Nausea in a baby can be caused by several factors. In 95% of cases, these are malfunctions of the digestive system.... Less commonly, nausea occurs when the central nervous system is affected. By the nature of the course, the child's condition is satisfactory with mild malaise, moderate with additional symptoms (fever) and severe (the child is in a semi-conscious state). What to do if a child is sick, what are the ways to help at home?
Symptoms of a pathological condition
Nausea is not a disease. This is a symptom that accompanies diseases or lesions of internal organs and systems.
The main sign of nausea is discomfort and discomfort in the stomach, which children suffer painfully... The condition spreads to the upper parts of the digestive system - the esophagus, pharynx. A feeling of a lump appears in the throat, a false urge to vomit without vomiting.
Against the background of nausea, the child has a deterioration in general health. Weakness develops, decreased physical activity, appears headache... The urge to vomit only makes the condition worse, since the absence of vomiting does not bring relief.
Nausea in children may be accompanied by additional pathological signs:
- digestive system - vomiting, diarrhea, increased salivation, pain in the epigastric region;
- nervous system - darkening in the eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, rapid breathing and pulse, shallow breathing, feeling short of breath;
- symptoms of intoxication - weakness, increased sweating (especially in infants), hot flashes, clammy and cold skin, a slight increase in temperature, in children of the first year of life, weight loss.
How to understand when a child is sick, who still cannot explain his condition? The kid is constantly naughty, refuses to eat... The general condition is restless, occasionally there is unreasonable crying, during which the baby sweats intensively. At the same time, the arms and legs are cold to the touch.
Causes of Nausea in Children
If the intensity of nausea is insignificant and in general the child's condition is normal, this is a functional disorder of the digestive system. The reason is nutritional errors: 
- systematic overeating;
- products that do not correspond to the age category;
- poor quality infant formula;
- incorrect introduction of complementary foods;
- heavy food - fatty, fried, smoked, salty, pickled, excess seasonings and spices;
- violation of the feeding regime;
- the use of exotic dishes and products.
Functional disorders that cause nausea are associated with the immaturity of the child's body. This condition occurs as a result of a lack of pancreatic enzymes, insufficient flow of bile into the duodenum.
The second most common cause is food poisoning or acute intestinal infection... In these cases, nausea and vomiting in the child are the main symptoms. Their intensity and nature determine the degree of gastrointestinal tract damage. Pathology develops as a result of the ingestion of spoiled products infected with bacteria (staphylococcus, streptococcus, dysentery) into the body. Food poisoning is not always accompanied by the addition of an intestinal infection and differs from it in that the child does not have high temperature, profuse repeated vomiting or diarrhea, dehydration and severe intoxication of the body.
Other causes of nausea in a child:
- Nausea as a side effect of medication.
- Weak vestibular apparatus, which is the norm for children. Nausea in children appears while traveling by car, in public transport (motion sickness). It can also occur with a sudden change in body position in the event that the child is weakened during a long illness.
- Long-term therapeutic diet.
- Brain trauma - contusion, concussion, compression.
- A common cause in preschool and primary school children is solar or heat stroke.
- Internal diseases - gastritis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, dyskinesia (obstruction) of the bile ducts, malignant tumors, ARVI.
- Ingestion of a foreign body in the stomach.
First aid for a child with symptoms of nausea
Diagnostics, first aid tactics and elimination of symptoms depend on the types of nauseawhich are classified according to their origin:
- Reflex - after eating.
- Toxic - as a result of exposure to poisons, toxic substances, pathogenic microorganisms.
- Vestibular - disruption of the vestibular apparatus (responsible for the coordination of movements).
- Brain - for somatic and infectious diseases brain.
- Metabolic - metabolic disorders, vitamin deficiency.
General principles of first aid
If your child is over 2 years old and is feeling relatively normal, you can deal with nausea on your own. The baby needs to call a pediatrician to the house for inspection and recommendations for further action. If the child's condition is severe, accompanied by additional symptoms (the child begins to vomit) and is rapidly deteriorating, an ambulance must be called, regardless of the victim's age.
Put the kid to bed, free from tight clothes. Wipe the skin of the face, neck, chest, brushes with a towel dipped in warm or cool water. If the baby is worried about chills, cover him with a warm rug or blanket. During nausea, you do not need to force the child to eat something. Products will irritate the mucous membrane and increase the discomfort.
