What are the symptoms of baby's food poisoning?

If a baby has indigestion, the most typical symptom is nausea and vomiting, which will make the child feel very uncomfortable and always crying. Their gastrointestinal tract will also become very uncomfortable and painful. This requires some detailed examinations to determine the real cause. If the vomiting occurs too often, you must stop vomiting first. Frequent vomiting will cause other complications.

Vomiting is just a symptom that causes great pain to the child. Before vomiting, the patient is pale, has upper abdominal discomfort (children often complain of abdominal pain), has anorexia, and vomits after eating or drinking. Protrusions sometimes come out of the mouth and nose. When vomiting is severe, the child will show clinical symptoms of dehydration and acidosis, such as thirst, oliguria, listlessness, red lips, and deep breathing. The causes are diverse and are accompanied by symptoms of the primary disease.

1. Time and frequency of vomiting

If a newborn vomits several hours after birth, the baby may inhale amniotic fluid during delivery; if the baby frequently vomits 24 to 36 hours after birth and does not have a bowel movement after birth, anal or rectal atresia should be considered; if the baby continues to vomit 1 to 2 weeks after birth and worsens in the third week, accompanied by weight loss and malnutrition, the baby needs to be observed for pyloric hypertrophy and stenosis; if the baby vomits coffee-colored mucus within a few hours after birth, the baby may accidentally swallow maternal blood. A 3-year-old child who repeatedly and persistently vomits brown substances may have a hiatal hernia.

2. The manner or condition of vomiting

Spitting up milk (milk spitting up) refers to a small amount of milk flowing out or spitting out from the corners of the baby's mouth after feeding. In a few babies, milk sometimes sprays out from the mouth and nose. The spit-up is raw milk and is not accompanied by any discomfort. It may be due to improper feeding, overeating, and gas in the stomach. The amount of milk or frequency of feeding should be appropriately reduced, the baby should be fed while sitting down, and the baby should be patted on the back after feeding.

The gastric contents return to the mouth one mouthful at a time or reflux out of the mouth. This symptom usually appears after six months of age. This is a rare rumination phenomenon; it is spit out in large quantities from the mouth or from both the mouth and nostrils. Observe the child for headache, fever, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Encephalitis, brain tumors, etc. should be excluded, and central nervous system diseases should be excluded.

3. Content and nature of vomitus

(1) The vomitus is clear or foamy mucus and undigested milk or food. It means that the food you eat is blocked from moving downward and the obstruction is above the cardia. It is seen in congenital esophageal atresia in newborns, esophagitis in all age groups, esophageal stenosis and achalasia caused by it, etc.

(2) Vomitus consists of mucus, curds, and stomach contents, indicating that food has entered the stomach. Vomiting can be caused by infectious diseases, gastrointestinal infections and pyloric obstruction. Seen in pyloric hypertrophic stenosis and pyloric valve.

The vomitus is yellow or green clear mucus, sometimes mixed with small amounts of milk or food. It is common in severe functional vomiting in all age groups; in newborns, it is more common in duodenal atresia or stenosis, annular pancreas and intestinal malrotation.