Many people mistakenly believe that chronic gastritis is a disease that only adults get, and children do not get chronic gastritis. Therefore, when some children cry stomach pain, many parents will think that the child eats something unclean caused, and give the child some drugs to treat stomach pain, so it is easy to delay the treatment of chronic gastritis. So what are the symptoms of chronic gastritis in children? And what should be done?
1 Causes of chronic gastritis in children
1.1 Reasons for diet Chronic gastritis in children has a lot to do with children's long-term irregular diet and poor eating habits. Like some children prefer to eat cold food, diet is not moderate, overeating, and some children are more picky eaters, like to eat fried, fried food, do not like to eat vegetables, fruits and so on. Nowadays, there are more and more snacks for children, and eating these snacks for a long time without restraint can easily cause increased gastric acid and pepsin secretion of children, and even cause children's gastric mucosal edema or erosion. Some children who often eat cold food, the blood vessels under the gastric mucosa will contract, and over a long time, the gastric mucosal layer will also become thinner, thus triggering chronic gastritis disease.
1.2 Causes of disease Some children who take aspirin drugs for a long time, children whose mental nerves are often in a state of tension, children with excessive mental stress and some children with chronic diseases, such as chronic nephritis, uremia, severe diabetes, hepatobiliary system diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other diseases, are likely to cause chronic gastritis in children.
2. Symptoms of chronic gastritis disease in children
After a child has chronic gastritis, the most common symptom is that the child will often say that he has stomach pain, but he can't tell which part of the stomach is the pain, and he feels pain around the navel or above the navel. Many parents of children will think that the child is a bug in the stomach or think that the child is colic, will give the child some intestinal worms or intestinal colic drugs, but the symptoms of stomach pain after the child takes these drugs will not disappear or be alleviated, and the child will often feel stomach pain repeatedly.
When a child has a chronic gastritis disease and feels stomach pain, it is generally a pain or a spasm pain, some children are stomach pain before eating, some children are stomach pain after eating, and some children have stomach pain at night, and some children do not have any regular stomach pain. In addition, after children have chronic gastritis, they will also have symptoms such as vomiting, weight loss, anemia, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Generally, after children get chronic gastritis, there is no typical symptom performance, so when the child has been yelling stomach pain, and has not eaten any unclean food, parents must pay attention, consider whether the child has chronic gastritis, and take the child to the regular hospital in time to do the corresponding examination to confirm the disease.
3. Treatment methods for children with chronic gastritis
After a child has chronic gastritis, if there are symptoms of vomiting, most of the body will lose more water. Therefore, at this time, you should add enough liquid foods for your child, for example, you can give your child more freshly squeezed juice, rice soup, lotus flour, egg soup, etc. In addition to eating more liquid foods, you should also let your child drink more water to help the child replenish the lost water as soon as possible and accelerate the discharge of toxins in the child's body. After the child's chronic gastritis disease is alleviated, you can give the child some semi-liquid food, gradually add soft rice, and give the child some food without any irritation and less fiber content, which is more conducive to the recovery of the child's chronic gastritis disease. Like rice porridge, lean rice porridge and egg flower porridge, etc., it is very beneficial to the rehabilitation of chronic gastritis. In addition, you can also give your child some thin noodles, noodle soup, rusks, steamed custard, soda biscuits, etc. In order to help children recover their healthy bodies as soon as possible, parents should also supplement the appropriate amount of protein for their children, and give their children more lean meat, minced meat, meatballs, meatballs, fish fillets, fish balls, etc., which can enhance the resistance of children's bodies to diseases. Keep small children away from chronic gastritis. During the treatment of chronic gastritis disease in children, attention should be paid to reducing the burden of the child's gastrointestinal tract, eat as little as possible every day, you can eat 5 to 6 meals a day, and the cooking method is best to steam, cook, braise, etc., which is more conducive to the digestion and absorption of the child's gastrointestinal tract. Children with severe symptoms of chronic gastritis should stay in bed to reduce the child's physical exertion. When the child vomits, parents should immediately let the child rinse or brush his teeth, keep the mouth clean, avoid any vomit left in the mouth, prevent infection, and aggravate the disease. Children with chronic gastritis generally have a stomachache, are more afraid, and do not know what is wrong with them. At this time, parents must not panic, calm the child's emotions, do a good job of the child's psychological counseling, and tell the child that the reason why the stomach hurts is because it is usually not good to eat, picky eating caused, and must eat well in the future, with treatment, so that slowly the stomach will not hurt again. While eliminating the child's fear, let the child consciously develop a good eating habit in the future.