What medicine should children take for abdominal pain

Children are prone to abdominal pain in their daily lives. For example, unclean diet and overeating often lead to symptoms of abdominal pain, which may cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and intestinal cramps after catching a cold. Because there are many causes of abdominal pain, it is important to understand the specific cause so that you can use symptomatic medication to treat it. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

What medicine should children take for abdominal pain

Consider the following possibilities: one is gastrointestinal dysfunction, and the other is intestinal spasm after catching a cold. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for relevant examinations to confirm the diagnosis.

What to do if children have stomachache?

1. The hidden problems behind baby's stomachache can be small or big. If you don't pay attention, the condition will be delayed. Especially when the baby rolls on the ground in pain, or has any symptoms such as high fever, diarrhea or vomiting, he should be rushed to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

2. Some parents, when they hear their children complaining about stomachache, will get a hot water bottle to apply heat to the children. This practice is effective for stomach bloating and pain caused by cold and overeating. It can relieve gastrointestinal cramps and reduce pain. But some pains are not so simple. Hot compresses may aggravate the condition and cause danger, such as ascariasis (which is also a common cause of stomach pain in babies). When certain factors stimulate the worm body, it can cause the roundworm to wriggle up and down, stimulating the intestines and causing more severe spasms and pain. At this time, massaging the baby's belly will only further stimulate the roundworm and even cause biliary ascariasis. Ascaris may also penetrate the delicate intestinal wall of young children and cause peritonitis.

3. When the baby complains of stomachache, the mother always likes to rub the baby's stomach, thinking that it will definitely relieve the child's pain. This method has a certain effect on gastrointestinal colic caused by gastrointestinal spasm. However, you should not rub your belly casually in the following situations.

①Acute appendicitis is also more common in children. Children's appendicitis does not have typical symptoms in the early stages. They may have mild pain around the navel, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea, and the pain is not obvious when pressing the stomach. Children have weaker immune systems and are more likely to have appendicitis perforated. If parents massage the baby's belly or apply local hot compress at this time, it may promote rupture and perforation of the inflamed and suppurative area, forming diffuse peritonitis.

②Intussusception is more common in young children, especially obese children. Because the blood supply of the invaginated intestines is obstructed, it causes pain and necrosis over time. If you massage blindly, it may cause the insertion area to deepen and aggravate the condition.

4. The sick children must be isolated. Tableware can be disinfected by boiling in water for 15 minutes. Toys for children can be made of wood or plastic which are easy to disinfect. The child's bed sheets and blankets can be exposed to sunlight for 6 hours for disinfection.

5. To reduce physical exertion and reduce the frequency of bowel movements, the child should rest in bed. When a child has abdominal pain, you can put a hot water bottle on his abdomen, but be careful not to make the water temperature too high to prevent burns.

6. If the infant has a rapid and urgent bowel movement, allow the child to defecate in the diaper instead of sitting on the toilet. This can prevent anorectal prolapse. Wash your child's buttocks with warm water after each bowel movement, and apply 5% tannic acid ointment to the skin around the anus. If you have rectal prolapse, you can use gauze or soft toilet paper coated with Vaseline, support the prolapsed anus, massage it gently while pushing it upwards to restore it.