What are the causes of belly pain in children? What are the causes of abdominal pain in children?

Intestinal spasms, cold. There's a bug.

One may be a cold in the stomach, another is to eat something unclean, and there may be worms If it hurts a lot, you have to go to the hospital to see, so it is more reassuring.

One may be that you have a cold in your stomach, and the other is that you have eaten something unclean, and if you often have pain, you have to go to the hospital to see, so it is more reassuring.

Stomach pain is a relatively common symptom in childhood, with many causes, and can be roughly divided into two categories: functional and organic. Functional abdominal pain is mostly caused by intestinal spasms caused by various reasons, such as abdominal cold, increased bowel motility or intestinal spasms caused by eating cold food or improper diet. This kind of abdominal pain is mostly not severe, not accompanied by fever, and is mostly located in the periumbilical region.

A gentle rub with your hands or a warm compress with a warm water bag can relieve the pain. Although it happens often, it doesn't need to be special**, just pay attention to your diet, and the symptoms will gradually disappear as you age.

Organic abdominal pain is also not uncommon in children, acute abdominal pain accompanied by fever, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, abdominal pain is not allowed to compress, abdominal pain is aggravated during compression, the above symptoms are more common in acute appendicitis, peritonitis, pancreatitis, intestinal obstruction, etc. The most common cause of chronic abdominal pain is gastritis. According to some statistics, 721 of the 1,000 children with abdominal pain were caused by chronic gastritis.

Secondly, it is seen in duodenal ulcers, intestinal diverticulum, intestinal duplication malformations, etc. In addition, abdominal epilepsy, chronic lead poisoning, allergic diseases, etc. can also cause abdominal pain. It can be seen that the ** of abdominal pain is more complicated.

If the child has an occasional abdominal pain, which is not severe, and lasts for a few minutes, it resolves on its own, and there is no other discomfort after relieving, which is mostly a functional abdominal pain caused by intestinal spasm. If the abdominal pain is more severe, lasts for a long time, is accompanied by fever, vomiting, diarrhea or no stool, and the abdomen is not allowed to be touched, this situation is more common in pathology, and you should go to the hospital to find out the cause to avoid delay**. For patients with long-term abdominal pain or decreased appetite, the doctor should also be asked to find out the cause so that it can be done**.

It may be that you have eaten something bad, or it may be cold.

What are the causes of abdominal pain in children? Abdominal pain in children may be caused by abdominal organ pathology or may be a clinical sign of a disease outside the abdomen. The specific causes of abdominal pain in children are:

1.Abdominal organ lesions: Because children are in the stage of growth and development, the gastrointestinal function is weak, the intestinal muscular layer is poorly developed, and the intestinal wall is thin, it is easy to develop gastro-colonic reflex, functional dyspepsia, intestinal volvulus and intussusception, bacterial or viral gastroenteritis, and cause abdominal pain.

In addition, acute cholecystitis, acute appendicitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, chronic gastritis, cystitis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, acute intestinal obstruction, inguinal hernia incarceration, gastric volvulus, omentum torsion, and gastroparesis can also cause abdominal pain. In general, intestinal spasms are most common in the neonatal period; In infancy, intussusception and incarcerated hernia are the most common; Preschool children are mostly complications of intestinal ascariasis and roundworms.

2.Systemic diseases: tonsillitis, lobar pneumonia, acute pleurisy, myocarditis, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, urticaria, typhoid, meningococcal meningitis, lead poisoning and other diseases can also cause abdominal pain. Autonomic disorders can also cause functional abdominal pain in children.

If the child has abdominal pain, it is necessary to go to the pediatric department in time to clarify the cause and treat it accordingly.

This content was reviewed by Jia Junsong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital.

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1. Inflammation, pain occurs when there is hidden inflammation in the abdominal organs, including the more familiar cholecystitis, pancreatitis, ulcer disease, appendicitis, urinary tract inflammation, and obvious inflammation of all abdominal organs can cause pain. 2. Broken or perforated, such as biliary perforation, intestinal perforation, gastric perforation, all cavity organs have perforations, and rupture on the basis of inflammation and penetration into the abdominal cavity can also cause diffuse peritonitis, which can cause pain. 3. Blockage, especially refers to obstruction, such as pipeline system, bile system, ureter, intestinal blockage, the cause of blockage can be stones or fecal stones in the intestine, which can cause blockage.

Other tumors can also cause blockage, and if they are not passed, they will be painful, and the obstructive pain caused by stones and tumors in the hollow organs may be more severe. 4. It is closely related to the smooth blood hall, and there will be ischemic problems caused by thrombosis.

Affected by the cold, the child's clothes are not added or subtracted in time or the abdomen is blown by the cold, resulting in abdominal pain and diarrhea. Dietary stagnation, the child's spleen and stomach are not fully developed, the digestive function is low, and the daily diet is greasy, heavy or eats unclean food, which will cause food and drink to accumulate in the stomach and intestines and cause abdominal pain and bloating. The spleen and stomach are deficient, the viscera is weak and cold, the spleen and yang are weak, the yin is cold and the qi is not smooth, and the abdomen will have a dull pain.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis, poor qi and blood can also cause abdominal pain.

How to care for abdominal pain in children.

When the pain is painful, you can apply hot compresses, massage the abdomen, or rub the feet for three miles, Neiguan acupoints, which can help relieve the pain. Strictly control children's diet, pay attention not to be cold, eat too many raw and cold drinks, especially eat less cold drinks or cola, fried food. Pay attention to climate change, add or remove clothes in time, avoid cold in the abdomen, and pay attention to not let the stomach get cold when sleeping.

Pay attention to hygiene, wash your hands before and after eating, keep your clothes clean and tidy, and pay attention to a light diet, and do not eat greasy and spicy food. Take a break after eating and don't do strenuous exercise.

Abdominal pain in children is fairly common, sometimes swelling and pain, sometimes cramping, but the pain is not the same as the severity of the disease. Not paying attention to some of the pain is quite serious, and the child cries incessantly, but after a while, the child's condition is better. This is because the child has intestinal spasms.

As soon as the spasms are released, the pain is immediately relieved, so the child begins to rejoice again, so moms can't ignore it.

There are many causes of abdominal pain in children, and there are 3 diseases that need to be vigilant and prevented as early as possible.