The causes of abdominal pain in children can be categorized into functional and organic causes. Functional causes are mostly seen in intestinal spasms and dyspepsia; organic causes are mostly seen in gastroenteritis, intestinal parasitosis, acute abdomen, and so on.
1. Functional causes: such as intestinal spasm, dyspepsia, the child may have recurrent abdominal pain, abdominal distension, accompanied by crying, loss of appetite and so on.
2.Organic causes:
(1) Gastroenteritis, which is a common disease causing abdominal pain in children, the child has nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms in addition to abdominal pain.
(2) Intestinal parasitic diseases, such as ascariasis, the larvae develop into adult worms in the small intestine, which have an irritating effect on the intestine and cause abdominal pain.
(3) acute abdominal disease, such as acute appendicitis, the child may continue to abdominal pain, severe pain, need emergency examination of the abdomen ultrasound and other clear, so as to avoid delaying the condition, threatening the life and health of the child.
Children may also have other causes of abdominal pain, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.