If nausea occurs after a meal, you can try to induce artificial vomiting... This will greatly improve the condition of the child. To do this, give 1-2 glasses of water to drink for a short time, sit on a chair, then press on the root of the tongue with two or one fingers (depending on the child's age) and provoke a gag reflex. This procedure should not be performed on infants, as there is a high risk of vomit getting into airways.
Parenting tactics for certain types of nausea
Treatment depends on the underlying cause of the nausea. The first action is to eliminate the provoking factor:
- refusal to eat;
- drug withdrawal;
- taking off warm clothes;
- cessation of sun exposure;
- stopping and exiting the vehicle for fresh air.
Binge eating
Nausea appears due to insufficient breakdown of food into proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Therefore, the child needs to be given enzymes. These are preparations of natural origin, safe for the health of babies, do not have serious side effects. They improve the processes of digestion and assimilation of nutrients.
The drugs are available in tablets and capsules. The tablets are coated with a special coating that does not dissolve in the stomach. This is necessary in order for the enzymes to enter the duodenum. Only in this case will they be effective. Therefore, it is impossible to bite or crush tablets.
Pancreatic drugs:
- Pancreatin.
- Mezim.
- Festal.
- Pancreol.
- Enzistal.
Babies who cannot swallow a pill on their own are given Creon. It is available in capsules, the contents of which are small granules covered with a membrane insoluble in gastric juice. The drug can be given with milk, formula and any other food.
You can give a child with nausea without vomiting antacids... They gently envelop the walls of the stomach, relieve irritation of the mucous membrane, and reduce acidity. Antacids relieve symptoms such as heartburn, bitterness in the mouth, and abdominal discomfort. Most drugs are available in the form of a suspension or powder for its preparation, less often in tablets.
List of drugs:
- Almagel.
- Phosphalugel.
- Maalox.
- Gaviscon.
- Gastricide.
- Rennie.
Help quickly relieve nausea folk remedies... Infants of the first year of life are given dill water. You can cook it yourself, but you must adhere to the recipe exactly. It is better to buy ready-made granules in a sachet at the pharmacy, dissolve them according to the instructions and give them to the child during the day. It relieves nausea, spasms, is a mild laxative and diuretic.
Preparations:
- Plantex.
- Dill water.
- Dill.
- Instant fennel-based teas for children - "Hipp", "Baby", "Bebivita", "Humana".
Children of school age, if they feel nauseous, can be offered green tea with a slice of lemon. They will also relieve the unpleasant symptom of lemon balm or mint decoctions, tincture of orange peels.
Poisoning or acute intestinal infection
In this case, you can give the child some remedy for nausea, but it will be ineffective, since the infection is always accompanied by vomiting. Moreover, taking the drug can speed up its appearance.
Against the background of intoxication of the body, dehydration rapidly develops in children.... Loss of fluid is dangerous for a small body. Therefore, at the stage of pre-medical care, the key action is to provide the child with a large amount of fluid. You need to drink warm liquid, often in small sips, so that it has time to be absorbed in the stomach. Do not drink in one gulp or in large quantities, this will provoke additional vomiting and increase dehydration.
As a liquid, the child can be offered any water without gas (purified, mineral), compote, juice or fruit drink diluted with water, non-hot tea. Abundant intake of moisture into the body will reduce intoxication and reduce symptoms of nausea and headache.
Head injury and brain disease
With traumatic brain injury, it is contraindicated to give the child any traditional remedies for nausea... The mechanism of development of this sign is not associated with the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, and therefore all drugs will be ineffective.
If there is a serious brain damage, and nausea and vomiting in the child are constantly present, the following drugs are prescribed:
- Diazepam.
- Domperidone.
- Lorazepam
- Aminazine.
The listed medicines are potent narcotic neuroleptics with many side effects. They are prescribed only by the attending physician. These drugs are not available for sale in pharmacies. They are available by prescription only.
Assisting a child with motion sickness in transport
If the child is seasick in the car, it is necessary to stop immediately, open the window, in the warm season it is better to go outside... Unbutton outerwear, top buttons on a shirt or jacket, loosen the collar. Provide access to fresh air as much as possible.
Offer to drink water. If there is no obvious urge to vomit, you can give the child a lollipop for nausea. Wipe the skin of the face and neck with moist hypoallergenic (non-scented) wipes. The movement can be continued when the nausea subsides and the child's well-being improves.
Vomiting without vomiting in a child is a frequent occurrence faced by parents throughout the entire period of growth and maturation of children. To provide first aid, you need to analyze and correctly assess the condition of the baby.... If there is a suspicion of the seriousness of the problem, do not self-medicate, but contact a pediatrician or call an ambulance.
