Vomiting is a rather complex process of the child’s body (and an adult’s too) reacting to how the external or internal environment has changed. It can start at any moment, very unexpectedly. But as a rule, mothers are most worried if the baby vomits at night. After all, babies are sleeping, so they cannot tell their parents in advance that they are not feeling well. And the standard signs of vomiting - paleness of the skin or nausea - may not be seen.
To properly treat night vomiting in children, you must first find out why it occurs. If, in parallel with vomiting, the temperature rises and diarrhea begins, most likely, there is a connection with an infection of the baby’s gastrointestinal tract, and it would be better to consult a doctor.
If the child vomited at night, there is no fever, there is no diarrhea, then the subsequent actions of the parents can be learned from this article.
What could be the reasons?If a child begins to vomit, there can be many reasons. First of all, you need to pay attention to what the baby ate the day before. Vomiting could begin after eating and serve as a loud signal that the body, through an allergic reaction, is rejecting some product that should be immediately excluded from the baby’s diet.
If the baby does not have a temperature, then the reasons include the following:
The child has not yet reached seven years of age; a possible reason is that there is a foreign body in the stomach. While playing, a child may swallow a piece from a construction set, a pyramid, or a small part of a toy. This may later lead to nausea and vomiting.
Vomiting can occur due to a cold: a severe cough, a sore throat makes it difficult for the baby to breathe; excess phlegm will cause vomiting during sleep.
The toddler is overtired or stressed; the mother needs to remember how the child’s day went, whether he slept.
An attack of appendicitis, which will be accompanied by a deterioration in appetite and some lethargy of the baby; the temperature may rise. All these signs are clear indications for calling an ambulance.
The child has eaten fatty or low-quality food (special attention should be paid to when the baby eats chips and drinks soda, so all this should be excluded from the child’s diet); in this case, you need to take tests to determine the level of acetone. At home, it can be measured using test strips. If the baby has already had precedents, they should be warned at the first signs, for example, by inviting the baby to drink a cup of sweet tea or give a glucose solution in ampoules.
Parents' first stepsThe most important thing that parents should do in the first minutes when the child vomits at night is to protect their little one from dehydration. In this case, you can take the advice of Dr. Komarovsky, who suggests limiting food intake and giving the baby as much water as possible.
When a baby is bothered by pain in the tummy, and even with vomiting and diarrhea, you cannot do without a hospital. Most likely it is an intestinal infection. The doctor will make an accurate diagnosis after laboratory tests.
Sometimes it happens that a child vomits in his sleep without other accompanying symptoms. However, this frightens parents even more, like everything unknown.
Causes of night vomitingNo one prepares in advance for such unpleasant moments, so when a child vomits in his sleep, it takes both the child and the parents by surprise. Mom feverishly begins to remember what the baby ate in the evening. Perhaps this is a reaction to some exotic fruit or nutritional supplement. If the causes of the allergy are not found, and the temperature is within normal limits, parents’ anxiety can develop into panic. The reason may be here:
- Foreign body. (Little children often taste the world around them. Therefore, cases of swallowing small parts of toys and individual small objects are not uncommon).
- Colds. (Sputum flows down the larynx: this makes the child nauseous and even vomits).
- Overwork or stress. (Perhaps the baby got nervous during the day, and by night the result appeared).
- Inflammation of the appendix. (Proceeds with a slight increase in temperature, acute pain).
- Consequences of eating fatty, smoked, spicy foods. (To the above you need to add cakes, cream pies, kebabs, chips, carbonated drinks).
Perhaps the baby was poisoned. There are very serious poisonings from canned fish, pickled mushrooms, even cakes with protein cream. Babies don’t eat this, but older children could easily eat something similar. When food poisoning occurs, acetone accumulates in the body. Even the child’s urine and skin acquires a characteristic odor. You need to conduct a special test, it is sold in all pharmacies.
If a child vomits at night in his sleep, he has pain with contractions in the very bottom of his abdomen, he feels sick, he should definitely call an ambulance. The source of pain may be an inflamed appendix. It can give an elevated temperature of up to 37.5 degrees. The child looks lethargic and unnaturally pale. Moreover, a low-grade fever of 37-37.5 degrees could go unnoticed for a long time. But it is precisely this that accompanies latent inflammation of the appendix.
What can parents do?Mom and dad most often get lost in such a situation. Dozens of questions to each other, mutual accusations of inattention to one’s own son or daughter, dozens of offensive words in the tongue, nervous trembling in the hands. But you need to try to somehow take not only yourself, but also your child into these hands. First you need to analyze the situation and choose further reasonable actions.
At normal temperatures, do the following:
If the baby vomited only once, this indicates overeating or basic fatigue. In this case, we can consider the whole family lucky. Perhaps I'll be able to get some more sleep.
If you vomit again, you will have to repeat the same steps and call a doctor. It is advisable to add healing citrus fruit juice and a spoonful of sweet natural antibiotic (lemon and honey) to your baby’s drink.
If a child vomits repeatedly in the evening before going to bed, you should seriously take care of the child’s health. After all, he loses a lot of fluid. It must be remembered: the lower the patient’s weight, the more dangerous dehydration is.
WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION
When a child vomits in his sleep, he needs to be held in his arms, slightly tilted forward, so that the vomit freely leaves the body. If the child is older, you need to put him in bed on his side for the same purpose.
What not to do
- Self-medicate.
- Leaving a child unattended.
- Give milk drinks, fruit and vegetable juices;
- Allow to sleep while waiting for the next attack of vomiting.
- Do your own gastric lavage.
It is necessary to provide the little victim with something to drink. Feed with dietary meals for several days.
These delicious and very healthy dishes are ideal:
- vegetable soups with fresh chicken broth,
- liquid porridge from any healthy cereal,
- mashed potatoes,
- low-fat steam balls,
- crackers,
- mashed bananas and apples.
- Babies continue to eat mother's milk. Oatmeal jelly and herbal tea with dried blueberries would also be good.
- You should always remember that the ingredients for cooking for your baby should be the freshest!
List of used literature:
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My son is not a frequently ill child; he has had illnesses, but the last illness he experienced was the most difficult for me and the child. My son is 2.5 years old.
From my experience I can say that:
When a baby is sick, any normal mother is ready to take all or part of the child’s pain for herself and do everything so that the baby recovers as quickly as possible.
My son is not a child who gets sick often; he has had illnesses, but the last illness he experienced was the most difficult for me and the child. My son is 2.5 years old.
My dad brought this infection from work; we hoped that the child would not get sick, and that only we, adults, would experience the signs of the disease. But a day after me, after a nap, my son came up to me and said: “I feel bad,” and at that very moment he vomited. There was no doubt that he, too, had become infected.
The son himself asked for a drink, but immediately vomited. At the same time, because of the same rotavirus, my one-year-old niece was in the hospital with her mother. My sister’s advice focused me on a speedy recovery at home. The most important thing was that it was said: “Solder, do not allow dehydration, even at night, drink a spoonful every 10-15 minutes.”
Motilium, enterofuril, rehydron, and smecta were purchased. But the child vomited from the required dose. He doesn’t drink the required dose of motilium, and in parts, there is no result. I started giving it a teaspoon at a time. I'm calling an ambulance. The doctor comes and doesn’t add anything new. I ask about an injection of a drug against vomiting in a child in order to give the right amount of medicine, but the doctor refuses, citing the fact that this is a serious drug and can stop the heart.
First night. I don’t sleep, bending over the child’s crib, I check every 15 minutes, I give a spoonful of either rehydron, or smecta, or just water, or enterofuril from a syringe. He drinks twice, and the third time he vomits. The child is already vomiting bile, I don’t even have time to give him a spoon of water. I call “03”, ask again for an injection (I find out that in the hospital even a one-year-old child was given this injection), the doctors categorically refuse, they say that they do not give it to children under 3 years of age. Are they lying or just don’t want to take responsibility? The instructions say - contraindications up to 2 years! How can we unwind then?
The ambulance doctors insistently suggest going to the hospital. After much wrangling, I refuse. The sister said that as long as there is no dehydration, the hospital will tell mothers to drink water in the same way, and there is no point in going to the hospital. Rotavirus in children can be successfully treated at home.
