Patient's question:
My child frequently experiences stomach pain. Whenever he has stomach pain, I get scared because he not only has stomach pain but also fever and vomiting. When the symptoms are mild, medication can help, but when the condition is severe, intravenous treatment is needed. Yesterday, my child had stomach pain and vomiting again, and now I don't even know what to feed him.What kind of help do I need: What should I feed my child after vomiting?
Doctor's answer:
Children experiencing vomiting may suffer from various types of poisoning, such as food poisoning, poisoning from toxic animals, plant poisoning, and drug or pesticide poisoning, among others. Almost all cases of poisoning involve vomiting, but different types of toxic substances have their own unique clinical diagnostic features that can be used for differentiation.Other causes include:
- Vomiting due to dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear or Meniere's disease (inner ear membrane labyrinth hydrocephalus), which is often accompanied by severe nausea, dizziness, and visual disturbances.
- Congenital gastrointestinal malformations in children, such as gastric volvulus or hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
- Severe vomiting in children with intestinal nematode infections or biliary nematode infestations, which may lead to intestinal obstruction.
When parents understand the various reasons that can cause vomiting in their children, they can better interpret their child's symptoms and make informed guesses. This helps them remain calm when faced with vomiting.
It is recommended that children who have vomited eat foods such as purple rice, glutinous rice, black rice, buckwheat, millet, and corn.