Infant vomiting is very common. Its reasons are varied. To determine them, you need to take into account the age, accompanying symptoms: the presence or absence of fever, diarrhea, the content of vomit, etc. Vomiting in a child without a fever does not mean the absence of a disease, sometimes in such cases the help of a doctor is needed. responsible for its occurrence, is located in the medulla oblongata. Impulses can come from completely different internal organs, vestibular apparatus and cortical centers of perception. Sometimes vomiting occurs as a result of exposure to the medulla oblongata of various toxins and drugs.
If a child is vomiting suddenly and without fever, what should be done before the doctor arrives? First aid should be given during and immediately after gastric emptying.
It is necessary:
- make sure that the child does not choke - do not allow his head to be thrown back, do not lay him on his back, you need to turn his head to one side, preferably raising it by 30 °;
- after vomiting, rinse the child's mouth with warm water or wipe it with a wet cotton swab oral cavity, corners of the mouth and lips. Instead of water, you can use a weak disinfectant solution, such as potassium permanganate or boric acid;
- often give a child to drink in small portions, the water should be cool, for older children - cold. To eliminate vomiting, you can add a few mint drops, use Rehydron. For children under one year old, give 2 teaspoons every 5 minutes, from one to 3 years old - 3 each, from 3 years old - 4.
If the attack of vomiting is single and is not accompanied by fever, diarrhea, deterioration of the general condition of the child, you can postpone calling the doctor.
All you need to do is to carefully observe the baby and, in case of deterioration, the appearance of additional symptoms, apply for medical help.
Grounds for calling an ambulance
Vomiting in a child without fever can be a sign of some serious illnesses, including those requiring immediate surgical intervention. Therefore, you can not delay seeking medical help and self-medicate.
Call an ambulance immediately if:
- vomiting is repeated often, does not stop;
- the child cannot be drunk due to the frequent eruption of vomit;
- additional symptoms are present - high fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain;
- fainting, fainting, or, conversely, excessive excitability (crying, screaming, physical activity) appear;
- severe abdominal pain combined with bloating and constipation;
- vomiting occurred after consuming products of dubious quality, chemical additives, medicines;
- vomiting occurred after a head injury, a fall, a blow - an urgent examination by a neurologist is needed;
- lethargy, drowsiness, convulsions, fever are observed.
If vomiting occurs once or twice, the stool is liquid or normal, while the child normally drinks water, plays, sleeps well, then it is not necessary to call an ambulance, but you should contact your local pediatrician.
Diseases accompanied by vomiting without fever
Some serious illnesses in a child can be accompanied by diarrhea, nausea and vomiting without fever. Most often this is observed with the following diseases.
Intestinal infections: typhoid fever, etc. These diseases can be accompanied by high fever, but sometimes it remains normal. Vomiting occurs without connection with food, it may appear one or more times.
The vomit is always the same. Diarrhea is often more pronounced, the stool is liquid, sometimes with foam, mucus, and has a pungent odor. The child is capricious and restless, exhausted, becomes drowsy and lethargic. Refuses to eat and drink, rarely or does not pee at all. Dehydration sets in.
Treatment is carried out only inpatiently for children under one year old, at an older age at home or in a hospital. Absorbing drugs, antibiotic, antiviral and rehydrating agents, probiotics are prescribed. Pain relievers and antipyretic medications may be used as needed.
Food poisoning. Often occurs after the use of canned food, dairy products, puree from meat and fruits. Nausea and vomiting occur after eating, repeated several times. The stool is thin, streaked with blood. Characterized by severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen.
The general state of health becomes worse, the child is capricious, cries, gets tired quickly and becomes lethargic. Refuses to eat and drink. If a child is 3 years old or less and vomiting without fever appears due to food poisoning, then he needs to be hospitalized.
Treatment for older children can be arranged at home. Gastric lavage is performed, absorbing agents, rehydrating drugs, prebiotics, and drugs that relieve spasms and inflammation are prescribed.
Allergy to food or medicine. Vomiting and diarrhea occur after the child has eaten. The masses contain an undigested product. In addition, skin rashes, swelling of mucous membranes, difficulty breathing may appear. Treatment can be arranged at home or in a hospital.
The basis of therapy is antiallergic drugs. Absorbents and hormonal agents may be prescribed.
Dysbacteriosis. In this condition, vomiting does not appear often, the stool is foamy, sometimes replaced by constipation. Revealed flatulence, whitish plaque in the oral cavity.
