Stomach ache is generally nothing to worry about. However, if your child has stomach ache accompanied by vomiting, you need to be alert. The following are the causes of children having stomach aches accompanied by vomiting and how to deal with them:
Causes of Stomach Pain in Children Accompanied by Vomiting
Here are 10 causes of stomach ache in children accompanied by vomiting that you need to know, is there anything your little one often experiences?
Diarrhea is one of the causes of stomach ache in children accompanied by vomiting. In addition, this disease is often accompanied by diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain.
Gastroenteritis is caused by a viral infection, such as rotavirus, and you need to know that this infection is easily transmitted through contaminated food or air.
Food poisoning is generally caused by germs that grow in food/drinks that are not properly processed. Symptoms of food poisoning in children are similar to gastroenteritis.
Apart from the symptoms above, children are also at risk of experiencing dehydration, which usually occurs in younger children.
Lactose intolerance is a condition of the digestive system that cannot digest lactose (milk sugar).
Lactose intolerance can cause stomach ache in children accompanied by vomiting, bloating, foamy stools and diarrhea.
Intussusception is a condition where the upper part then infiltrates into the lower intestine, and commonly occurs in children less than 3 years old, resulting in intestinal obstruction.
Some of the symptoms experienced by children who experience intussusception are severe abdominal pain, feces with blood, vomiting, and very weak body.
Gastrointestinal tract abnormalities in the form of partial blockages can also occur in children, namely due to the lack of nerve formation, so that the intestinal segment has difficulty functioning like a normal intestine in general badaktoto and cannot move.
Intestinal obstruction is a blockage that prevents food or fluid from passing through the small intestine or large intestine in children.
This can occur due to scar tissue, twisted or narrowed intestines, or due to swallowed objects.
Appendicitis (appendicitis) or appendicitis is an emergency that can threaten a child’s life.