What are the main symptoms of indigestion in babies? What should I do if my baby has indigestion?

Infant indigestion is the most common digestive tract disease in infants. So what are the symptoms of infant indigestion?

The main symptom of indigestion in infants is green stools, often accompanied by fever, abdominal distension, vomiting, refusing to eat, crying, etc.

Clinical symptoms of indigestion in infants:

1. Diarrhea: Indigestion is divided into simple indigestion and toxic indigestion.

The symptoms of simple indigestion are diarrhea less than 10 times a day, yellow or green stools with little water, abdominal distension, occasional vomiting, sometimes fever, but not too high, loss of appetite, but good mental state.

Patients with toxic indigestion are seriously ill, with sudden onset and high fever. They usually have bowel movements about 10 times a day, with a high frequency. The stool is usually water or egg drop soup, with no sense of urgency (falling). Frequent vomiting, more than 10 times a day, leads to severe dehydration. The patient even has convulsions and loses consciousness, which can lead to death if not treated early.

2. Unpleasant odor in stool: accompanied by a small amount of undigested food residue. Although it is not diluted, it is a sign of food leakage. At this time, you should immediately reduce the amount of food and adjust to avoid diarrhea.

3. Refusing food: When children occasionally have a poor appetite, refuse food, or the food is not sweet, there is no need to emphasize eating, but let them eat less.

4. Restlessness at night: crying, hot palms, kicking off the quilt and clothes, excessive sweating on the head when just falling asleep, internal heat due to excessive eating, as the saying goes, "If you want a child to be safe, you often feel hungry and cold", "If the stomach is not in harmony, the night is restless". As the child grows older, especially when adding supplementary food, pay attention to not being too full at dinner. Children around 1 year old should not eat a full meal before going to bed.

5. Red cheeks: Children must stop eating in the afternoon and evening. Severely injured children have red cheeks, which are manifested as rough facial skin, slightly hot environment, and red face. At this time, you can go on a diet, eat less staple food, and not eat vegetables and fruits to help digestion.

6. Bad breath: Bad breath often occurs first when milk and food stagnate in the upper abdomen, especially bad breath and sour breath in the morning are manifestations of milk and food stagnation, clinically known as high food stagnation. When this phenomenon occurs, you can reduce or stop eating to promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function.

Causes of infant indigestion: Indigestion in infants is mainly caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, decreased resistance, reduced gastric acid secretion, and insufficient food digestion in children. In addition, bacteria enter the human body through diet, causing gastrointestinal inflammation, which can easily cause indigestion in infants. The digestive organs of infants are not fully developed, the secretion of digestive juices is insufficient, and the enzyme function is imperfect. The stomach and intestinal mucosa are soft and the digestive function is relatively weak. If parents cannot feed their children properly and feed their children everything, the quality and quantity of their diet will be improper, which will damage the stomach. Children will have abdominal distension, vomiting milk, loose and sour stools, and a large amount of undigested food residues, etc., which are manifestations of indigestion (harmful food).