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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor, Professor, Dr. Pham Nhat An - Director of Pediatrics Center cum Head of Pediatric Inpatient Department - Pediatric Center - Vinmec Times City International Hospital.Vomiting and regurgitation are common gastrointestinal symptoms in young children, especially infants. To help mothers understand the infant's regurgitation mechanism as well as know how to prevent and deal with vomiting, here are the instructions of Professor Dr. Pham Nhat An - Director of the Pediatric Center at the hospital. Vinmec Times City Institute.
1. Vomiting, spitting up in babies
Vomiting: Is a condition in which the contents of the stomach are pushed out through the mouth due to the contraction of the stomach combined with the contractions of the abdominal wall muscles.Regurgitation: Is the movement of refluxed substances from the stomach through the pharynx to the mouth out in small amounts, due to simple contraction of the stomach. Hemorrhoids are very common in infants.
2. Symptoms
Appears after eating can spill food in both the mouth and nose. The child cried and then fainted due to inhaling the fluid, making it difficult to breathe. Check the mouth and nose for milk.
3. Instructions for taking care of children with vomiting
When the child vomits, spit up, tilt the child's head to the side. Quickly clean up vomit from your child's mouth, throat and nose (first mouth, back nose), by sucking or wrapping a gauze pad in your finger to absorb all the vomit in your child's mouth and throat.Cupping hands on both sides of the back to reassure the child, and at the same time help the child cough up the remaining vomit in the throat. Wipe the neck and young person with warm water, change clothes contaminated with vomit.
Help children sleep, do not use drugs without the opinion of the doctor. Monitor subsequent regurgitation for dry vomiting or regurgitation of vomit color (yellow, green, or brown ripple). At what time of day does vomiting occur? Is it meal related?
Khum tay vỗ nhẹ hai bên lưng nhằm trấn an trẻ, đồng thời giúp trẻ ho bật chất nôn còn lại trong họng ra ngoài.
4. Guidelines to prevent children from vomiting
Do not force the child to eat too much, after eating must hold the child to burp. Do not pick up the baby or play when the child has just finished eating. Daily massage around the navel gently reduces stomach contractions to limit regurgitation, massage along the colonic framework helps to increase intestinal motility, regular stool excretion, reduce abdominal distension and vomiting. Avoid giving meals too close together (< 2.5h - 3h) with full-term infants. In Vietnam, 7 out of 10 children under 5 years old are zinc deficient and 8 in 10 pregnant mothers are zinc deficient. The prevalence of zinc deficiency in pregnant women is 80.3%, women of childbearing age 63.6% and children under 5 years old is 69.4%. The most common manifestations of zinc deficiency in children are growth retardation, mild and moderate malnutrition, delayed growth in height, and some observable symptoms such as anorexia or decreased appetite, decreased suckling, and no meat. fish, slow digestion, mild constipation, persistent nausea and vomiting in children. In addition to reasonable zinc supplementation, parents also need to provide their children with other important vitamins and minerals such as lysine, chromium, B vitamins,... resistance to minor illnesses and less digestive problems.Please regularly visit the website vimec.com and update useful information to take care of your baby and family.
