What to do if your child has abdominal pain for several days in a row

Children’s digestive function is not yet complete, and symptoms of abdominal pain and bloating can occur when there is an improper diet and inflammatory factors affecting them. If the abdominal pain and bloating is functional, the child can be given a hot compress or massage on the abdomen, and if the symptoms are relieved, no medication is needed. In case of organic diseases such as infectious abdominal pain and diarrhea, the child may also have fever and vomiting symptoms, which should be treated according to the cause of the disease. For example, if bacterial infection causes gastroenteritis, you can take antibiotics, and if viral infection causes gastroenteritis, you should drink more water and take oral probiotics for symptomatic treatment. If abdominal distension, abdominal pain accompanied by frequent vomiting, jam-like stools should immediately go to the hospital to observe whether intestinal entrapment or intestinal obstruction caused by intestinal necrosis, if this is the case should be treated in an emergency.