of the inducing factors.

Expert consensus shows that general medicine does not actually have a truly thorough treatment method. Although dietary and psychological adjustments are mentioned, the content is very limited. The various drug treatments mentioned are only symptomatic methods. Once the medication is stopped, the disease will basically recur.

Functional Medicine Treatment

If we look at these two diseases from the perspective of functional medicine, we have to start from the root cause of the disease, find the source problem, and then treat the source. If necessary, we can use some symptomatic drugs to truly achieve the purpose of treatment.

The main pathogenesis of these two diseases is described as abnormal motility and high sensitivity. How did this happen? Tracing back to the source, there must be a process from birth to the onset of this disease. What exactly affects the gastrointestinal tract during this process and ultimately leads to functional problems?

Most important

The answer is actually easy to guess. The thing that is most likely to have an impact on the gastrointestinal tract is of course the food we eat. A person eats about 30 to 60 tons of food in his or her lifetime, which puts a lot of work on the gastrointestinal tract. Every person is unique, and different people react to food differently.

The wrong food can directly cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, this damage is multifaceted, including damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, functional disorders, imbalance of intestinal flora, etc. The body's first reaction to such injury is to send out a warning. Abdominal pain is the most common symptom, and there are also bloating, vomiting, belching, diarrhea, etc. The wrong way of eating can also cause some problems, such as eating too fast or too quickly, eating too hard or too cold food, etc., which can cause a series of reactions.

If a baby vomits after being fed, one possibility is that the feeding method is incorrect, such as feeding too much; another possibility is that the food is wrong and the gastrointestinal tract is resisting it. But if the baby only has abdominal pain, he can only express it by crying. The organs of the human body will show some signals through a series of symptoms in order to attract our attention.