Itching, peeling, rash is possible. Treatment is carried out at home and boils down to correcting the diet and restoring the balance of microflora using probiotics.
Intestinal intussusception... Without a rise in temperature, the child vomits with bile. Cramping pains in the epigastrium are accompanied by screaming and crying. The stool is jelly-like, streaked with blood. Only surgical treatment is possible.
The acute form of gastritis, duodenitis. First, nausea appears, then profuse repeated vomiting with bile. Bloating, pain, and impaired appetite are noted. Therapeutic measures are carried out at home. The main techniques are diet correction, frequent drinking, taking pribiotics.
Diseases of the pancreas, liver and gallbladder. Vomiting occurs after eating, one or more times. Vomit with bile and food particles. Concomitant symptoms: severe epigastric pain, belching of air and gas, impaired appetite. Inpatient treatment with the use of hepatoprotectors or drugs with enzymes, taking painkillers, adherence to a therapeutic diet.
Diseases of the central nervous system (ischemia, hydrocephalus, tumors, intracranial pressure). Vomiting is frequent. In the child's behavior, anxiety changes to lethargy. Infants also have a bulging fontanelle.
Treatment depending on the disease is carried out at home or in the hospital. It includes taking drugs that restore cell nutrition. For hydrocephalus and tumors - surgical methods.
Ingestion of a foreign object. Vomiting of food particles with mucus, sometimes with blood. Breathing is disturbed, the child is restless. Two options for help: observing and waiting for a natural exit with a chair, or surgery.
Diseases accompanied by vomiting without fever in children under one year old
Gastroesophageal reflux. There are few erupting masses and they have a sour smell. Gastric emptying occurs immediately after feeding. The child often hiccups, cries, worries. Hypersalvation is noted.
Treatment is possible at home. Prescribed drugs that block the release of hydrochloric acid and antacids. It is also necessary to adjust the frequency and volume of feedings.
Pyloric stenosis.Vomit is abundant, homogeneous, thrown out by a jet under pressure half an hour after feeding. The symptom appears 2-3 days after birth. The child loses weight, dehydration occurs, convulsions. Treatment is only surgical, urgent.
Pylorospasm. The newborn has a lot of vomiting. Conservative treatment can be arranged at home. It is recommended to feed in small divided portions and warm compresses on the stomach. If these methods fail, surgical intervention is necessary.
Congenital diverticulum of the esophagus. Abundant vomiting of digested milk or mixture is observed. The disease causes some weight loss and is treated with surgery.
Causes of vomiting that do not require treatment
In some cases, vomiting that occurs in a child without fever does not require treatment. All that needs to be done is to eliminate the causes of the dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract.
Spitting up leftover food in babies - a normal occurrence that occurs 2-3 times a day. The volume of the outgoing masses is about 1–1.5 teaspoons. The reasons may be an excessive amount of food, the horizontal position of the baby, insufficient development of the gastrointestinal tract functions. In order to eliminate the symptom, you need to feed the child with a raised head, make a "soldier" (keep upright) after each feeding, do not overfeed.
Teething of milk teeth. Vomiting is not abundant, does not affect body weight and appetite. The cause may be swallowing air, feeding during severe pain. To eliminate the symptom, you need to use special gum gels and teethers, and massage the gums.
Introduction of complementary foods. Single vomiting due to insufficient amount of enzymes, rejection of the product by the child's body. The help consists in the temporary elimination of the product.
Psychogenic vomiting in children after 3 years. It can develop against the background of stress, anxiety, or as a reaction to refusing to eat. It is necessary to eliminate the stressful situation, if this does not help, consult a psychologist.
Indigestion. Vomiting and loose stools with particles of undigested food. It is necessary to reconsider the diet and give the child more fluids.
Climate change. Vomiting and diarrhea can occur once or twice, and pass as the child adapts to new conditions.
Prohibited activities for vomiting
If a child has vomiting, in no case should:
- Perform a gastric lavage if the child is unconscious.
- Give the child antispasmodics and antiemetics without a doctor's recommendation.
- Do gastric lavage with antiseptic solutions.
- Choose antibiotics on your own.
- Do not come for a second examination if the state of health has returned to normal and the symptoms have disappeared.
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Child vomits: what to do?
When a child vomits, many parents experience real panic. After all, it can be an infection or food poisoning, which threatens dehydration, so you should immediately take action. We will tell you what to do if your child is vomiting.
