Patient's question:
My child is 52 days old. Occasionally, when feeding, he vomits a lot, not just a little, and he cries non-stop. When he passes gas, there's a lot of stool coming out, and it's very watery. However, he's eating normally. Is this a concern? What should we do? We've used Houzao San, but was it effective? Also, I noticed a red spot at the entrance of his throat, with a white center, and it looks a bit inflamed. How should we treat it?Doctor's answer:
??????Hello, a two-month-old baby has a small stomach capacity and is in a horizontal position. Additionally, the cardiac sphincter at the entrance of the stomach is underdeveloped and relatively loose, while the pyloric sphincter at the exit is well-developed and tight, creating an outlet-tight, inlet-loose condition. This makes it easy for milk to reflux and cause vomiting. Once improper feeding and care occur, such as overfeeding, excessive milk volume, large or inverted breasts for breastfeeding, or excessively large holes in rubber nipples when bottle-feeding, leading to the baby drinking too quickly; or lying the baby flat after feeding, or excessively moving or disturbing the baby too much or too early, can easily cause the baby to spit up.