Vomiting in Children
Posted on September 7, 2009
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What is vomiting?
Almost all infants vomit once in a while, whether they enjoy breastfeeding as if reared by bottle (artificial feeding).
Smiling toddler sucking an object
Children subjected to intense stress at school or at home can be sick sometimes.
When a child gets sick, your stomach is not working properly, does not empty as quickly as usual and this makes the food is expelled to the outside. A sick child vomits easily.
Throwing up is annoying for the child, but is rarely dangerous.
What is vomit?
There are many reasons why a child may vomit.
* If the quantity is low and the baby is well, may be simply that the child has eaten too much and vomits the excess ingested.
* Vomiting may occur in situations of indigestion, accompanied often diarrhea. One possible cause is an infection of the stomach by a virus.
* When a small child suffering from an ear infection (obits), the throat, respiratory tract or lungs, the urinary tract or the appendix (appendicitis), while experiencing a rise in temperature (fever), also frequently vomit.
* Children under intense stress at school or at home can be sick sometimes. If this happens more frequently, we recommend checking with your doctor.
Interest
Please see our ‘baby’ related articles:
# Diarrhea in Children
# Infant Colic
# Lactose intolerance
how should I treat vomiting in children?
* Once a child has vomited, help to rinse your mouth with water, because it leaves a sour taste vomit. Young children who do not know rinsed can ingest some water.
* After vomiting, the child is often cold, sweaty and tired. Clean the face with a damp towel and let rest. Most children want to throw up after sleeping and this is normal. Virile frequently and are ready to help if you feel sick again.
* Must keep breastfeeding, but if the vomiting persists, contact your doctor.
* If the child is greater, may be beneficial not give milk or dairy products for a couple of days.
* Make sure the child is not dehydrated, giving plenty of fluids. Recommended especially dilute juice or cola drinks without gas (or previously removed with a spoon to remove it).
* Do not eat a large amount of liquid immediately after vomiting because the fluid can irritate the stomach and make you ill again. If the child does not tolerate anything liquid, let her rest for a couple of hours and try then to give small amounts but frequently.
* If in the meantime the child is thirsty, give him small amounts of water with a teaspoon.
* The stomach better tolerated if the water is not too cold. If the child wants to drink or too with great avidity, give a clean cloth soaked in cold water to suck on it, or an ice cube or a polo.
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How to prevent dehydration?
* When at the same time as there is vomiting diarrhea, can cause an excessive loss of fluid. This disorder is not serious if it only lasts a couple of days, but if it is prolonged or repeated, it is necessary to consult the doctor.
* The doctor may recommend that you purchase at your pharmacy solution of carbohydrates and electrolytes, or envelopes of powder to prepare it. These solutions added moisturizing supplement to drinking water that provides energy and salt.
* An alternative is less advisable that you prepare the hydrating solution diluted with lemonade or water adding a little salt and sugar. Add to one liter of water 8 teaspoons (40 grams) of sugar and one teaspoon (5 grams) of salt. If the child does not improve in one or two days, consult your doctor.
* If the child is still vomiting or diarrhea persists, call your doctor.
How can you tell if your child needs fluid?
Check how often depositions do. If you are still using diapers, which will have to change. Another sign of dehydration is that the child cries without tears. Observe the mouth: the oral mucosa should be moist and smiling, tongue should be moist and saliva.
If the child refuses to drink, you need to receive them soon one way or another, so call your doctor.
Can become severe vomiting?
On rare occasions when a child between three and five weeks of age to suddenly start to vomit repeatedly and violently, which could result in a pyloric stenos is, which consists of a closure or narrowing of the outlet of the stomach (the pylorus) by a power Excessive muscular ring that controls it. In these cases seek medical help quickly. The condition may require surgery but the recovery is complete.
A picture of intense vomiting in a child under four years may be due to intussusceptions. This disorder is that a part of the bowel slides into the next, just as do the pieces of a telescope. Young children can lift the legs, pale and remove the blood with stools. Be consulted as soon as possible with a doctor, but the surgery is not always necessary.
If the child is behaving strangely, seems confused or is difficult to communicate, consult your doctor.
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