Patient's question:
My son is almost fourteen months old. A few days ago, he had a fever and was given saline drips at the hospital. He just started feeling a bit better, but today, for some reason, he started vomiting everything he drank right after eating formula milk in the morning. Now, whenever he eats porridge or formula milk, he vomits every time. Why is this happening?Doctor's answer:
Spitting up is a common phenomenon in infants. There are two main reasons for it: first, it can be a symptom of systemic or gastrointestinal diseases; second, the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the infant's gastrointestinal tract make spitting up more prone to occur. Overall, the second reason is the more common cause of spitting up. The milk ingested through the mouth first passes through a tube called the esophagus and then enters the stomach. The stomach has two doors: one connects to the esophagus and is called the cardia, which is the stomach's entrance; the other connects to the intestines and is called the pylorus, which is the stomach's exit.