Overcoming Your Child Stomach Pain

Abdominal pain in infants and children is a common symptom and often encountered. But not all abdominal pain originating from the abdomen, may also from the outside of the abdomen (pain control).


Whiny Keaadaan prolonged and repeated most often in the afternoon for a few days occur in approximately 10% of children, usually between the ages of 2 weeks to 3 months. This situation is a normal, little is known about this situation, but is considered caused by bloating, accompanied by abdominal pain.

These circumstances will menhilang spontaneously with age your baby. This can be alleviated with a rhythmic action and raises quiet as shaking a baby's body. Mushy due perumbuhan teeth often in older children.

In infants and children abdominal pain clinical manifestations depending on the age, the age of 0-3 months is usually described by the vomiting. 3bulan-2 years; vomiting, a sudden scream, cry, without the trauma that can explain it. 2-5 years; was able to declare a stomachache, but not exactly localization. Over 5 years; can explain the nature and the place felt sick.

In infants, it often happens gastroenteritis (diarrhea) and acute colic, but it is also important to exclude other lelaianan. At the preschool age group can be caused by acute gastroenteritis, a viral infection, urinary tract infection, appendicitis (appendicitis), pneumonia, constipation and trauma.

While school-age children often suffer from acute gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, appendicitis, trauma, pelvic inflammation, constipation and colitis.

Picture of a typical pain in appendicitis (appendicitis), the pain began in the middle of the abdomen, did not stay but moved to the lower right abdomen. abdominal pain when pressed, often more intense when the hand pressure is released. This condition is often accompanied by fever, nausea, vomiting and decreased appetite.

Things to watch out AND CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY:

- Severe abdominal pain for more than 6 hours
- Abdominal pain with obvious tenderness when the abdomen is pressed, especially when hand pressure is released, which decreases as the child bent or if the child is less than one year.
- Vomiting green or blood, blood in the stool with black and tarry.
- Trauma to the abdomen
- The decline of consciousness
- Breathing fast and shallow
- Children seem to suffer ill
- There may be a drug or toxin poisoning

What can be done let the kid a break, give a bit of clear liquid. Lower fever with fever-lowering medicines, do not give painkillers.

Source : Dr.SuriViana