The causes of vomiting in a child can be very different. The most common cause is a pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. If the child is very small, then vomiting can accompany regurgitation, so it is very difficult to distinguish what it is. This may be due to overeating or intolerance to food. If this is rarely repeated, then no intervention is necessary.
The second reason, which often causes vomiting in a child, may be an intestinal infection or simply intolerance to any food. If vomiting occurs along with rashes, then, depending on age, the child needs to be given an antihistamine (after the stomach is completely empty). It is advisable at this stage to consult a pediatrician about further nutrition of the child. In general, it is believed that if the infection is not severe, then special treatment is not necessary. You just need to give the stomach and intestines free of toxins, the main thing is to give a plentiful drink. If vomiting does not stop and the child begins to lose weight, then you must definitely call a doctor. Moreover, the doctor should be called when vomiting is also accompanied by high fever. Since in young children, this condition may require urgent hospitalization. This is due to the fact that the parents themselves are not able to replenish the fluid lost by the baby, and this can only be done with a dropper. If necessary, antibacterial drugs are also injected into the dropper.
Vomiting after eating in a child can be caused by an anatomical violation of the patency of the esophagus or in another way pyloric stenosis. This problem can only be solved with surgery.
There is another condition similar to pyloric stenosis called pylorospasm. This option is most often observed in children who were born prematurely and in whom the central nervous system did not have time to mature . Or in children in whom this system was affected during childbirth or during pregnancy. In this case, the treatment should be carried out by a neurologist.
Vomiting after eating in a child can also be caused by a disease or brain injury. In this case, after vomiting does not become easier, as is usually the case with a gastrointestinal upset.
Vomiting after eating in a child aged 4-5 years can begin suddenly against the background of the absolute health of the child. Such attacks of vomiting may be associated with the formation and action of ketone bodies on the child’s brain. Often, vomiting can be a consequence of the consumption of fat in large quantities. For example, if a child eats a lot of cream, ice cream, butter and other fats. Thus, the pancreas cannot completely digest all incoming fat. Ketone bodies in a child can also appear when a chubby child decides to lose weight dramatically. When the body ceases to receive the amount of nutrients it needs, it begins to burn fats, as a result of which ketone bodies appear and vomiting appears.
Perhaps for many it will be a discovery that vomiting after eating in a child can be of a psychological nature. A similar reaction occurs to a variety of stimuli. For example, for young children, such an irritant may be the departure of parents or the appearance of a stranger. For older children, this is longing, some kind of fear or unwillingness to do something (sometimes, the child does not even know what exactly). In such situations, you need to seek help from a pediatric neurologist, sometimes a pediatric psychotherapist.
Let's summarize: if your child began to suffer from vomiting after eating, do not rush to take him to the doctor. If this happened once, perhaps the child just ate something wrong. If vomiting is repeated, then it is better to consult a pediatrician or other specialists to find out the true nature of the appearance of vomiting.