Not sleeping. I write down in my notebook:
00.00 - 1 tsp. water
00.15 - 1 tsp. smects
...
4.45 - 1 tsp. water
5.00 - 1 tsp. rehydrona
5.15 - 1 tsp. smects
5.30 - 1 tsp. enterofuril with water - vomiting
5.45 - 1 tsp. water
6.00 - he asks for more water. I limit it.
He asks again: “Mommy, I still want to drink.” “You can’t. Be patient, I’ll give you a spoon in another 10 minutes, be patient a little,” I tell the child, and tears appear. The son whines and falls asleep.
At 9.00 a doctor comes from the emergency room, checking after the ambulance. He examines and reassures that he is far from dehydrated, but he needs to drink. I ask for an anti-vomiting injection to give an antibiotic. She refuses, but the child begins to vomit in front of her, vomiting with just saliva, the son is pale and crying. The doctor undresses, silently takes out an ampoule with antiemetic medication and gives an injection. He says that he will call back in 3 hours and if it doesn’t get better, he will unconditionally send him to the hospital.
And here, out of inexperience, I make my first mistake. Afraid of provoking vomiting, I give my son not the entire dose of enterofuril, but only a part, and an hour later another small part. The effect of the antiemetic wears off, and the child begins to feel sick again. I continue to drink.
Morning, the child wakes up, but only for a while: asks for a drink, drinks, vomits, restricts his drinking, falls asleep. Pale, weak. He lies down and doesn't get up. He wakes up and immediately falls asleep. My life is also scheduled in 15 minutes. I pray with every spoonful that I don’t throw up. I thank God that a spoonful of water was absorbed. But things didn’t get any easier for my son.
The second night, I’m trying to stay awake, I’m afraid of missing time: I sit by the crib, fall asleep, set the alarm to repeat every 15 minutes. The vomiting seems to have become less frequent, but the child is still weak and if you give too much, he vomits. I notice that for some reason enterofuril especially provokes vomiting.
17.15 already on the second day - I peed! Hooray! But the child is sick. I communicate with a friend and find out that I am giving the antibiotic incorrectly, it must be given strictly in doses, and there is no point in splitting it up, there will be no result. I’m in a panic, at my own peril and risk I ask my friend to give me an anti-emetic injection to give the right dose. The injection is given, the medicine is drunk and completely absorbed. My son falls asleep instantly. I sit above him, listen to his breathing, put my palm on the baby and feel how he breathes.
Another sleepless night lies ahead. Third. I can’t stay awake at all, I fall asleep, set the alarm again, and sleep for 15 minutes. No, sometimes I sleep more: I just overslept and didn’t drink for an hour. Horror and fear: I overslept, how is this possible, why does my body no longer respond to the alarm clock... I can’t sleep. I get up, go to the kitchen, do business, just to stay awake. I hold on, I sing every 15 minutes.
In the morning I call the local doctor. I describe the situation. The doctor gives 3 treatment options:
- give up enterofuril and continue treatment with water, just drink it;
- go to hospital;
- inject an antiemetic 2 times a day and give an antibiotic.
Considering that the hospital will still be treating with water, then there is no point in going to the hospital for now. Treatment on the water - we have been treating for 3 days. I have never seen my baby so weak. He sleeps both day and night. By evening the temperature even rose to 37.7. Fortunately, she did not get up like that again during her illness.
It seems that he has become so weak that he needs to be fed. I'm researching the Internet about our antiemetic injections. I don’t find any dangerous cases or categorical contraindications. It remains to accept option two. After the injection and medicine, I start feeding him, giving him jelly from a syringe, a teaspoon or two of liquid porridge. I alternate with water and dried fruit compote.
Morning. It's the 4th day. My son woke up and saw that he was already more alert, but pale. He asks to eat. For now I still keep it on water, jelly. We are already playing, reading books and no longer falls asleep right away, and even played until lunch! Hooray! You can probably feed him already. I made porridge. I'll give you a spoon. He asks for more. I ask my son to be patient, after 10 minutes I give him another spoon. Then he asks for a drink. Everything is fine. After a while I increase the dose: I give 3 spoons. He drinks it down. Then he gets sleepy.
Get some sleep, dear. He gets up and cries: “Mom, it’s bad.” He vomits everything he ate right on the bed. It seems that there is nothing left to do, but he feels sick. Something brown or even red, scary thoughts, I call my sister. We conclude that she simply overfed her. I'm calling a doctor. The doctor comes and looks at the towel: it’s not blood, it doesn’t look like it. But if it doesn’t get better, call 03.
No food again. My son is crying and asking for food. It's incredibly hard. I couldn’t even imagine that someday a child would ask me to feed him, and I would refuse.
- Mom, give me something to drink.
- Be patient for 15 minutes and I’ll give it to you.
In 2 minutes:
- Mom, is everything? Can I drink?
- No, just be patient, another 5 minutes...
I distract him and talk to him about other topics. Time passes, and I give you something to drink again...
It’s night again and I unsolder it again. While the injection is still working, I feed him porridge. I stroke my son’s back and feel how his ribs are already sticking out. Lost weight, little one.
It’s good that at least he pees 2 times a day, it reassures me that I’m not singing in vain.
5th day. The child is still pale, his skin is dry, but he has an appetite.
- Mom, let's go to the kitchen.
Dad eats pancake.
- I want too.
- You can't do that. It has bitter berries.
- And I want one like this.
- There are bitter berries there.
- Show me.
I cut the pancake and show the berries, saying that they are bitter.
- Mom, let's bake our own.
- You can't do it now.
- Mom, I want a pancake.
- Give me something else.
“No, I want pancakes,” he takes out flour.
“It’s already bad, there are worms in there, let’s throw it away.”
- Then let's go to the "Platypus" and order flour.
“Let’s go,” I interrupt with an order and only give you something to drink for now. And I have tears in my eyes: the little one wants to eat, but I’m just afraid that his stomach is not yet ready to accept food.
We made porridge, I give 2 spoons per hour, the rest is compote, jelly, water, 2 spoons every 15 minutes.
“I still want to eat,” says the son. I give 2 spoons every half hour, but no more. I remember that yesterday it led to vomiting. Although there should be an improvement, we started taking an antibiotic.
In the evening I started giving her half a cookie. He eats, asks for more, cries. They began to go outside, or rather, take walks in a stroller, distracting them from eating and breathing in the fresh spring air.
And in the evening there is another injection, I decide to inject him one last time, to see if he won’t feel nauseous without the injection? My son cries and also asks not to give the injection. Either the stress of the injection or the drug is so serious - after it my little son falls asleep instantly. And he sleeps very soundly. So tight that I can barely listen to his breathing. I’m afraid: I’m fattening up again, already more, I’m already starting to sleep for an hour. Once an hour, more porridge and compote. Thank God he doesn't vomit.
Morning. No injection. I give you a small plate of porridge, but it’s no longer 2 spoons. He eats everything and later asks for more. And even later I give the medicine and hope that we are already recovering. And a miracle happens: on the 6th day of his illness, his son does not vomit after taking the medicine. He calmly drinks his medicine and plays. We go outside and eat cookies and porridge. And the son asks for food more and more. I limit it.
Night: such fattening is no longer required, but it seems that he has lost so much weight that night porridge will only benefit him. I don’t have the strength to get up, my body simply refuses to respond to the alarm clock, and yet I get up 3 times and give porridge and compote.
7th day. We are resuming our usual diet, although not quite. Diet, strict diet, no milk, eggs, fresh bread, vegetarian soups allowed. Still, it's better than feeding every 15 minutes! We went to the clinic and took blood and urine tests. We weighed ourselves. Only 12 kg, but it was almost 13.
It’s already the 8th day, but my little son can’t eat enough, he’s always asking for cookies, then more porridge, or craving mashed potatoes. Eat, eat to your health, my little one!
From the editor. The article reflects the personal experience of the author and cannot serve as treatment instructions. In case of illness, consultation with a doctor is necessary.
