Your baby suddenly has vomiting.What to do? The first is to not treat this carelessly, writing off everything on elementary overeating. But do not panic too. Tantrum is not a good helper. What kind of first aid for vomiting in children can be given at home?
To answer this question, you need to understandwhat causes vomiting. What to give when the child vomits, how to give, give, or give nothing at all will depend on a number of reasons. In children of different ages, the causes of vomiting are also different. In newborns, vomiting in 9 cases out of 10 is caused by congenital disorders of the digestive system. It begins on the first day of life. Often very abundant, sometimes with admixtures of bile, blood, feces. Since the child at this time, as a rule, is in the hospital, he is watched by a doctor who prescribes either a therapeutic or surgical treatment. But there are cases when vomiting in babies begins at home. The child spits a small amount, up to 30 ml, of milk or some water. There are several reasons for this:
- He was overfed.
- He, along with the milk, swallowed air.
- The inconvenient position of the child during feeding.
- Unsuitable infant formula.
- A quick change in the position of the baby’s calf after feeding (fed and immediately put in the crib)
- Underdevelopment of the digestive tract in babies.
Regurgitation from these causes is considered normal.a phenomenon. If the child remains active, is gaining weight well, the temperature does not increase, then there is no need to worry about such vomiting and you don’t need to give the child anything either.
Somewhere after 2 weeks of life babies can havevomiting caused by pyloric stenosis. Its distinctive features are very abundant and frequent, up to 20 times a day, by a fountain, emetic masses resemble curdled milk. What is given with vomiting in this case? Warm water, and, as often as possible. You need to give a little, just a few droplets, but often. Otherwise, there is dehydration. Calling a doctor in this case is necessary, since such a child needs surgery.
Но вот малыш подрос. Ему уже 2, 3, 5 лет и больше.All the fears and anxieties of the first days of his life subsided. In their place came new. Vomiting that has opened in a child at this age can also be caused by many reasons. Regardless of them, parents, first of all, should calm the baby, wash him, if he smeared his face with vomit, rinse his mouth. Causes of vomiting can also be quite “harmless”, namely:
- Baby overeating.
- He does not want to eat what he is forced to do.
- After eating began to tumble, indulge.
What to give when the child vomits in such cases?Best regidron. If it is not at hand, you can prepare the solution yourself. It is done simply - 1 teaspoon of table salt, half a teaspoon of soda and two tablespoons of sugar dissolve in a liter of water. You can also give a drink unsweetened weak tea, broth hips without sugar, mineral water, rice broth or decoction of lemon balm, valerian or horsetail. Decoctions of herbs will help the child calm down. For their preparation, 1 spoon of the collection is poured with boiling water, wrapped and allowed to infuse for 1 hour. To feed the child should be small portions, but often. If vomiting occurs once, you should not call the doctor.
If a baby has vomiting, fever,vomit is blood, bile, mucus, a sharp unpleasant odor, if vomiting is accompanied by dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain or any pain, if any deterioration of the child’s condition is observed (lethargy, weakness, loss of vision or severe nausea), if vomiting occurs Often, parents are required to immediately call a doctor.
What to give when the child vomits until it arrivesdoctor? Only water (and preferably a special solution such as rehydron, which allows to prevent the loss of salts). No drugs can not be given. In cases where the child’s condition is not very severe, water can be replaced with a weak, non-sweet solution of green tea. Both water and tea are given in very small portions, not more than one or two teaspoons, but often, every quarter of an hour.
There are cases when vomiting is necessary.If the child has eaten something bad, harmful substances have got into the stomach, or there are other indications of urgent gastric lavage, the child is given 1-3 glasses of water to drink and cause him to vomit. In the water, you can add a few drops of solution of potassium permanganate. In such cases, it is also important to know what to give when the child vomits. You can prepare a weak saline solution or a solution with activated carbon. For this, 2 tablets of coal are pushed aside and stirred in a glass of water. Feed the baby after washing the stomach is impossible. If the baby asks for food, you can give him crackers.
In the event of such vomiting, the doctor is called on the basis of the child’s condition.
