Recently, my cousin’s 3-year-old baby always complains that his stomach hurts. Sometimes it only hurts for a while, and sometimes it hurts for a long time but doesn’t heal. Cousin Through observations during this period, it was found that the baby's appetite has decreased. I heard from my neighbor's mother that I could supplement some probiotics for my baby, but my cousin didn't dare to try it. First, we are not sure whether probiotics are useful, and second, there are many varieties of probiotics. We don’t know which one is suitable for our own babies. The main reason is or the real reason for the baby’s stomachache.
Abdominal pain is a manifestation of many diseases outside the abdomen. In life, we are common abdominal pain due to eating some unhealthy or difficult to digest food, and some are abdominal pain due to inhaling cold air. Most of the time, adults can distinguish the causes of abdominal pain by the part and pain of abdominal pain.
However, Children cannot accurately express the sensation, location and nature of pain, and can often only be expressed by crying and irritability. This will make it difficult for parents to judge what causes abdominal pain through past experience. It is recommended that parents take their baby to the hospital for medical treatment as soon as possible. If the baby's abdominal pain symptoms are serious, they can first use the following methods to soothe the baby by themselves to relieve his abdominal pain.
Sosure method for intestinal colic in small babies:
1. Let the baby lie on his side or place his arms below the baby's abdomen, and put a certain pressure on the baby's abdomen to slightly relieve the pain.
2. Wrap it in swaddle to let the baby feel warm and feel more secure.
3. Press the baby's abdomen lightly clockwise to relieve abdominal pain caused by intestinal flatulence .
4. Play games with your baby, use toys to attract your baby, and divert your attention.
5. Rub your hands and feel it warm and soothes the baby's navel. It can help the baby with cold air in the abdomen feel warm and relieve abdominal pain.
What are the common causes of abdominal pain in children?
What should parents do if the baby has abdominal pain?
1. Observation and evaluation
Observation of the severity of the symptoms of abdominal pain in the baby.
If the child just talks about abdominal pain, but can talk and laugh, and his expression is also relaxed, it seems that he has not been affected much. This basically shows that the symptoms of abdominal pain in the baby are very mild or intermittent, not serious abdominal pain or constant pain.
Then, parents use their hands to touch the baby's stomach. If the baby's stomach is soft and there is no resistance when pressed, and there is no fever, vomiting, abnormal bowel movements, etc., they do not need to go to the hospital for home observation and care for themselves.
2. Rest
If the baby says that the abdominal pain is accompanied by fever, vomiting, abnormal stools, etc., it can basically be explained that the baby's abdominal pain is caused by the inability to digest or inhaling cold air. At this time, the baby can drink some warm water and lie down to rest until he vomits or expels all the food, and then he will feel much better.
3. Do not use medicine without authorization
Some parents will give their baby abdominal pain medication when they have symptoms of abdominal pain. However, some drugs (such as ibuprofen ) can irritate the stomach, which not only cannot relieve abdominal pain, but may also aggravate the pain; painkillers may also cover up the condition .
How to prevent abdominal pain in children?
1. Develop good eating habits
When eating, chew carefully and swallow slowly. This is more conducive to digestion and reduces the burden on the stomach. However, you are too hungry and avoid strenuous exercise after meals.
2. Eat less raw and cold irritating foods and pay attention to food hygiene.
3. Parents and children should pay attention to personal hygiene and wash their hands frequently, and pay attention to the hygiene of the milk utensils.
4. Babies of young months should keep their abdomen warm.
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