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Irina | 12/29/2018
I also had personal experience. My son was 1.6. Intestines feces with blood. We went to bed, everything was fine. I started to get better. 5 days passed and I asked to go home with a signature. She left. After 2 days, I didn’t finish the treatment again. Callos without blood but terrible diarrhea every 10 minutes. We went back there. They prescribed an IV. When he yelled that the catheter was being installed, I wanted to kill myself. After all, it is my fault that my child suffers. They gave me an IV for 2 days. Enema with smeikta and papoverine. The child recovered. I was treated for 5 days. Of course, you need to complete your treatment for at least 2 weeks. Than then lie down 2 times. And you have to go to the hospital. If you see that your child is unwell at home, go to the hospital immediately. Yes, not hunting, the conditions are not the same. But the health of the child is even more important.
one more mom | 08/20/2017
“The doctor said to go to the hospital, but the sister said it was useless, so they didn’t go to bed” - listen, this is some kind of hell. What was the author actually thinking when he wrote this? By the way, the hospital also has IVs. “My sister said” - damn, that’s all for us.
Maria | 03.12.2016
I picked up my child from kindergarten two weeks ago, cheerful and joyful. We came home, vomited, and in the evening the temperature rose and vomited. I vomited all night and diarrhea began. In the morning the pediatrician called, said it looked like rotavirus, sent me for a stool test, the diagnosis was confirmed. I prescribed enterosgel, enterofuril, and normobact L (probiotic + prebiotic) for the microflora. I took a sip of cranberry juice and rehydron. He asked for some water, and as soon as he drank it, he immediately vomited. I thought this nightmare would never end, the child was lethargic, green, and didn’t eat anything. I just brought him out of this state and collapsed myself. I was worried about infecting the baby again, but tbh, it turned out okay.
Ksenia | 03.12.2016
On 12/1/16 the whole family ate something wrong, at night my daughter started vomiting, she called a doctor, they took her to the infectious diseases department, we lie there, my daughter sleeps all the time, when they brought her to the hospital she was vomiting, they put on an IV, the vomiting went away, I give her a little something to drink, 2.12 .16 only started eating in the evening, today 12/3/16 she vomited water and there is not a lot of diarrhea, I am very worried, I sleep very poorly myself because I am worried (((((
Irina | 05.11.2016
Yes, all this is threatening and scary, especially when it comes to children. We also managed to get over this nonsense, we also prescribed watering, diet, sorbents and Enterofuril, which acts on all this infection and does not affect the normal intestinal flora. Yes, it was not easy, but it’s good that there are medications that help you get better faster.
Irina | 07/18/2016
Moms, your child has very frequent loose stools, no fever or vomiting, and complains of pain in the tummy. For now I only give Regidron, the doctor will be there tomorrow, I hope, we are at the dacha. I took the first aid kit with me, but my eyes are wide open, I don’t know what to give and whether I have anything with me, can I look in the neighbors? Thank you
anastastya | 09.10.2015
For the future, if your child vomits or wears water, you need to stop drinking half an hour before meals and start drinking again half an hour after eating. Lethargy and drowsiness are one of the first symptoms of Dehydration. Rotavirus in severe form is a little hell for mother and child, but for the mother it is even more so. See this.
Vomiting in a child at night always worries parents a lot. After all, the little one had been sleeping peacefully before and did not show any concern. Before taking any action, it is necessary to determine what could have caused this condition. When, in addition to nausea and vomiting, watery diarrhea begins and the body temperature rises, the cause most likely lies in an intestinal infection. But there are a number of other conditions when only vomiting is observed and there are no other symptoms.
Causes of night vomitingThere are plenty of reasons for night vomiting in children; it can be difficult to immediately determine what triggered this condition. If vomiting appears in a dream, you need to immediately analyze what the baby ate shortly before sleep. Perhaps there was some new product in the diet that could cause an allergic reaction and the body tried to get rid of foreign substances. If a child’s vomiting during sleep is not accompanied by a rise in temperature, then the reasons include:
- There is a foreign body in the digestive tract. This is typical for young children, who often put small parts in their mouths during play.
- A cold with copious mucus production, which flows down the back wall of the larynx and provokes nausea and vomiting.
- Severe fatigue or stressful situation during the day. Parents need to remember how the little one spent his day.
- Inflammation of appendicitis. This condition is accompanied by a rise in temperature, lethargy and acute pain in the lower abdomen.
- The baby ate fatty and junk food in the evening. This could be smoked meats, barbecue, cakes with rich cream, chips or soda. It is advisable not to include all these products in the diet of young children, and chips with carbonated drinks are generally undesirable for children at any age.
