How to relieve flatulence in newborns

Newborn intestinal flatulence may be caused by eating air, indigestion, lactose intolerance, etc. The main ways are to change the feeding method, change the milk powder, massage the abdomen, medication and so on. 1. Eating air: it may be that the newborn is too fast when eating milk, resulting in the stomach swallowed a lot of air, which will enter the intestinal tract and lead to intestinal flatulence, you should avoid letting the newborn eat milk too fast, and appropriate massage of the newborn’s abdomen, which will help to promote the discharge of gas. 2. indigestion: due to the newborn’s digestive ability is relatively weak, cold or overfeeding will lead to indigestion caused by intestinal flatulence, can be appropriate to the newborn’s abdomen clockwise massage, can relieve the symptoms, if necessary, oral probiotics such as bifidobacteria, Saccharomyces boulardii and so on to alleviate the symptoms. 3. Lactose intolerance: mainly caused by the lack of lactase enzyme or insufficient activity in the newborn’s body, usually need to change the newborn’s special formula that does not contain lactose. Or oral lactase to help relieve. Newborn intestinal flatulence, if the symptoms recur, need to actively search for the cause of intestinal flatulence, such as appendicitis, complete intestinal obstruction, congenital megacolon, congenital hypothyroidism, etc. need to actively treat the original disease. The above medications should be used in accordance with medical advice.