Nauseating a child - what to do?

Why does the child feel sick?

A number of different causes and diseases can cause your child's morbid state. Most often - it's the problems of the digestive system. However, the reasons can be of a neurological, and endocrinological nature. But whatever the reason, parents should know what to do if they feel sick and how to help the baby.

Consider the most common diseases that are accompanied by nausea.

1. If a child is sick after eating, nausea can be caused by acute, fatty, substandard foods with which the undeveloped digestive system is unable to cope. Both chronic and acute diseases of the stomach, liver, gall bladder, biliary tract, accompanied by complaints of nausea.
2. It can also manifest itself as a side effect of the medicines taken by the child. (So, nausea is a frequent side effect of most antibiotics.)
3. Nausea can result from falls, bruises or other similar injuries, in such cases it is a symptom of a concussion.
4. With nausea, a sensation of heaviness in the abdomen, acute appendicitis also begins, so if all members of your family ate the same food, and only one is bad - take this symptom seriously.
5. Nausea is a sure sign of hepatitis (with this disease it is constant and indicates an exacerbation of the disease).

Treatment of nausea in a child

If the condition of the child is not severe, and you know exactly what it is related to (for example, that the child has had lunch with poor-quality food), you can help him at home. In such cases, the use of enzyme preparations (which will help the kid's digestive system to digest a poor-quality product) is recommended, as well as sorbents that will remove toxins that poison the body (activated carbon, polysorb).

But if the child falls and complains of nausea, or it vomits in the morning regularly (which indicates the presence of chronic disease) - in all cases it is necessary to seek help from a specialist for the diagnosis.

In the meantime, wait for a doctor, during an attack of nausea, do not give the child plenty of fluids (although you need to replenish the body's fluid reserves, try to minimize the volume of a single dose - let the liquid often, but on the throat). Do not feed the baby, since after a fit of vomiting to eat food, he can only after a few hours. Food can be given strictly on demand - only if the child himself asks.

Special means for nausea for children are prescribed exclusively by medical workers depending on the disease. If the child has nausea, seek qualified help to have the doctor prescribe a treatment.