As a rule, vomiting in a baby is a reaction to any external stimulus or acts as a symptom of the disease. Remember that before you think about how to stop vomiting in a child, you need to determine its cause. If vomiting occurs once, there is no reason for concern. However, when a systematic recurrence of bouts of vomiting occurs, you must consult a doctor as soon as possible. It is strictly contraindicated to wait a few days, and even more so, for weeks.
There are several main signs, in the presence of which it is worth thinking about how to stop vomiting in a child:
- If bouts of vomiting are repeated periodically.
- If the baby spits up a lot and very often (normal regurgitation - no more than a tablespoon).
- Vomiting with an admixture of blood, mucus or bile.
- Decreased appetite, rejection of breast milk, diarrhea or constipation, abnormal behavior (drowsiness or agitation), pallor of the skin, increased heart rate, cool limbs. In these cases, it is necessary to call a doctor to establish the cause and urgently stop vomiting in the child.
The greatest danger of vomiting is precisely for young children, especially for babies up to a year.
If a child regurgitation is accompanied by bile secretion after eating, moreover, this regurgitation is not constant after feeding, it is necessary to undergo examination for the presence or absence of pylorospasm. Bile may also be a sign of pancreatic disease, liver dysfunction, gallbladder disease, or a consequence of improper feeding.
If vomiting is accompanied by diarrhea and fever, this can be a sign of an infectious disease. Often the cause of vomiting in infants is dysbiosis. In this case, you need to not only know how to stop vomiting, but also undergo a special examination to treat the disease.
There are several main recommendations that will help you decide how to stop vomiting in a child:
- If heat stroke occurs , which also causes an increase in body temperature and diarrhea, it is necessary to stabilize the body temperature to eliminate vomiting and normalize the child's condition.
- If the child is poisoned with drugs or chemicals, he needs to be urgently hospitalized and his stomach rinsed.
- When the cause of vomiting is food poisoning, you can also rinse your stomach and eliminate vomiting at home. So, you need to drink the child about 500 ml of boiled water and then press a finger on the root of the tongue. Activated carbon (pre-ground) or powder (0.5-1 tbsp.spoon per 0.5 liter of water) is recommended to be added to the drinking liquid. Rinse the stomach until it is completely clean. If vomiting or diarrhea resumes again, you need to give your baby water to drink into which soda or salt should be added (per glass of water - 0.5 teaspoon of salt or soda taken on the tip of a knife).
However, it must be remembered that when the child is unconscious, the stomach should not be washed.
When vomiting has stopped, the child should not be forced to drink or eat. Wait until he asks for it. It is allowed to give some water only after 2 hours after the completion of vomiting. If after this vomiting does not recur, after a quarter of an hour it is allowed to give a little more drink. It is possible to feed only after the child's request for food. Moreover, the food should be light, and the portion is small.
There are many ways to stop vomiting in a child, but it is important to remember that it should be treated only after examination in a hospital facility. Only after this, the doctor can prescribe appropriate treatment aimed at eliminating the cause of vomiting. The task of parents is to carefully monitor the baby’s nutrition, provide him with the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals.