What is the cause of baby's indigestion? Here are some ways to treat baby's indigestion

During the Spring Festival, the reunion of relatives and friends, or improper feeding by parents, will inevitably lead to the problem of children eating too much. After eating too much, many children will vomit, have abdominal pain or even diarrhea because of their diet. So, what is the cause of indigestion in babies?

Since infants have poor digestive ability, parents should feed them food that they can digest, absorb and accept according to their age. On the one hand, parents should gradually change their diet from liquid to semi-liquid (such as rice soup, paste food, porridge) and solid food (such as soft rice, bread, etc.) according to their age. Infants under 3 months old have different digestive juices from adults and are relatively poor at digesting starch, so special attention should be paid.

For infants under 2 years old, the added complementary food must be rotten, fine and soft. For example, vegetables can be chopped, rotten and made into vegetable puree. 2-3 older babies (baby food) already have 16-20 milk teeth, and the food can be a little thicker. At the same time, whole melon seeds, beans, peanuts, jelly and other foods are very dangerous to infants (children's food) and may be swallowed into the organs, so be careful and grind them into powder and break them before eating.

Children's digestive organs are not fully developed, digestive juices are insufficiently secreted, enzyme function is imperfect, gastrointestinal mucosa is tender, and digestive function is weak. If parents cannot feed their children correctly and feed their children, the quality and quantity of their diet will be inappropriate, which will damage gastrointestinal dysfunction. Children will experience indigestion (food damage) such as abdominal distension, vomiting, loose and sour stools, and a large amount of undigested food residues.

In addition to improper feeding, gastrointestinal inflammation, abuse of antibiotics, cold weather, low body resistance, and cold stomach can also cause indigestion. Long-term indigestion in children will lead to insufficient nutrient intake, poor digestion and absorption, and affect growth and development. Especially for children under 3 years old, this stage is the period of most vigorous brain development and a critical period for determining intelligence level. If the digestive function cannot be improved in time, it will affect the absorption of nutrients, which will inevitably affect the development of the brain and regret it for life.

Understand the causes of infant indigestion and take timely measures to treat it. What should I do if my baby has indigestion?

First of all, parents should properly control the baby's food intake. As the saying goes: "If you want your child to be safe, you must let him be three parts hungry and cold." Chinese medicine believes that children are "immature in yin and yang, with delicate internal organs and immature physical form and qi." In other words, children are immature and imperfect in both physical and physiological functions. If you don't pay attention to your diet and often eat high-fat, high-nutrition foods, it is easy to transport and accumulate in the body to form food heat. This is the truth of what Chinese medicine says, "If you overeat, your stomach and intestines will be damaged." Therefore, no matter how rich the nutrition is, no matter how delicious the food is, you can't eat too much. Match the food according to the baby's normal diet and refuse excess food.

Secondly, attention should be paid to the combination of meat and vegetables, and vegetables should be added to regulate the acid-base balance and provide sufficient vitamins and minerals; thirdly, parents should also control the baby's snack intake to avoid affecting their normal diet.

The main ingredients of Shanzha Pills include hawthorn, Shenqu, and malt. They have the effect of appetizing and digesting. They are used for stagnation symptoms caused by food stagnation, such as loss of appetite, indigestion, and upper abdominal distension. Stagnation is a gastrointestinal disease, commonly known as "indigestion" caused by internal injury of infant milk and food, retention of spleen and stomach, accumulation and non-melting. It is generally manifested by loss of appetite, abdominal distension, sour breath, loose stools or dry and sour stools. The baby may be accompanied by irritability, crying at night or vomiting. Stool tests can show undigested food residues and fat droplets. Therefore, parents should clarify the cause of the disease before giving their babies Da Shanzha Pills, especially babies with vomiting and diarrhea. After excluding infectious diseases such as acute gastroenteritis and dysentery, they can take Da Shanzha Pills by themselves. Babies who have damaged their milk due to improper feeding can also take Da Shanzha Pills orally, but the specific dosage should be consulted by the doctor. If the baby's symptoms do not improve after taking the medicine for 2 to 3 days, be sure to go to the hospital for treatment in time.

In addition, Da Shanzhao Pills taste sour and sweet. Some parents think that Da Shanzhao Pills are just for digestion and have no side effects, so they let their babies eat more. In fact, this is wrong. Because the baby's spleen and stomach are weak, and they have a long-term loss of appetite, but there is no stagnation. The treatment should focus on moving the spleen and appetizing, rather than helping digestion. After normal babies take Da Shanzhao Pills frequently, their spleen and stomach will also become lazy, reducing peristalsis, leading to anorexia, stagnation and other diseases. Any medicine has its own indications. Proper feeding and developing good eating habits are the fundamental ways to avoid indigestion.