Accumulated food is indigestion. The baby’s belly is not necessarily indigestion, but can also be a physiological phenomenon, or due to hemolytic anemia caused by hepatosplenomegaly and other causes.
1. Physiological phenomenon: if the baby is small, the abdominal muscles are not developed, and because the respiratory system is still immature, commonly used abdominal breathing, so the baby can be manifested as a large belly.
2. Indigestion: when the baby is not fed properly, eating too much, beyond the gastrointestinal tract’s digestive capacity, prone to indigestion, resulting in abdominal distension, at this time the baby can appear to have a large stomach.
3. hemolytic anemia: when the baby suffers from hemolytic anemia, there can be signs of hepatosplenomegaly, at this time the baby can be manifested as a large stomach.
When the baby has a big stomach, after excluding physiological phenomena, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, after a professional doctor to diagnose clearly, to be standardized treatment.