Causes of vomiting in a child
There are several reasons why a child may vomit. To determine the true cause, you need to remember what the baby did in the hours preceding the malaise. Based on such observations, you can correctly diagnose, which means that the treatment will be correct and the child will recover quickly.
Vomiting can occur due to:
- intestinal infection (it can be brought in along with stale food, green or unwashed fruits);
- severe disorder of the nervous system (fear, severe disorder);
- diseases of the central nervous system (usually, before vomiting, the child is worried about frequent headaches, fever);
- metabolic disorders (vomiting due to malnutrition);
- diseases occurring in the digestive tract;
- foreign body entering the stomach;
- infectious diseases.
What can you do if your baby is vomiting?
It is best to immediately seek help from a pediatrician, but if this is impossible for some reason, then you should help the baby on your own. Lay the baby on its back so that the head is slightly higher than the body, so he does not suffocate if the vomit continues to flow.
Be sure to give your child plenty of fluids, as vomiting can lead to dehydration. If he refuses to drink, force him, tell him that he will soon feel better.
To restore the electrolyte balance, you need to give your baby special medications. This could be:
- "Regidron"
- "Smecta"
- Enterodez.
It is "Regidron" that copes best with vomiting. That's just it won't taste like it, but you need to give the child a teaspoon of the solution every 5 minutes if the child is under 3 years old, and 30 ml every half an hour if he is 3 or more. A weak solution of potassium permanganate also helps well.
If the baby also has a fever, then it is recommended to give the following drugs:
- Nurofen
- "Calpol"
- "Panadol".
If your actions did not bring relief to the baby, then you should call an ambulance, because vomiting can be a symptom of a serious illness that will not go away in a few days. This requires special treatment, which should only be prescribed by a doctor.
Learn more about what you can do if your child is vomiting in our article.
Vomiting diet
To alleviate the condition of the child, you need to make sure that he follows the diet. You can't give it to him;
- cow's milk;
- carbonated drinks;
- bouillon;
- rice broth.
These fluids will only worsen dehydration. If the child feels better, you can give him a glass of freshly squeezed juice to drink, vegetable or fruit puree, a baked apple will do. It is better to abstain from solid food for several days, as it will cause discomfort. As a result, vomiting may occur again, which means that you will have to start treatment again.
On the third day, it is allowed to eat mashed rice porridge, and kefir and dairy products - only on the fifth, it will also be possible to cook steamed dishes for the baby - meatballs, cutlets, fish. Do not forget about cereals: buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, boiled in water, will only benefit him and will not cause discomfort. Do not forget to make sure that the baby drinks more liquid, better than filtered water - this way he will recover faster.
Several Yet useful tips about actions that can be taken in case of nausea and vomiting in a baby, you will find in our article.
Nausea is a sign of inner trouble. If a child is sick and vomiting, he vomits, it means that the body is trying to get rid of what it does not like.
Why does the baby vomit?
A sign of increased intracranial pressure is nausea and vomiting in the morning, while the person still has a headache. In order to exclude this ailment, you need to show the patient to a neurologist and do an echoencephalography. In order to alleviate the condition, you can drink a hundred grams of kefir and eat an apple before going to bed. This method is recommended for those who need to remove excess moisture from the body.
Why does the baby vomit? Anxiety may be the cause. Shy and shy children often experience nausea due to fear or anxiety. In order to help the child, you need to give him a soothing tea with mint, lemon and lemon balm. You can also pour a few drops of Valerian onto a handkerchief and let the child breathe.
Weak vestibular apparatus can cause nausea that appears in moving vehicles. In order to alleviate the situation, you need to sit the baby facing the movement. The use of lollipops, special bracelets and pills is also recommended. Some people think that it is enough just to close your eyes and stop vomiting.
Doctors cite another cause of nausea - salt loss due to dehydration. Such nausea occurs after prolonged and active games. To avoid this, you need to drink a lot. If the child has played too much and forgot about drinking, he needs to be reminded about it.
Baby vomits at night
Vomiting may start suddenly, even at night. This can happen due to overeating, trauma, pathology of the central nervous system, ingestion of pathogens, and so on. The danger that a child vomits at night is that he can choke on the vomit. If blood is observed in the vomit, while a high temperature has risen and the urge to vomit is quite frequent, an ambulance should be called. Parents should keep a close eye on the child if he suffers a head injury. An ordinary bruise may hide a concussion that needs to be treated.
