Causes of nausea in a child
One-time situations can cause malaisewhich do not mean that the child is sick. For example, during stress, excitement, after too active games or as a result of overeating. If nausea is not accompanied by other symptoms — cramps, chills, diarrhea, and fever, and it only occurs once, and in general the child behaves, as usual, is not worth worrying about.
Due to stress, a child may experience nausea. Photo: Getty However, a baby may feel sick as a result of serious diseases or other health hazards:
- food poisoning;
- respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases - rotavirus, dysentery, salmonellosis, influenza and others;
- acute appendicitis;
- meningitis, encephalitis;
- acute gastritis.
Nausea can occur if a foreign object has got into the child's stomach - a toy, cloth, paper and more.
What to do with nausea in a child
To understand how to help your baby and whetherto call a doctor, you need to try to determine the cause of the disease. If you cannot do it yourself or nausea is accompanied by additional symptoms, consult a doctor immediately. How to alleviate the child’s condition and what to do before the doctor arrives:
- provide the child with bed rest, make sure that he is lying on his side, otherwise vomiting can get into the respiratory tract;
- every 5 minutes give him 1 tsp. water, it will help avoid dehydration;
- with severe vomiting, water it with a solution of 8 tbsp. l sugar, 1 tbsp. l salt and 0.5 tsp. soda in 1 liter of water;
- offer a child a pear decoction or mint tea, these drinks relieve nausea;
- in food poisoning, give it a sorbent-type activated carbon;
- if the discomfort is due to stress, water the baby with a decoction of chamomile, mint or lemon balm.
However, do not give your child too much drinking,otherwise, it may re-induce vomiting. For whatever reason, the child is not nauseous, it is still advisable to inform the doctor about nausea during a routine examination. There is no obvious cause for concern, but since malaise can be symptoms of various kinds of diseases, including those that are hidden, excessive caution will not hurt. It is also interesting:
