Household treatment for abdominal discomfort or pain frequently depends on other signs and symptoms that are constantly there with the pain, like vomiting, nausea, or diarrhea. Make sure you visit your doctor for any additional symptoms your child suffers from abdominal pain and try to recall his clinical history.
Try the following, one by one, if your son or daughter has moderate abdominal discomfort or pain without additional symptoms:
- Have your son or daughter rest when he or she has moderate stomach pain. The majority of symptoms will improve or disappear in half-hour.
- Have your son or daughter drink clean liquids, like water, broth, afternoon tea, or fruit cocktail juice thinned down with water.
- Have him or her try to pass stool.
If the procedures above don't prove useful, you can also consider the following: Give your child a few small meals rather than two or three heavy ones. Serve mild (non-spicy) foods, like steamed rice, dry crackers or toast, jelly, or applesauce. Don't serve your son or daughter spicy foods, uncooked vegetables, and beverages that contain caffeine or carbonation until forty-eight hours after the signs and symptoms have disappeared.
These foods can cause your child's gastralgia (stomachache) to worsen. Don't give a baby any drugs without speaking to the physician first. Drugs may simply just cloak the discomfort or pain or make it less comfortable.
Signs and Symptoms of Abdominal Pain in Children
Evaluate your child's symptoms and look for any of the following:
- Pain worsens or remains in one segment of the abdomen.
- Discomfort or pain doesn't disappear within twenty-four hours.
- Other symptoms build up, like vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, or high fever.
- Pushing down the abdomen worsens your child's pain.
- The stomach feels hard or appears extremely swollen.
The problems in the abdomen get more severe or regular in nature.
Visiting a Doctor for a Child’s Abdominal Pain
You can assist your physician in diagnosing and caring for your child's illness by preparing to respond to the following questions prior to the appointment:
- Did your son or daughter have a traumatic injury to the abdominal cavity?
- How long has your son or daughter had the discomfort?
- What was your child doing when the hurting began?
- Has your baby had same symptoms of abdominal discomfort or pain earlier? What were these symptoms like? How were they addressed?
- Is the discomfort or pain set to one region or spread out across the entire abdomen?
- How extreme is the discomfort or pain? What has your baby's activity level been?
- Could your son or daughter explain the discomfort or pain? Is the pain cramping, a steady pain, or stabbing and stinging?
- What makes it better? What makes the pain worse?
- Does your baby have other signs and symptoms, like vomiting, urinary issues, constipation, or looseness of the bowels?
- Is your son or daughter vomiting? If so, explain how much, how frequent, and how long.
- Does your baby have a high fever?
- Has your son or daughter consumed any untreated pond, stream, or lake water?
Preparing the answers to these questions will allow for things to go much smoother at the doctor's office.
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Reference:
Alexander K. C. Leung, and David L Sigale. "Acute Abdominal Pain in Children." AAFP Journal. June 1, 2003.
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