Night vomiting in a child without fever

Causes of symptoms in children

Gastroesophageal reflux is the backflow of stomach contents into the esophagus. Vomit appears periodically and in most cases has a sour smell. Symptoms of the disorder are accompanied by anxiety in the baby and frequent attacks of suffocation. The child does not gain weight well and coughs in the morning. If the disease is not treated in time, the patient experiences heartburn, severe snoring at night and unpleasant belching. Tooth enamel is destroyed.

The main causes of vomiting and stool disorders are:

• pylorospasm;
• pyloric stenosis;
• intestinal obstruction;
• nutritional gastritis + food poisoning. The inflammatory process develops against the background of poor quality nutrition;
• pancreatic disorder and acute appendicitis;
• gallbladder disease (including cholecystitis);
• introduction of complementary foods;
• disruptions in the functioning of the central nervous system.

First aid for vomiting and diarrhea in children

Treatment of diarrhea and vomiting in a child without a high fever should be carried out without delay. Algorithm of actions:

1. Call an ambulance to your home.
2. After each vomiting process, rinse your baby's mouth.
3. Give your baby plenty of fluids for the first 6 hours after diarrhea.
4. Soldering is done with solutions based on water and salt (Regidron, Glucosolan). To do this, dilute 5 tsp in 1 liter of boiled water. granulated sugar. The elixir is consumed every 10 minutes. The pipette is suitable for infants.
5. Green tea and dried compote are excellent as a generous drink. Drinks will help get rid of hiccups.
6. Rectal suppositories are used to bring down the temperature. For children over 1 year old, special suspensions are used. If the child is weak, he should rest.
7. To psychologically calm the baby, put him to the breast more often.

Until doctors arrive, it is recommended to save the child’s vomit and excrement. The doctor will be able to visually examine the biomaterial. When the patient is hospitalized, precise studies are carried out. Identifying the causes of the disorder will allow you to choose the optimal treatment regimen.

vomiting in an infant without fever or diarrhea

1. Doctor to himself The kid sneezed a couple of times, and the adults are already taking out the entire arsenal of medicines from the medicine cabinet and starting restorative procedures. The harm from such treatment is sometimes much greater than from the illness itself. Many medications are inappropriate for children, especially under three years of age. For example, the simplest painkillers, which are often used by adults, disrupt the liver and affect the blood. Some popular antipyretics are prohibited for children under 12 years of age - they cause stomach ulcers and bleeding from small vessels. Codeine-based antitussives have a narcotic effect and depress the respiratory center. But self-medication with antibacterial and antiviral drugs, which have contraindications, is very dangerous. They can only be prescribed by a doctor and strictly if necessary. If you are concerned about your child's condition, consult your doctor immediately. A doctor can be called to see a baby up to one year old for any reason; from a year old - if the condition has not improved within 6-12 hours or is getting worse. If you don’t want to call a doctor, consult him by phone, call an ambulance for advice. You yourself are not always able to correctly interpret certain symptoms. A sudden rash near the knees can be a sign of a serious illness (in this case, bacterial meningitis), and pneumonia is hiding behind a common runny nose. 2. Not a degree more! Any increase in a child’s temperature - even by 0.1-0.2 degrees - can cause panic among parents. In fact, fever is a protective reaction of the body and a signal of trouble. There are many reasons for it, and it is not always associated with infection or ARVI. In children under six months of age, thermoregulation is imperfect: they easily overheat and freeze, the temperature rises after suckling, activity and crying. Before giving antipyretics, rule out all non-infectious causes - undress the child, calm him down, put on the thermometer again, and only a mercury one. If the temperature turns out to be higher than normal, do not rush to lower it - the body has entered into a fight, you should not disturb it. It is necessary to bring down the temperature only in the following cases: if it is above 38.5, if the child is prone to febrile convulsions or has neurological diagnoses and does not tolerate the temperature well (nausea, vomiting, pallor, tachycardia). In other cases, observation, frequent drinking and monitoring of body temperature every three hours is necessary. 3. Folk remedies In order not to feed the baby “chemicals,” sometimes parents prefer to bring down the temperature using “folk” methods. For example, rubbing the baby with alcohol or vinegar. These extreme methods are effective but dangerous. Alcohol or vinegar vapors irritate the airways and can cause laryngeal spasms. In a hurry, you can confuse vinegar with essence or fail to dilute alcohol with water, thereby getting a skin burn. You need to wipe the baby with cool (not ice!) water; the gradual evaporation of the liquid from the surface of the skin will cool the baby. You can put a damp bandage on the forehead, cool compresses on the area of ​​large vessels. What about herbs? “They’re natural and definitely won’t do any harm”—that’s what parents think and... they’re wrong. Medicinal herbs, like any medicine, must be prescribed by a doctor. Not all of them are suitable for children. Up to six months, a child is prescribed only fennel and chamomile (they must be given with caution, for fear of an allergic reaction). For a baby over six months old, the doctor may prescribe breast milk, coltsfoot, raspberry or currant leaves, linden blossom and other herbs that have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diaphoretic effects. But any herbal remedies used uncontrollably can worsen the baby’s condition. If a child is allergic, the herbal tea should include one type of herb. 4. Banks and mustard plasters Not so long ago, cups and mustard plasters were part of the “mandatory program” for the treatment of colds. They were even recommended for infants. Many years of use of these procedures have shown that they are unsafe, and the expected effect is absent. A subcutaneous hematoma forms at the site where the jars are placed, which is harmful to the circulatory system. The walls of blood vessels and the coagulation system are affected - this can lead to bleeding or small blood clots. Very young children are at risk of developing anemia due to the destruction of large numbers of red blood cells and increased bilirubin. Warming procedures with mustard for ARVI are contraindicated: mustard is too aggressive for the skin, causes burns and severe allergies. Excessive irritation of reflexogenic zones can provoke overexcitation of the nervous system and fever. It creates a large load on the heart and blood vessels and worsens the condition. For the same reasons, children under 3-4 years old should not be steamed in a bathhouse: their hearts and blood vessels are very difficult to bear such loads. 5. Not with a prescription A familiar situation: the doctor prescribed a medicine, but the pharmacy doesn’t have it. The pharmacist offers a replacement drug, sometimes with the words “it’s even better” or “cheaper.” In this case, you need to call your doctor and find out what you can replace the medicine with. When prescribing medications, the doctor is guided by an examination and anamnesis (the history of the baby’s life and illnesses), compatibility and tolerability of the medications. Another remedy, even a similar one, in a particular situation may turn out to be useless or, even worse, do harm. Do not violate the dosage and form of taking medications. For example, buying drugs for adults and dividing them into parts. This can lead to poisoning if you calculate the dose incorrectly. Many drugs (especially tablets and capsules) lose their activity when divided. Sometimes parents stop giving antibiotics, antivirals, or anti-inflammatory drugs once the child gets better. This is a serious mistake: the microbe or virus is not completely destroyed, its activity is only muffled. Now he will develop resistance to the drug, and when the disease returns, this medicine will no longer help. You need to take the medicine for as long and in the quantity as prescribed by the doctor. Remember! Calling a doctor is necessary when: - the temperature is above 38 degrees in an infant, and 38.5 in a child older than one year; - any rash on the body, especially one that appears suddenly; - diarrhea, vomiting, refusal to eat or drink; - impaired urination, absence of urine for more than 6 hours in an infant and more than 12 hours in a child over one year old; - uncharacteristic crying, screaming of the child, throwing back the head, muscle pain, acute reaction to bright light. Grow big and healthy!

What to feed your baby

The best food for a baby is mother's milk. For older babies (from 6 months), thin porridge made from buckwheat or rice is suitable. Cereals should be cooked using 1 part milk and 1 part water. After a couple of days, boiled vegetables in the form of purees and fruit juices are introduced into the diet.

Jelly has excellent properties for an irritated stomach. The drink envelops the mucous membrane. Children are given soaked crackers from white bread or a loaf.

In case of severe vomiting and diarrhea without fever in children, you should focus on the following products:

• dried fruits compote;
• boiled carrots + broccoli;
• baked apples;
• banana + fresh kefir;
• natural yoghurts without chemical fillers.

Do not feed your child meat, fish (foods with protein), egg omelettes and dairy products. Barley and wheat porridges are not suitable. Raw vegetables and most fruits are contraindicated.

When to see a doctor

In most cases, symptoms of intestinal flu in children go away without complications. Dr. Komarovsky advises seeking help from a doctor if the following factors occur:

• the baby vomits every 12 hours and has diarrhea five times a day;
• signs of dehydration + nausea;
• the total duration of the illness without fever exceeds 3 days;
• blood and mucus are observed in the excrement;
• allergies are observed during treatment and feeding;
• My stomach hurts a lot for more than 3 hours.

You should seek help from a gastroenterologist or pediatrician in case of pathology immediately if the baby has previously undergone chemotherapy.

Call a professional pediatrician to your home. Otherwise, you risk causing serious problems. One-time treatment will not help!

First aid

When a growing child vomits without diarrhea or a rise in temperature at all, then those around him do not always know what to do immediately. Let's take a closer look at how to help. When a baby has a sudden gag reflex, you need to make sure that he does not choke on waste food before the ambulance arrives. To do this, place his head with his cheek to the pillow, slightly lifting it. When the food comes out, you need to give the baby warm water so that he can rinse his mouth.

You should wipe your lips and entire oral cavity with a cotton pad. Such a swab should be moistened with plain water diluted with potassium permanganate or boric acid, or another disinfectant. Also, when deciding what to do immediately when a small child suddenly vomits in the complete absence of diarrhea or a jump in temperature, it is necessary to take into account that the body is dehydrated. Therefore, there is a need to give your child cool water (in tiny portions).

If the baby begins to vomit heavily, then adding a small amount of mint drops to the liquid consumed will help eliminate such discomfort. The drug Regidron will help relieve unpleasant urges and restore the acid-base balance. One packet of it should be diluted in slightly warm water (1 liter), and the child should be given a quarter glass of water every 30 minutes. If a one-year-old child vomits, he needs 2 tsp. medications at five-minute intervals. Children from one to 3 years old are allowed 3 tsp, children from 3 to 9 years old - 4 tsp.

If the sudden onset of vomiting without diarrhea in a child is one-time in nature, the child’s well-being does not worsen, it is permissible to delay calling an ambulance. But if severe symptoms appear, be sure to visit a doctor.

Possible complications

Prolonged diarrhea and vomiting in children is dangerous due to a number of complications. Additional disorders can worsen the baby’s condition. The main list of complications includes:

1. Severe dehydration of the body. Loss of fluid leads to disruptions in the balance between water and salt. Cells lack calcium and magnesium. In severe forms of the disorder, convulsions and loss of consciousness are observed. For a newborn and infants, this condition is dangerous (especially repeated).
2. Loss of body weight.
3. Bleeding. Damage to the gastric mucosa affects digestion.
4. Possibility of suffocation. During the period of vomiting, parents are obliged to monitor the child’s condition. To ensure the masses move away safely, place your baby on his side.
5. Inflammation of the lungs (aspiration pneumonia). Stomach juice can enter the respiratory tract - especially dangerous for a one-year-old child.

You need to get rid of vomiting and diarrhea in a comprehensive manner. Use medications and therapy prescribed by your doctor. Don't ignore the list of prohibited foods. If the problem is caused by rotavirus, take a course of antibiotics. It is difficult for a child's body to tolerate this condition.

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Possible causes of vomiting in a child

Vomiting in children can occur for various reasons. The gag reflex can be provoked by diseases of the digestive tract, infectious diseases, surgical pathologies, dysfunction of the central nervous system, and teething.

Vomiting can be profuse and scanty, repeated or once - it depends on what exactly provoked the reflex.

First of all, parents must understand what is happening to the baby - regurgitation or vomiting appears. When the stomach is full of air or food, the baby burps without straining the abdominal muscles. If you spit up, any anti-vomiting medication for children will be ineffective.

The main danger of vomiting is that in infants the mechanism of its occurrence is imperfect, so vomit can enter the respiratory tract. After three years, this mechanism works quite smoothly.

Vomiting is a sign of pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system diseases, infectious diseases, psycho-emotional disorders, and viral hepatitis. Often the gag reflex appears with intestinal obstruction, diverticulitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis.

During the infectious process, it may be accompanied by fever, diarrhea, weakness, and severe nausea. Vomiting in a child at night can be caused by a brain tumor.

Doctors distinguish demonstrative vomiting separately. It appears when the child wants to attract attention. Sometimes, during forced feeding, the gag reflex is also triggered, in which case the contents of the stomach erupt like a fountain. With autonomic disorders, cyclic repetitions of psychogenic vomiting are possible, so it is imperative to show the child to a neurologist.

Often, vomiting in a child at night can be the result of the influence of various psychogenic factors - excitement, severe fear, anger.

If a large amount of acetoacetic acid and acetone has accumulated in the baby’s blood, acetonomic syndrome may develop, in which the child may vomit repeatedly at night. This is how a child’s body can react to eating habits, strong emotions or pain. You can smell acetone in the vomit, urine, and air that the child exhales. With such symptoms, parents should contact their pediatrician. Before visiting a doctor, you can give him a decoction of dried fruits and mineral water.