Do you occasionally experience intermittent abdominal pain in your child and cannot find any place of pain? This is called gastrointestinal spasm, which is one of the most common symptoms of acute abdominal pain in children. Generally, children with illnesses may experience this type of abdominal pain, which lasts for a few minutes to over ten minutes, sometimes causing pain and sometimes stopping, and may recur multiple times before stopping. Today, we will introduce the concept of gastrointestinal spasms that everyone believes in.
1、 Causes of pediatric gastrointestinal spasms.
The most common cause of pediatric diseases is improper diet, such as consuming a large amount of raw and cold food, overeating, or consuming foods with high sugar content before the onset of the disease, which are all reasons for gastrointestinal spasms in children. In addition, it is also possible that due to large temperature changes, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, children's stomachs may catch cold and experience gastrointestinal spasms. It is also possible that the child has eaten unclean food, causing parasitic infections and leading to gastrointestinal spasms.
2、 Common treatment methods for gastrointestinal spasms.
If the child only experiences mild pain and the duration is not long, parents should prepare a hot water bottle to cover the child's abdomen, which can effectively alleviate the pain.
Drug therapy can choose to use antispasmodic drugs (such as metoclopramide), which can block smooth muscle muscarinic receptors and directly act on smooth muscles to relieve the pain of smooth muscle spasms.
3. Remind children with poor gastrointestinal health to avoid spicy and stimulating food, abdominal massage, walking, etc. after meals, avoid vigorous exercise, do not stay up late, and pay attention to keeping the stomach warm. Supplementing beneficial bacteria in the body as part of dietary therapy for gastrointestinal problems, such as daily consumption of Zangling water sugar, provides sufficient food for bifidobacteria that settle in the intestines, which is very helpful for the maintenance of the gastrointestinal tract in children.