What to do if the child vomits

Vomiting is actually a very common symptom. From birth to adulthood, almost every child will experience vomiting. When vomiting, the child looks very painful. Parents are often worried about whether the child has any serious problems, will be very nervous, and don’t know. How can I help the child, so it gives some people the opportunity to mislead.

There are many causes of vomiting, and the causes of vomiting are very different in different age groups. The reasons are different, and the treatment methods will naturally be different. It is definitely unscientific to use one method to treat all vomiting.

For newborns, although there are many causes of vomiting, most of them are physiological. In the neonatal period, the stomach volume is small, and the stomach is in a horizontal position, the nerve control is not coordinated or the muscles at the end of the esophagus are relatively loose, feeding too much, or eating too much gas, or the child is too active after feeding. , May cause spitting up. This kind of vomiting child often does not have any painful expressions, as long as it is not too frequent, it will basically not affect the development.

This kind of spitting up can be solved by improving the feeding method, such as feeding a small amount of times and avoiding feeding when the child is very hungry. You can also hold the child upright and pat the back after feeding, so that the child can burp the stomach Exhaust gas, these can reduce spitting up. As the child grows, the capacity of the stomach gradually increases, and the stomach gradually becomes more erect, and the pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter increases. When the child can sit up, the spitting up will decrease.

However, some vomiting is caused by more troublesome and serious diseases, and even requires surgical treatment. If you have the following conditions, it is best to consult a doctor:

1. Frequent foaming at birth, vomiting and choking as soon as breastfeeding, need to be alert to esophageal atresia.
2. Frequent vomiting on the day of birth or within a few days, especially yellow or green vomit, indicates that the child may have congenital malformations, such as poor intestinal rotation, intestinal stricture, and intestinal atresia.
3. The vomiting is bloody or coffee-colored, indicating that the child may have gastrointestinal bleeding.
4. When vomiting is accompanied by stomach swelling, you need to be aware of intestinal obstruction; if you have difficulty defecation at the same time, you need to be aware of Hirschsprung's disease; if you have a hernia, you also need to pay attention to whether the intestine is stuck.
5. Vomiting is accompanied by blood in the stool. If there is diarrhea at the same time, it may be ordinary enteritis, but we must be alert to dangerous diseases such as intussusception, necrotizing enteritis, and intestinal volvulus.
6. There is fever while vomiting. It is necessary to be alert to infectious diseases, including infections of the digestive tract itself, intracranial infections, otitis media, and infections of other systems.
7. The child vomits soon after feeding, and the vomiting is more and more frequent, especially for children between 2 weeks and 4 months. Be careful with pyloric hypertrophy and stricture.
8. If the child vomits up for a long time and does not relieve, you need to be alert to genetic metabolic diseases or gastroesophageal reflux that requires surgical treatment.

For older children, the most common cause of vomiting is gastroenteritis, such as eating dirty things. Children suffering from viral or bacterial enteritis are often accompanied by diarrhea and need to be alert to the possibility of dehydration; if they also have stomach pain, be alert to appendicitis; be alert to concussion, intracranial injury, hemorrhage, etc. after vomiting after head trauma. There are relatively rare intracranial tumors, which are often accompanied by abnormal mental states; some vomiting is caused by fulminant myocarditis, although it is rare but occasionally encountered.