When your baby's digestive tract is inflamed, a stomach infection or gastroenteritis occurs. This condition can cause many unpleasant symptoms, including diarrhea, vomiting, fever and chills. If your stomach has a cold and you have a cough, you need to take further steps to take care of your baby. Be sure to contact your baby's doctor first to make sure she does not need immediate medical attention.
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Because your baby is not able to express symptoms or pain well, it is difficult to determine her suffering Have stomach problems or other stomach-related diseases such as food poisoning or intestinal obstruction. Although the symptoms may be similar, according to Dr. Ask Sears, the stomach cold is characterized by vomiting, high fever and stomach pain appear to occur quickly and last for 12 to 72 hours. Your baby may also develop diarrhea on the first or second day. This situation is different from food poisoning because food poisoning usually does not cause fever.
Cough in infants
Sometimes your baby's cough may be a side effect of a cold in the stomach. For example, if she has been vomiting, her throat may be itchy or itchy due to the acidity of the stomach contents. According to Parents.com, a dry cough may be the result of vomiting, or your baby may have a cold or allergies. However, a damp cough may indicate that she has a respiratory infection that is usually accompanied by a bacterial infection. Baby coughing sputum or mucus usually contains white blood cells, and her body is using white blood cells to fight infection.
Treatment
Because the baby's stomach flu often occurs very quickly, it is important to know the correct method of care. When your baby vomits regularly, don't give her food or drink as this will further stimulate her stomach. Instead, only a small amount of water is provided to keep her moisture. When vomiting slows or stops, your goal is to restore fluid balance by administering an electrolyte solution, white grape juice diluted with water, or breast-fed breast milk. You can also make ice cubes to your baby with an electrolyte solution. When vomiting slows down o stop, you can try some bland foods such as biscuits, bread or broth, or continue to put your infant formulaMix well with the electrolyte solution.
See your pediatrician
Cough and stomach flu are common in babies, and some symptoms indicate that you need to see a doctor or go to the emergency room. This includes vomiting for more than 8 to 12 hours every 5 to 30 minutes; blood in the baby's vomit, stiff neck; urine with strong and malodorous or severe dehydration symptoms such as confusion, lethargy and sunken eyes. If your baby is less than two months old, please contact her doctor when vomiting occurs.
