Recently, we often encounter children aged 3-7 years old in the clinic saying that they have stomach pain and their appetite is not very good, what is the cause? First, abdominal pain caused by improper diet. Parents feel that they are big children and often no longer take care of their children’s diet as carefully as they did when they were young, so children can eat whatever they want, but the actual gastrointestinal function of children is not sound, so eating too much food is not digested well or problems will occur. When the food eaten exceeds the capacity of the stomach and intestines, easily lead to intestinal cramps, the child will complain of stomach pain. How does intestinal spasm cause abdominal pain? The main cause of intestinal cramps is improper diet: foods with high fat content such as chicken wings, French fries, lamb kebabs, barbecue, fried food intake, raw and cold foods such as ice cream, ice water, or eating significantly more than usual can cause intestinal cramps and abdominal pain. Mild intestinal cramps abdominal pain can be given to the baby to do clockwise abdominal massage, drinking hot water and hot compresses have a relieving effect. Severe cases should be sent to the hospital for medical attention. How does enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes cause abdominal pain? Mesenteric lymph node enlargement refers to acute mesenteric lymph node enlargement in the ileum and large intestine area caused by upper respiratory tract infection. Pediatric mesenteric lymph node enlargement is a common pediatric lesion, which is generally considered to be after upper respiratory tract infection, bloodstream infection of streptococcus or virus (i.e. after cold and flu), and is also considered to be related to intestinal inflammation and parasitic disease. It is mostly seen at the end of the ileum (clinical manifestations such as right lower abdomen and periumbilical pain). The lymph nodes show multiple congestion and enlargement. There may be a small amount of inflammatory exudate in the abdominal cavity. The disease is likely to occur in children, but is less common in middle-aged and elderly people. It can be cured by anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic treatment (commonly known as anti-inflammatory and pain relief, which needs to be treated under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis)! What you need to pay attention to in normal times is: strengthen the physical fitness of children, prevent colds and flu, do not eat cold and unhealthy undigested food! You can also do abdominal hot compresses or massage to relieve pain. Third, the baby abdominal pain can be a worm in the stomach? We often encounter parents who ask: Is there a roundworm or parasite in the child’s stomach pain? In fact, this possibility is very small. With the improvement of living standards and hygiene conditions, the incidence of parasitic diseases is becoming less and less. In general, if there are no pets at home, the chances of children having parasites are very low. Preventive measures are important to wash hands regularly, especially after eating, and not to eat raw food, but to cook and eat everything for children. If parents are still unsure about the presence of intestinal parasites? You can check the stool routine to see if there are any worm eggs. Fourth, children with abdominal pain and other possibilities? 1, acute gastroenteritis: can occur in children of all ages, often with vomiting, diarrhea and fever as the main symptoms, accompanied by abdominal pain, sometimes abdominal pain is also very intense, vomiting diarrhea, abdominal pain often relieved. If the abdominal pain is very serious, the relief is not obvious after massage, or repeated abdominal pain after relief and aggravate the pain gradually, the following acute abdominal diseases need to be identified: 2, intussusception: small infants are prone to. Typical clinical manifestations are paroxysmal crying, vomiting, abdominal sausage-like masses and jam-like (blood) stools. Paroxysmal crying is due to intestinal spasms of intussusception, the degree of which is often much more serious than simple intestinal spasms, but some children just want to sleep, poor spirits, vomiting is very obvious also need to exclude intussusception in time. 3, acute appendicitis: mostly in children over 5 years old, but infants and children also have the onset. The typical symptoms of appendicitis are metastatic right lower abdominal pain (severe pain), vomiting, fever, and poor appetite. 4, Another special disease in children allergic purpura causes abdominal pain, often with hemorrhagic petechiae and petechiae in both lower extremities, which is relatively rare.