If vomiting is accompanied by diarrhea, then the child is most likely poisoned. Rotavirus infection can also be the cause. Do not delay calling a doctor, because if a child vomits and vomits, the body quickly loses moisture. Dehydration is pretty dangerous phenomenonespecially in the early childhood... If you do not provide assistance in time, it can be fatal. In order for this not to happen, in addition to medicines, the child must receive a lot of water. Moreover, you need to drink not half a glass, but in small portions and often, so as not to provoke a new attack of vomiting and the water does not fly out with diarrhea. Children who have not been given a drink at the time are put under a dropper and try to normalize the water-salt balance in the body through the blood. The task of the parents is not to bring it to this, but to help the child at the first stage of the disease.
Baby vomits and fever
Vomiting, diarrhea, elevated temperature bodies are all signs of poisoning. At first, the child experiences nausea, then vomiting appears, and only then diarrhea. You should not study medical encyclopedias or surf the Internet, it is better to immediately call a doctor and show him the patient. Indeed, in addition to poisoning, the causes of malaise can be Escherichia coli, salmonella, staphylococcus and so on. Each of these diseases is treated in different ways; an erroneous diagnosis made by the parents on their own can lead to severe and irreversible consequences. The child vomits and the temperature rises, in the early stages he behaves too actively, sometimes aggressively, then the activity is replaced by lethargy. The causes of vomiting and diarrhea can be pneumonia, appendicitis, pyelonephritis.
Baby coughs and vomits
In the offseason, a rare child does not get sick. The body adapts to a decrease in temperature and often this causes a weakening of the immune system.
The cough irritates the bronchi and trachea. Vomiting is annoying back wall pharynx. Closely located nerve centers in the brain are responsible for these reflexes, therefore, when one is irritated, the other is sometimes also excited. Because of this, the child coughs and vomits at the same time. Do not be afraid of this. Parents must remain calm, which will be passed on to the child, who is already frightened by what is happening to him.
Whooping cough can be the cause of the cough. foreign body, SARS, tracheitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, runny nose and so on. Today, children rarely get sick with whooping cough, since in early childhood everyone is vaccinated against this disease. However, there are times when a vaccinated child still gets mild this disease... In this situation, the disease can drag on for a month.
The child vomits, what to do?
Newborn babies vomit due to overeating or aversion to certain foods. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell the difference between regurgitation and vomiting. To sound the alarm or not depends on the overall well-being of the baby and on how he is gaining weight.
When a child vomits, not all parents know what to do. If, in addition to vomiting, the child has diarrhea and a high fever, a doctor should be called quickly. Otherwise, you can be late with treatment and pay dearly for it.
Before the arrival of the doctor, you need to constantly water the child either from a teaspoon, or from a bottle, or from a syringe without a needle. You need to arrange something like a dropper through the mouth. That is, the water must constantly drip, drip, without stopping. As a drink, you can use chamomile or not strong black tea, plain or slightly salted water will do. The water should be warm, never hot or cold. Doctors recommend giving Smecta, Regidron or Enterodez dissolved in water. These drugs remove toxins and normalize the water-salt balance in the body.
If the temperature rises above 38.2, then it is necessary to give an antipyretic. Before this mark on the thermometer, you do not need to give anything, because the temperature is a sign that the immune system is fighting infection and should not be interfered with. How can you bring down the temperature? The most popular are Nurofen, Panadol and Kalpol.
Do not worry if the child refuses to eat at this time. The main thing is to drink, and without food a child can stay for three days and nothing happens. If, nevertheless, the baby agreed to eat, food should be given dairy-free, with the exception of breast milk, which helps the child overcome any illness.
Baby vomits bile
If he vomits the bile of a newborn, it means that he has an obstruction of the esophagus. The kid does not grow, as he vomits after each meal. Also, the child vomits bile if there is a pathology of the gallbladder or with blockage of the bile ducts. In this situation, you cannot do without the help of specialists. Before the arrival of the ambulance, the stomach can be washed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After the stomach is flushed, the patient can be given mint tea or hard candy.
Baby vomits water
Vomiting can be accompanied by fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and general malaise. However, vomiting occurs without additional symptoms. Just vomiting and that's it. If a child vomits water, it means that he has nothing in his stomach other than water. This happens when children, during active games, run up to the table, drink a glass of water in one gulp and continue to rush on. If the vomiting was one-time and at the same time the child feels normal, vigorous and cheerful, then there is no point in worrying. If the attacks recur and the child becomes lethargic or irritable, you need to call a doctor, regardless of what is contained in the vomit.
