What to do if your toddler has a tummy ache

Abdominal pain in young children can be seen in acute gastroenteritis, infectious diarrhea or acute appendicitis, etc. The treatment needs to be based on the cause, such as acute appendicitis needs to be anti-infective rehydration, and if necessary, surgical treatment. Acute gastroenteritis and infectious diarrhea can be treated with rehydration and anti-infection. 1. Acute gastroenteritis: there is a history of improper diet, children can appear abdominal pain symptoms, abdominal pain is not obvious typical features, mostly intermittent, some may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. Can be prescribed to be rehydration and other symptomatic supportive treatment, such as the consideration of bacterial infection, if necessary, can be prescribed with cefazoxime anti-infective treatment. 2. Infectious diarrhea: mostly caused by viral infections, clinical symptoms such as fever, diarrhea or abdominal pain often occur. Children can be prescribed to be rehydration, montelukast oral treatment. At the same time, microecological agents (such as Saccharomyces boulardii) can be used to regulate intestinal flora and other treatments. 3. Acute appendicitis: it is a common surgical disease in the digestive tract of young children. Abdominal pain is a typical symptom of the disease, which can be manifested as periumbilical pain and metastatic right lower abdominal pain, and some of the abdominal pain is atypical, which can be accompanied by fever, nausea, abdominal pain and other symptoms. Surgery is required if there is an indication for surgery. The causes of abdominal pain in young children are many, such as biliary ascariasis, intussusception and other diseases can also lead to abdominal pain in young children, it is recommended that if your baby has abdominal pain, you should consult a doctor in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to be targeted treatment, the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, do not take drugs without authorization, in order to avoid the risk of danger.