What should I do if my baby has abdominal pain? Many people will think of using a hot compress to help relieve their baby’s pain. Hot compresses are indeed good for some types of abdominal pain, but not all abdominal pains are suitable for hot compresses, and if you apply hot compresses whenever you encounter abdominal pain, sometimes it may be counterproductive and aggravate the abdominal pain symptoms. What types of abdominal pain are suitable for hot compresses? Hot compresses use the warming effect to improve local blood circulation, so as to relax the tendons and activate the joints, soften the liver and spleen, and activate the blood to relieve spasm. Therefore, hot compresses are useful for cold abdominal pain, abdominal pain with food stagnation, abdominal pain with Qi and Yang deficiency, and spasmodic abdominal pain. If the baby has the following abdominal pain, you can use hot compresses to deal with. 1, cold abdominal pain abdominal pain is sudden, pain is more intense, pain can be reduced in the presence of heat, pain is aggravated in the presence of cold, fear of cold, hands and feet are cold, do not like to drink water. 2.Eating stagnant abdominal pain The stomach is distended and painful, afraid to press, bad breath and vomiting, anorexia, sometimes the abdominal pain will be accompanied by diarrhea, once the stool is done the abdominal pain will be reduced, the stool is smelly, but sometimes it is also accompanied by dry stool. Most children with food stagnation and abdominal pain have had indigestion in the past. Yang deficiency abdominal pain The child’s face and lips are white, mouth is pale and tasteless, appetite is poor, hands and feet are not warm, especially afraid of cold, easy to sweat, abdomen is cold, umbilicus is cold, undigested food is visible in the stool. 4, spasmodic abdominal pain is a manifestation of functional abdominal pain, often manifested as sudden onset of transient abdominal pain, mostly without a fixed pain site, sometimes relatively light, sometimes unbearable pain, but most patients can be naturally relieved. Intestinal cramps are caused by insufficient blood supply due to vascular spasm, which eventually leads to muscle cramps in the intestinal wall and only then causes pain, and vascular spasm, ischemia and muscle cramps in the intestinal wall can form a vicious cycle until the muscle fatigue can no longer be strained and the cramps can be relieved naturally. But not all abdominal pain can be treated with hot compresses, such as roundworm disease, when a certain factor stimulates the worm body, can make the roundworm peristalsis, causing intestinal spasm, pain. At this time, hot compresses on the abdomen will only strengthen the stimulation of the worm or even cause biliary ascariasis.