Why there is vomiting in children under one year old

First of all, one should distinguish between vomiting andregurgitation. Regurgitation is a natural process for babies. It looks like a mass when regurgitated like coagulated milk or cottage cheese. In this case, the mass should be no more than 1 teaspoonful. If the mass is larger or it has a different character, it means that this is vomiting.Vomiting in a child up to a year can talk about serious health problems Photo: Getty Here are the main causes of childhood vomiting:

• Food poisoning. Vomiting is accompanied by poor appetite, weakness, fever.
• Pylorospasm. On the border of the stomach and duodenum there is a spasm, and the stomach can not normally be emptied. This happens with children up to 4 months. In vomiting of this nature, bile is present.
• GERD. The liquid from the stomach enters the esophagus, causing it to be damaged. Vomiting due to such a disease usually begins immediately after feeding.
• Pylorostenosis. The developmental defect of one of the sections of the stomach. Vomiting is accompanied by constipation and problems with urination.
• Diseases of other organs. Sometimes vomiting in babies begins because of diseases that, at first glance, are completely unrelated to the digestive system. An example is a concussion or a bladder disease.

Vomiting in a child may not be accompanied by diarrhea, fever, or other symptoms. At the same time, it should still become an alarm bell for parents.

What to do if vomiting starts in a child under one year old

If a child has started vomiting, parents should act according to the following scheme:

• Call a doctor or even an ambulance if the baby is very ill.
• Put the child on its side, raise its head.
• Stop feeding.
• To give the child a drink.

But what you should not do is givechild any medicine. Sometimes parents start to give the child different drugs for fear - antiemetic, anti-bacterial, antispasmodic, etc. Do this without the doctor's advice categorically. Also, you can not do the child's own gastric lavage. As you can see, most of the causes of vomiting are quite serious and require the help of specialists. If an adult can cure himself, for example, from poisoning, then self-treatment of the child should not be engaged. Entrust this matter to the doctor. See also:

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