Stomach pain in a child can be caused by several factors among which are severe indigestion symptoms, constipation or nerve impairment among others.
If symptoms are severe, you must call the doctor soon.
If not, there are several actions that can be performed as follows: · Apply heat.
Many children feel that heat provides a great relief when they have a stomachache.
A baby, for example, you can feel comfortable if you put down on a bottle or plastic bag (made especially for this purpose) containing warm water.
Older children can use a heating pad, but must be marked in low temperature, and used always accompanied by an adult.
· Reducing the workload of the stomach.
If the child complains of severe indigestion symptoms, they should not be given foods that are hard to digest.
It is best to supply plenty of warm fluids (mineral water, juices, Gatorade, chicken broth, etc).
· Check how many times you have gone to the bathroom.
Many children when they have severe indigestion symptoms, they suffer from constipation and abdominal pain.
It is important to know how many times the child passes the daily and weekly.
· Give love to release the stress.
If the child is not constipated, or vomiting, may be that the abdominal pain is caused by stress.
Importantly, stress pain is something that adults usually sit at the head (headache), but in the case of children, they are felt in their stomachs.
· Verify how the child is in school.
If a child continually complains of severe indigestion symptoms during the week, especially before going to school, there could be a problem at school who could not verbalize.
In that sense, it is necessary to speak with him and perhaps with your teacher or your counselor as well.
· Give a massage.
A massage is a good way to relieve stomach pain especially if it is being caused by excess gas, constipation or colic.
It should start slow and give a massage in the sense of circular clockwise starting just below the rib cage, around to the groin and then up to through the abdomen.
· For a baby to feel better, if stomach pain or cramps caused by gases, help them bend their knees.
Lift one leg and gently bend the knee to the abdomen, and return quickly.
Do the same with the other leg.
Then, bend both legs and return it together.
Repeat the exercise and return to massage the belly of the child.
You should go immediately to a doctor, when the child has the following severe indigestion symptoms: * Severe pain * Fever with nausea or vomiting not associated with meals * Stomach pain after a fall or being hit in the abdomen