What's wrong with the child's stomach gas?

Stomach gas is a very common phenomenon in daily life. Stomach gas is actually what we often call stomach bloating. Both adults and children will experience stomach bloating. Generally, there are many reasons for stomach bloating, such as improper diet, stomach disease, etc. If a child has stomach bloating, parents must pay attention to it and take the child to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Do not give the child medicine privately and must use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.

What to do if you have bloating

Eat more easily digestible and digestive foods

If you experience stomach bloating, you must pay attention to your diet, eat more vegetables, drink some millet porridge, and you can also eat some white radish and hawthorn, which are foods that aid digestion. Helps relieve stomach bloating.

Exercise

When you have bloating, proper exercise can help relieve it. Taking a walk after a meal is the best way. Do not lie still when you have bloating, as this will not help relieve the symptoms.

Do more stomach massage

When you have free time, you can massage your stomach properly to relieve stomach bloating. It is recommended to do it half an hour after a meal, and rub the stomach in a clockwise direction until the stomach feels comfortable and warm.

Take medicine promptly

“All medicines are poisonous to some extent”, so we do not encourage you to take medicine for bloating, but sometimes taking medicine is necessary. You can always keep some medicines that help digestion and strengthen the stomach and digestion, such as stomachic and digestive tablets, yeast tablets, hawthorn pills, etc., in case of emergency.

Keep a cheerful mood

Don’t get angry or nervous when you have bloating. Be sure to maintain a happy mood, which will help relieve bloating.

Main causes of bloating

1. Unhygienic diet

Some pathogens produce toxins in the intestines, causing gastrointestinal diseases such as acute gastroenteritis.

2. Abnormal lifestyle

It causes the intestines to be too hungry or too full, leading to abnormal intestinal movements, which can overload the gastrointestinal tract in the long run.

3. People with rhinitis or nasal allergies

We often breathe through our mouths unconsciously, sucking air into our digestive tract, which can easily cause bloating, but this is often ignored.

4. High pressure

Stress can make people nervous, increase their heart rate, blood pressure, and muscles tense, which can slow down gastrointestinal motility and cause abdominal bloating.

What to eat for bloating

When there is inflammation, reflux, or tumor in the stomach and duodenum, the emptying of the stomach will be delayed, and the food will continue to exert pressure on the stomach wall. At the same time, excessive fermentation of food in the stomach will produce a large amount of gas, which further increases the pressure in the stomach, causing a feeling of fullness and pressure in the upper abdomen, which is called bloating. What should you do if you have bloating? If the bloating is caused by improper diet, the following foods can relieve it. Let’s take a look.

1. Kumquat

Kumquat can regulate qi, relieve depression, resolve phlegm, eliminate bloating, and sober up. "Compendium of Materia Medica" calls it "relieves gas and relieves diaphragm." "Sui Xi Ju Diet" also says: "Kumquat invigorates the spleen, eliminates filth, resolves phlegm, and helps digestion." Regardless of whether the abdominal bloating is caused by qi stagnation or food stagnation, it is advisable to drink kumquat decoction or tea. People usually make kumquat cakes and chew one or two when they have bloating.

2. Radish

Radish can strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, relieve gas and relieve fullness. "Si Sheng Materia Medica" records: "When people eat too much, chewing and swallowing it raw will help digest it." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "Radish is good for swallowing acid, eliminating stagnation, and detoxifying alcohol, and it is very effective." It can be seen that radish is especially suitable for people with abdominal bloating caused by food stagnation, and can be taken either by mashing it into juice or decocting it in water. In addition to fresh radish, radish seeds, radish leaves, and old radish roots (i.e., ground skullcap, old roots of radish) can be boiled in water and consumed, which is also suitable for people suffering from food stagnation and abdominal bloating.

3. Black plum

Black plum is sour, astringent and neutral. It enters the liver, spleen, lung and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, astringing the lungs and relieving cough, stimulating appetite and calming ascaris, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and can also increase appetite and aid digestion. It is mainly used to treat chronic cough, chronic diarrhea, intestinal and bile duct ascariasis and indigestion.

4. Hawthorn

Hawthorn tastes sour, sweet and slightly warm in nature. It can strengthen the spleen and appetite, and help digestion and eliminate accumulation. Eating hawthorn can increase gastric acid secretion and increase enzyme activity. The lipase contained in hawthorn helps the digestion of lipid foods, so it is good at eliminating meat accumulation. It is not advisable to eat too much on an empty stomach, because hawthorn contains more acidic components. Eating too much on an empty stomach will cause the acidity in the stomach to increase sharply, which can easily lead to stomach pain or even ulcers.

5. Cucumber

Cucumbers contain the flavonoid antioxidant quercetin, which helps reduce gas. It's great in soup or salad. If you don’t like that, you can also dip the crunchy cucumbers in low-fat yogurt or cream, which is also very good! Chewing cucumbers is also an exercise for your chewing muscles, and the fiber in cucumbers can help digestion and can also be used as a prevention and treatment for constipation.

6. Chinese Cabbage

Compared to some vegetables, Chinese cabbage is a very common vegetable. Chinese cabbage contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can promote intestinal wall peristalsis, aid digestion, prevent dry stools, promote defecation, dilute intestinal toxins, treat constipation, and help nutrient absorption.