Child vomits blood
Acute gastritis, that is, inflammation of the gastric mucosa, is manifested by repeated vomiting and nausea. Vomit often contains bile, undigested food, and even blood. The child vomits up blood from taking antibiotics, dieting and other reasons. Blood in vomit does not always indicate gastric bleeding. This happens when some small vessel bursts during vomiting, which gives red streaks.
If a large foreign body enters the child's digestive tract, vomiting begins. This happens a few minutes after ingestion. The baby is restless, breathing heavily, there is profuse salivation. This will continue until the stomach throws out what prevents it from working.
Baby vomits, what to give?
Vomiting is an unpleasant process even for an adult, let alone a child. Children are often afraid of this condition. In order to help the child, you need to stay calm and show the child with your whole appearance that you know what to do (even if you don't). First, you need to ensure the child is in the correct position. If the patient is lying, then you need to turn his head to one side or slightly raise it. It is important to ensure that vomit does not enter the airways. If the child begins to vomit in the arms of an adult, do not put him to bed. Better to hold it upright.
Secondly, before the doctor arrives, you need to begin to solder the child in order to prevent dehydration. They drink water, not strong tea, or saline... Many parents start to panic and think: the child is vomiting, what to give? You don't need to give anything. Just drink and drink again. The doctor will prescribe the treatment regimen after he conducts an examination and makes a diagnosis.
Why does the child feel sick and vomit, no temperature? This question worries many parents. Vomiting in a child for no reason happens much more often than in adults. The causes of vomiting and diarrhea in children can be very different.
What causes nausea and vomiting in a child under one year old without fever
You should not think that a normal temperature with nausea speaks of the health of the first year of a baby's life. For example, nausea will appear with the following diseases that require urgent medical attention:
- Diverticulum (bulging of the wall) of the esophagus is congenital. The child does not vomit and vomit not much and not often, the vomit contains not curdled milk.
- Gastroesophageal reflux (reflexive backward movement of food from the stomach into the esophagus). The child is sick after eating and vomits, and the volume of masses with a sour smell is small. Concomitant symptoms: increased salivation, hiccups, anxiety.
- Pylorospasm (contractions of the gastric pylorus). Vomiting in small masses.
- Pyloric stenosis, in which food does not have the ability from the stomach to enter the duodenum, occurs early, on the second day of life. strongly, "fountain", about thirty minutes after eating.
Symptoms of possible diseases
With some formidable diseases, the child has a headache and nausea, but the body temperature remains within normal limits. What symptoms of diseases are manifested with vomiting without high fever in older children:
For example, these may be precursors of the following pathological processes:
- Intestinal intussusception... It is the cause of vomiting of bile in a child, and with vomiting spasms, it experiences severe soreness, to which it reacts with crying and screaming.
- Food or drug allergies... In such cases, the child is often nauseous, and this is accompanied by any end of the meal. Typically, this nausea is accompanied by characteristic allergic reactions in the form of urticaria, swelling of the mucous membranes, problems with respiratory function.
- ... There is diarrhea, with foamy stools. The child is nauseous and has a fever, nausea is not frequent, accompanied by increased gas production in the intestines, and a characteristic white coating of the oral mucosa.
- ... Poor quality food can cause vomiting in children without fever: stale foods cause it almost immediately after eating. There are traces of blood in the stool of the poisoned person, paroxysmal pains in the abdomen are observed. Over time, the condition can worsen sharply, mainly in children of early preschool age.
- ... The cause of vomiting in a child may be infection, typhoid fever. Sometimes occurs without a rise in temperature. The child is sick in the morning, regardless of food intake. Digestive upset is observed, diarrhea has an intense unpleasant odor. There is increased excitability and moodiness. He refuses to eat and almost does not drink, because the child is sick and stomach ache.
- Acute gastritis, inflammation of the duodenum... The causes of headache and vomiting in a child can be just such diseases, since they are characterized by strong vomiting with a high content of bile in it. The baby does not eat, experiences severe pain in the abdomen.
- The reasons for vomiting at night in a child may be brain diseasessuch as brain tumors, increased intracranial pressure. The baby has a change in mood, apathy alternates with increased activity. Nausea is quite frequent, drugs at home cannot be removed.
- The child is dizzy and sick for diseases of the liver, pancreas or gallbladder... Vomiting occurs after eating, contains bile and undigested food. The kid complains about severe pain in the stomach, increased gas production.
- Ingestion of foreign objects in the stomach when swallowing... The baby is restless, there is blood and mucus in the vomit. There may be breathing problems.