If the cause of vomiting is poisoning, then the acetone content in the body usually rises. You can determine how much this indicator exceeds the norm using test strips, which should be in every home medicine cabinet.
If a child vomits, which is accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen, appendicitis can be suspected. In this case, the baby is lethargic, pale and very restless. If such a condition occurs, you must immediately call an ambulance.
What can parents do?Many parents are lost as soon as the baby starts vomiting and don’t know what to do. There is no need to panic; all actions should be clear and calm. If a child vomits at night without a rise in temperature, then the algorithm of action should be as follows:
When there is an increase in temperature above 38.5 degrees, it is necessary to give antipyretic tablets. It is best to give paracetamol, but ibuprofen will also work.
A single vomiting in a child at night indicates overwork or overeating. Most often, after such an incident, the child lies down calmly and sleeps. If the vomiting has become regular, then after each attack the baby is allowed to rinse his mouth, and then given a tablespoon of water. If vomiting is caused by rotavirus or poisoning, then the urge occurs every 15-20 minutes for the first hour, then gradually subsides.
You can add a little honey and a few drops of lemon juice to the baby's water. This drink not only tones and refreshes, but also supplies a weakened body with useful microelements.
What to pay attention toIf a child vomits before bed or at night, the child should immediately be calmed, changed and washed. Babies, when they are asleep, are frightened by such an unpleasant phenomenon and may begin to cry a lot. Parents should be nearby at all times; it is unacceptable to leave the little one alone, even for a few minutes.
The infant is held in the arms with a slight incline. Older children are placed on their sides in bed to avoid choking on vomit.
During vomiting, it is necessary to avoid dehydration, which occurs quite quickly in children. It must be remembered that the lower the baby’s weight, the more dangerous this condition is for him.
What not to doWhen vomiting occurs only once in the evening or at night, you can help the child and put him to sleep. Wherein:
- do not self-medicate and give your baby any medications other than sorbents and antipyretics;
- do not leave the baby alone, even for a few minutes, without adult supervision;
- do not feed your toddler dairy products or juices;
- Do not let your child sleep in anticipation of the next bout of vomiting.
If vomiting occurs only once at night, then you don’t have to worry and watch the patient until the morning. When the condition is steadily worsening every minute, there is no point in taking risks; only a doctor should treat the baby.
What to do in the morningSometimes it happens that the baby vomits once at night and in the morning does not remember anything at all. In this case, parents should provide the baby with enough fluids and adhere to a diet for a couple of days. You can give the following dishes:
- vegetable soups with a second chicken broth;
- porridge made from buckwheat, oatmeal or rice;
- mashed potatoes;
- steamed chicken balls;
- bread croutons;
- banana and applesauce.
Infants continue to be breastfed on demand, but no new foods are introduced into the diet for the next couple of days. Fruit jelly, which has an enveloping effect, is a good drink to drink. If nothing reminds you of the night incident for about two days, you don’t have to worry, it means the cause of the vomiting was not serious.
When your baby is still bothered by constant nausea and there is a cutting pain in the stomach, you need to consult a doctor. It is quite possible that there is a foreign body in the digestive tract that should be removed.
Every child experiences vomiting at night at least once. The cause most often is the use of harmful products. To prevent such a problem from happening, the child’s diet should consist only of natural and healthy foods.
Vomiting is a reflex process of releasing the contents of the stomach through the oral cavity. Various factors influence the occurrence of the body's reaction. The child's body is most susceptible to adverse conditions that can cause a gag reflex. Vomiting at night is a major concern for parents, as it can harm a fragile child’s body.
There are a number of factors that can cause vomiting at night. Anything can be the cause. It is worth paying attention to parallel symptoms. If the urge passes without fever, then the causes may be the following:
In an infant, vomiting can be caused by:
Also, the cause of night vomiting is diseases of the digestive system:
- Pancreatitis. Due to enzyme deficiency, food is not digested well enough, which is why an attack begins to occur.
- Cholecystitis. Stagnation of bile occurs and when it accumulates, the contents of the stomach are released along with particles of bile masses.
