Symptoms of infant flatulence and treatment of flatulence in infants

It is normal for babies to have flatulence. Because babies are very small, they often have many different symptoms. Some new mothers cannot distinguish the symptoms of their babies. Therefore, we need to understand the symptoms of baby flatulence. What are the treatment methods for baby flatulence?

If the mother does not know how to judge whether the baby's stomach is bloated, she can let the baby lie on the bed and gently press the baby's stomach with her hand. If the baby's stomach is hard, it means there is bloating. If the baby's stomach feels soft, it means there is no bloating. Moreover, babies with bloating have a poor appetite and will reject feeding or even cry. Babies with bloating have another obvious symptom, which is spitting up milk. It should be said that severe spitting up milk cannot avoid spitting up milk even if the burp is taken, and sometimes it will be vomiting-style spitting up milk. Some babies will fart frequently, which is also the cause of bloating. When the baby is bloated, the mother must find a way to relieve the baby in time. You can often rub the baby's stomach, and it must be clockwise. In addition, you should also pay attention to preventing the baby from bloating. Babies crying will cause bloating. Therefore, for babies with bloating, you must avoid crying, hold them more, and coax them.

If the baby has symptoms of intestinal flatulence, it will show symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting, which will have a great impact on the child's eating status and mental state. There are several ways to quickly relieve children's intestinal flatulence. First, you can give the child a gas-relieving exercise. For the specific gas-relieving exercise, parents can lift the child's lower limbs and press them against the child's navel, which can effectively promote the relief of intestinal flatulence. Secondly, you can use the method of clockwise abdominal massage to relieve the child, because after clockwise abdominal massage, the child's gastrointestinal motility will be significantly accelerated, so that intestinal flatulence will naturally be relieved. Enemas can be used for children. Enemas have the effect of stimulating the child's anal sphincter, thereby promoting the child's defecation. After the defecation, the child's intestinal flatulence will also be relieved to a certain extent.

Generally, infant flatulence will disappear in two months. Common causes of flatulence in children are: 1. The digestive system is not fully developed, and the underdeveloped enteric nervous system cannot control the intestines well and expel gas, resulting in gas retention in the intestines and inability to be expelled. Swallowing a large amount of gas during feeding, and swallowing a large amount of air while crying, especially crying before feeding. 2. Babies with intestinal flatulence usually cry more, which will aggravate the flatulence. 3. Food allergies, breastfeeding mothers consume allergic foods, or milk powder babies are allergic to milk protein, or excessive lactose intake causes intestinal flatulence, so the baby can be touched and massaged, and oral probiotics can be used for treatment when necessary.

Whether a newborn baby needs to go to the hospital for intestinal flatulence depends on clinical symptoms. If the child's diet and mental state are relatively normal, there is generally no need to be too nervous. However, if the baby has increased anal gas, hiccups, and belching, you can take the child to the general surgery or gastroenterology department of the hospital for treatment. Through physical examination, laboratory tests, abdominal X-ray examination or abdominal color ultrasound examination, the cause of intestinal flatulence can be understood, and measures need to be taken to treat the primary disease. The baby's gastrointestinal function has not yet fully developed. During breastfeeding, mothers should try not to eat too much gas-producing food, such as onions and beans, and should also keep the baby's abdomen warm.