Your baby suddenly vomited. What to do? The first is not to neglect this, attributing everything to elementary overeating. But you should not panic either. Tantrum is not a good helper. What first aid for vomiting in children can be provided at home?
To answer this question, you need to figure out what caused the vomiting. What to give with vomiting to a child, 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 a congenital pathology of the digestive system. It begins on the first day of life. More often it is very plentiful, sometimes with impurities of bile, blood, feces. Since the child at this time, as a rule, is in the hospital, he is monitored by a doctor who prescribes either therapeutic or surgical treatment. But there are cases when vomiting in infants begins at home. The child spits up a small, up to 30 ml, amount of milk or water. There are several reasons for this:
- He was overfed.
- He, along with milk, swallowed air.
- Uncomfortable position of the baby during feeding.
- Unsuitable infant formula.
- A quick change in the position of the baby’s body after feeding (fed and immediately put in the crib)
- Gastrointestinal underdevelopment in infants.
Regurgitation from these causes is considered normal. If the child remains active, gaining weight well, his temperature does not increase, then there is no need to worry about such vomiting and nothing needs to be given to the child.
Somewhere after 2 weeks of life, babies may have vomiting caused by pyloric stenosis. Its distinguishing features are very plentiful and frequent, up to 20 times a day, with a fountain, vomit reminiscent of curdled milk. What does vomiting give in this case? Warm water, moreover, as often as possible. You need to give a little, just a few drops, but often. Otherwise, dehydration occurs. A doctor’s call in this case is necessary, since such a child needs surgery.
But now the baby has grown. He is already 2, 3, 5 years old and more. All the fears and anxieties of the first days of his life abated. In their place came new ones. Vomiting that occurs in a child at this age can also be caused by many causes. Regardless of them, parents should first of all reassure the baby, wash him, if he stained his face with vomit, rinse his mouth. The causes of vomiting can also be completely "harmless", namely:
- The child has overeaten.
- He doesn’t want to eat what is being forced.
- After eating, he began to tumble, indulge.
What to give with vomiting to the child in such cases? Best rehydron. If it is not at hand, you can prepare the solution yourself. It is done simply - 1 teaspoon of sodium chloride, half a teaspoon of soda and two tablespoons of sugar are dissolved in a liter of water. You can also give unsweetened weak tea, a rosehip broth without sugar, mineral water, rice broth or a decoction of lemon balm grass, 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. Water the child should be in small portions, but often. If vomiting occurs once, you should not call a doctor.
If the baby has fever during vomiting, there is blood, bile, mucus, a sharp unpleasant odor in the vomit, if the vomiting is accompanied by dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain or any pain, if there is any deterioration in the condition of the child (lethargy, weakness, loss or deterioration vision, severe nausea), if vomiting occurs frequently, parents must immediately call a doctor.
What to give with vomiting to the child until the doctor arrives? Only water (and preferably a special solution such as rehydron, which prevents the loss of salts). No medications should be given. In cases where the condition of the child is not very severe, water can be replaced with a weak unsweetened 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 hour.
There are times when vomiting is necessary. If the child has eaten something bad, harmful substances have got into the stomach or there are other indications for urgent gastric lavage, the child is given 1-3 glasses of water to drink and causes him to vomit. In water, you can add a few drops of a solution of potassium permanganate. In such cases, it is also important to know what to give when the child is vomiting. You can prepare a weak saline solution or activated carbon solution. To do this, 2 tablets of coal are pushed and stirred in a glass of water. It is impossible to feed the child after washing the stomach. If the baby asks for food, you can give him crackers.
In the event of such vomiting, the doctor is called, based on the condition of the child.