Babies who spit up mucus like phlegm can be caused by indigestion, lactose intolerance, respiratory infections and other reasons.
1. Maldigestion: Babies suffer from maldigestion due to immaturity, and undigested milk ferments in the stomach and becomes mucus-like when spitting up.
2. Lactose intolerance: due to the lack of lactase or low lactase activity in the body, the lactose in food cannot be fully digested and absorbed, which leads to vomiting and sticky vomit.
3. Respiratory tract infection: the inflammation stimulates the respiratory tract and increases the secretion. And the baby’s stomach is on the horizontal position, easy to gastric content reflux, reflux of milk and respiratory secretion together with the discharge will lead to the baby spit up sticky.
The baby spit up sticky like phlegm, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.