What should I do if I have bloating due to gastroenteritis? These methods help you

When children are born, they cannot adapt well to some external stimuli and may suffer from diseases such as gastritis and bloating from time to time. In this case, it is best for the mother to take the baby to a professional hospital for diagnosis and treatment to avoid missing the best treatment time. In addition, pay attention to the baby's diet, which must be light.

1. What to do if children have enteritis and flatulence

The causes of abdominal bloating in babies may be: swallowing too much air, indigestion, gastrointestinal motility disorders, etc. Most of them can be treated symptomatically; but if the baby's belly is very bloated and vomiting occurs, and his appetite and mood are affected, it is best for the mother to take the baby to see a pediatrician and let the doctor diagnose and treat him, so as not to miss the opportunity for treatment.

There are several main reasons why babies are prone to bloating: (1) Swallowing too much air: When babies are fed with a bottle, if they suck too quickly, they are likely to inhale too much air. If the nipple hole of the bottle is not the right size or the bottle is tilted, air will be inhaled into the baby's stomach through the gap in the nipple. Excessive crying by babies can also easily lead to bloating. (2) Indigestion: The accumulation of feces in the intestines causes the proliferation of gas-producing bad bacteria, or milk protein allergy, lactose intolerance, enteritis, etc. cause poor digestion and absorption, which easily produces a large amount of gas. (3) Gastrointestinal motility disorders: They are divided into purely functional ones called "pseudo-intestinal obstruction" and "congenital megacolon" which is a true lack of ganglia in the gastrointestinal tract. Such problems vary in severity, ranging from chronic constipation and bloating to severe vomiting, and can be temporary or lifelong.

Both children and adults should eat less foods containing indigestible, low-level polysaccharides, because they will ferment and produce gas in the digestive tract, such as sweet potatoes, French fries, beans, melons, etc.

2. Common Infant Flatulence

In addition, what symptoms will the baby have when he has bloating? For "infant colic" (colic of early infancy), which is common within three months and is caused by the immaturity of the central nervous system, bloating often causes recurrent abdominal pain and crying. The symptoms occur more often in the evening. The baby will feel restless, have a flushed face, bent legs and a stiff abdominal wall, and is often accompanied by smelly farts. In terms of treatment, topical application of wind-repellent oil or covering with a warm towel can also help. Changing the baby's position, such as sleeping on the stomach, will make the baby feel safe, and the stomach will be compressed, thus improving the symptoms. However, when sleeping on the stomach, you should pay attention to the mattress not being too soft to avoid suffocating the baby. This disease has a very good prognosis and most of them disappear on their own when the baby is four to five months old. Another type of bloating caused by lactose intolerance is sometimes a sequela of enteritis, and sometimes there is "racial" lactose intolerance in Oriental peoples, which is more likely to occur in older children between the ages of three and five. For example, after a child goes to kindergarten, if he drinks more dairy products, he will suffer from bloating and stomach pain. These conditions will improve after he stops drinking milk. At this time, you can choose "low-lactose formula milk powder". From this we can see that the way to relieve flatulence is to gently pat the baby's back after feeding to make him burp so that the gas can be discharged smoothly; or apply baby peppermint oil and massage the baby's abdomen, which will help intestinal peristalsis and expel the flatulence through farting.