What if vomiting baby? What to do first? How to help your baby? Such questions are very worrying for parents already at the first symptoms of the disease. Digestion, as a rule, is accompanied by diarrhea, which significantly worsens the condition of the patient. In this case, dehydration of the body is especially dangerous , which leads to disruption of the functioning of all systems of the human body. If the child vomits, and the diarrhea does not stop for a while, you must call a doctor or an ambulance.
Before their arrival, the task of the parents is to ensure the flow of fluid into the body.
How to recognize the danger to the life and health of the baby
Diarrhea and vomiting can be signs of dangerous diseases that require immediate medical attention. The following symptoms will help you find out:
- the age of the child is less than three years;
- body temperature is more than 38 degrees;
- there is blood in the stool;
- frequent and profuse diarrhea;
- frequent vomiting
- refusal of a child to drink and eat;
- the baby has dry lips, sunken eyes, no tears.
Your actions if vomiting baby
What should parents do? First of all, it is necessary to provide the baby with peace and regularly drink. Servings of drink should be small but frequent. Giving normal boiled water is not recommended. It is necessary to add a teaspoon of salt and five sugar. This amount is taken per liter of water. It is best to purchase special saline solutions at the pharmacy. In addition to salt, they contain substances that help normalize digestion and improve health.
You can not give the child tea, fruit juice, carbonated drinks, cow's milk, rice broth, broth. These fluids do not contain enough salt and will only aggravate dehydration.
Somewhat different recommendations can be given if the baby is vomiting. If you are breastfeeding, then you need to apply it more often than usual. The same can be said about the milk mixture. In addition, the child should be given a special solution. It is best to use a teaspoon for this. So you can adjust how much the child drank. If after this the baby immediately vomits, then he should be drunk again. This should be done very slowly. Your tricks do not help, and still vomiting the baby. What to do? If all else fails, diarrhea and vomiting lasts more than four hours, then you must call a doctor.
How to understand that treatment has helped
In most cases, vomiting and diarrhea in children go away after a few days. In this case, pathogenic infections and bacteria are eliminated on their own. To find out if the treatment is valid is simply necessary. The following factors testify to its effectiveness:
- the child has become more active and feels better;
- the baby has an appetite;
- vomiting and diarrhea are less likely or gone.
When a child vomits, all parents should know what to do. So you can help your baby and prevent the development of a serious disease. It is worth noting that only a doctor can prescribe any medications and especially antibiotics. Using them yourself, you can seriously harm the baby.