When to call an ambulance
Only a specialist can make an accurate diagnosis, but in order not to waste precious time, it is necessary to urgently call an ambulance if the following symptoms appear:
- there was a rapid heartbeat;
- sudden coldness of hands and feet;
- nausea is accompanied by an unreasonable loss of strength, the baby is inactive, drowsy, he has involuntary convulsions or is in a fever;
- acute pain in the abdomen;
- due to frequent vomiting, signs of dehydration began;
- increased nervous excitability, he behaves too restlessly, cries, screams;
- loses consciousness, or is in a borderline state;
- there is a suspicion of food or drug poisoning;
- the skin has become pale;
- began to vomit after bruises in the head area.
Vasilyeva E.S., Novocherkassk, MBUZ "Children's City Hospital", neonatologist
In case of nausea in infants, before the arrival of the doctor, it is necessary that the baby does not choke on vomit.
To do this, it is best to keep it upright, turning the head slightly down and to the side.
What measures to take
What to do if the child is sick and vomits without fever? Sudden onset of nausea requires clear and consistent responses.
- First of all, if the child is sick and vomiting, there is no temperature, you need to give him cool clean water with mint extract to drink in small sips... The older the baby, the colder the water can be.
- In order to prevent the ingestion of vomit, the baby should be upright, with the face down.
- Within 15 minutes after nausea, to restore the acid-base balance, dilute one packet of Regidron in one liter of warm, filtered or boiled water. Give such a solution to drink in small sips, a quarter of a glass every half hour.
- Carefully observe the condition: if after vomiting his health has not worsened during the day, and there are no other symptoms, and the baby normally drinks liquid, and is playful, then you can calm down, but be sure to show it to the pediatrician the next day.
- If the child is sick and vomiting, there is no temperature, it is also good to give him a warm broth of rose hips, or weak tea.
- In addition to the drug Regidron, to remove possible intoxication, give half a tablet of activated carbon, or Smecta.
It will be better if there is a break between Rehydron and Smecta when taking What not to do if there is vomiting, but no fever
Self-medication and improper actions can harm health much more than some delay in treatment. It is strictly forbidden to do the following:
- Take antibacterial drugs without a doctor's prescription;
- Decide on your own to give antiemetic medicines and antispasmodics;
- Rinse the stomach with disinfectants, antiseptics;
- Flush the stomach when the baby has lost consciousness.
For example, what if a child is sick in the car? There is information and answers to questions about what means will help you travel without problems, and so that your baby does not get seasick on the way.
How vomiting and nausea with fever differs from nausea without it can be clearly seen in the comparison table.
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With this symptom, it is usually not required to take medications, however, to restore metabolic processes in the body, it is recommended:
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Proskuryakova T.M., Taganrog, MBUZ "Children's hospital", pediatrician
For more than 15 years of work experience, I want to advise all parents not to try to immediately give the baby a solution of potassium permanganate to drink.
The causes of vomiting in a child can be very different, and sometimes potassium permanganate can only aggravate the condition.
Causes of vomiting in children without fever that do not require medical intervention
In view of the peculiarities of the child's body, nausea may be the result of a normal, non-pathological violation of the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract. It is easily eliminated by treating the causes of digestive dysfunction.
Most frequent reasons such disorders are:
- Abrupt climate changeespecially for children early agewhose body does not have a perfect system of adaptation to weather conditions.
- The appearance of the first milk teeth... It always hurts, and the baby, when feeding, is forced to swallow air, causing minor vomit. However, this does not affect either body weight or appetite.
- Unsuitable foodcausing indigestion. There are particles of undigested food in the vomit, but the baby has a good, healthy appetite. This problem is eliminated with proper nutrition.
- Switching from dairy food to the first complementary food... Due to the lack of a sufficient amount of digestive enzymes in the baby, food is not absorbed and is evacuated from the stomach.
- In children of younger kindergarten age (from the age of three), nausea may appear against the background of strong emotional experiences... Such children do not feel appetite, and completely refuse to eat.
What complications can there be?
The most common serious complication after prolonged and profuse nausea is the critical loss of the body's required volume of fluid.
Usually dehydration occurs when it is impossible to water the baby.
As a result of dehydration, fainting may occur, and in severe cases, the baby falls into a coma. A lethal outcome is not excluded if ambulance is not provided on time.
It is better to give small portions of water to the child so that it is absorbed faster You will find out if the child has vomiting without diarrhea, but has a fever. Is it possible to carry out the treatment at home.