- Liver diseases.
- Gastritis. Due to impaired gastric motility, food stagnates in the organ and when it accumulates, the contents are ejected.
- An attack can cause prolonged horizontal sleep in the presence of pathologies in the digestive system.
With simultaneous vomiting and an increase in body temperature, the cause may be an infection in the gastrointestinal tract, overheating of the body, influenza or ARVI. A sharp increase in temperature leads to a reflex reaction of the body. If the attack is accompanied by diarrhea, the cause is an intestinal infection.
Associated symptomsThe color of vomit can indicate the cause of an attack:
- Green: the cause was a violation of the child’s comfortable psychological state, poor sleep.
- Yellow: indicates the presence of poisoning of the body, infection.
- Red: associated with disruption of the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, mechanical injury to the digestive system.
- Black: excessive use of absorbents.
What to do when vomiting just starts? Turn the baby onto his side, raise his head, and put a towel on him. If an attack begins in a baby while sleeping, keep him in an upright position. Vomiting at night can cause fear in a child.
First of all, it is necessary to calm the baby. The child should not be left alone unattended. After the attack ends, rinse your mouth and give the person to drink water that is as close to body temperature as possible. If children have an attack at night, parents should adhere to a certain algorithm of help:
If night vomiting is one-time and is not accompanied by other symptoms, you can do without calling a doctor. During the night, observe and monitor all changes in the baby’s condition - if the child feels nauseous during sleep, he tosses and turns, whines, and periodically wakes up.
There are a number of cases in which calling an ambulance is mandatory:
- The child is not yet one year old.
- Attacks of acute abdominal pain, severe intestinal upset.
- A sharp increase in temperature.
- Whitening of the skin, general weakness of the body, fainting.
- Repeated bouts of vomiting.
After arrival, the doctor conducts a survey to find out the cause of the attack. The following points need to be clarified:
- Frequency of repetition of vomiting.
- Volume of erupted masses.
- When did the first attack occur?
- What food did the child eat during the day?
- Whether the baby was sick during the previous 14 days.
- How the baby behaved before bedtime.
- Quality of sleep before vomiting began.
Examination of the child allows you to determine whether the temperature is elevated, signs of dehydration, the appearance of a rash, seizures, the appearance of symptoms of food poisoning, and the presence of rotavirus infection.
TreatmentIf you experience repeated bouts of vomiting, the first priority is to take medications that relieve symptoms. Drug treatment includes the use of:
- Solutions that restore the water-salt balance of the body.
- Medicines for nausea approved for use in childhood: absorbents to reduce intoxication, Cerucal (an anti-vomiting drug, used in the form of solutions or intramuscularly), Motilium, for rotavirus Enterofuril.
- In order for the stomach to start working normally, beneficial bacteria are prescribed: Linex, Acipol, Enterol, Bifidumbacterin.
- If a concomitant symptom is diarrhea, Diarol and Imodium are prescribed.
- For intestinal infections, antibiotics can be taken.
- Medicines that reduce fever (Cefekon, Ibuprofen).
The first meal is allowed no earlier than five hours after the end of the attack. Don't give a lot of food at once. Dishes should be light and easily digestible. Enveloping porridges with water and vegetable soups would be optimal. The first days after vomiting, you should avoid eating fried foods, sweets, and milk porridges.
Application of traditional methodsA decoction of raisins, rice, dill water, and mint infusion are suitable for infants. Children over one year old are allowed to give pear decoction, milk-yolk mixture, and soaked rye bread crackers. Children over three years old are allowed to use decoctions of valerian herbs, lemon balm, mint and chamomile.
ComplicationsBouts of vomiting at night are a great strain on a child’s body. There are three types of complications:
- Loss of body weight - the body is weakened by attacks, rejects all food, and there is no appetite.
- Dehydration – vomiting leads to fluid loss and disruption of the body’s water-salt balance. Signs of dehydration: dry skin, lethargy, crying without tears, lack of urination.
- Vomit entering the nasopharynx - incorrect body position leads to retention of vomit in the respiratory tract, which can lead to suffocation.
Sudden nausea at night can cause panic in parents. Stay calm, perform all necessary actions and, if necessary, seek emergency medical help.