The child always complains that he has a stomachache, but he can't find out the problem when he goes to the hospital. Parents should be on guard against this situation.

In most cases, children have a real stomachache. "Today, let's talk about this benign abdominal pain-gastrointestinal growth pain." for example, children often cry about leg pain for no reason and the growth pain caused by the growth and development of local muscles and tendons. This is the gastrointestinal growth pain that worries parents but does not understand, although gastrointestinal growth pain is benign abdominal pain. Then how to judge whether a child's stomachache is gastrointestinal growth pain? "the child cries about stomachache, and even some children have pale complexion, nausea and vomiting, and the number of attacks is the most common time when gastrointestinal growth pain occurs. Children who catch cold and eat too much raw and cold food will also have gastrointestinal growth pain, and some children may have a pain in a few days. When gastrointestinal growth pain occurs, pressing will not aggravate the pain. After the end of the pain, the child's mental state, diet and play will not be affected, basically can heal the child's gastrointestinal growth pain attack to the hospital to test blood, urine, feces and liver function.

"Children always say that they have a stomachache for no reason. When they eat, they say they have a stomachache, and when they go to school, they also say they have a stomachache. They are in a hurry to take them to the hospital for examination, but they don't find any problems. What's going on?"

I believe that many parents have encountered this situation, as soon as they go to school, do their homework and eat, their children begin to cry about stomachache.

What is even more troublesome for parents is that the child does not know exactly where the pain is and how it hurts. Sometimes it can be relieved by a hot compress and rubbing the belly, and sometimes the pain will go away if the child plays by himself for a while.

Parents always wonder if this is a "trick" that doesn't want to go to school, do not want to do homework, or want to eat.

It's not!

Except for some "naughty", in most cases the child really has a stomachache!

Today we are going to talk about this kind of benign abdominal pain-gastrointestinal growth pain.

What is gastrointestinal growth pain?

In fact, we are no stranger to growth pain, most people are familiar with growth pain, mostly for the performance of lower limb muscle pain.

For example, children often complain of leg pain for no reason, because the child is growing too fast and the growth and development of local muscles and tendons have not yet had time to coordinate the growth pain.

In fact, during the growth and development of the child, not only the bones grow fast, but the stomach and intestines are also growing synchronously, but due to the relative shortage of blood supply, coupled with the instability of the child's autonomic nerve function, the gastrointestinal smooth muscle appears spasmodic contraction due to poor blood circulation, leading to paroxysmal pain.

This is the gastrointestinal growth pain that worries parents but doesn't understand.

These two kinds of growth pain are likely to be encountered by 13-year-old children.

Although gastrointestinal growth pain is benign abdominal pain and "pollution-free", not all abdominal pain is gastrointestinal growth pain, so how to judge whether a child's stomachache is gastrointestinal growth pain?

How to distinguish gastrointestinal growth pain?

Children crying about stomachache, inexperienced parents can not identify the specific reasons, it is easy to panic, and even some inexperienced doctors will be misdiagnosed.

What's more, gastrointestinal growth pain is irregular, the degree of pain is also different, mild abdominal discomfort, severe spasm-like pain, and even some children will be pale, nausea and vomiting. Occasionally I hear the sound of "purr" in the child's belly.

Gastrointestinal growth pain is different from other abdominal pain, which mainly has the following three obvious characteristics:

The duration of ① is short and the number of seizures is high.

The most common time for gastrointestinal growth pain is after the child falls asleep at night, or when he is hungry. Children who catch cold and eat too much raw and cold food will also have gastrointestinal growth pain.

In general, the duration of pain will not exceed 10 minutes, and the frequency of pain varies from person to person. Some children will have pain several times in an hour, while others may have pain once in a few days.

② abdominal pain is located around the umbilical cord and upper abdomen.

The attack site of gastrointestinal growth pain is mainly around the navel, followed by the upper abdomen.

Gastrointestinal growth pain attack, the child's stomach feels soft, pressing will not aggravate the pain, abdominal pain for spastic pain. Usually, the child's mental state, diet and play are not affected after the pain is over.

③ has no other concomitant symptoms and can basically heal itself.

Children with gastrointestinal growth pain attack to the hospital to test blood, urine, feces and liver function, generally there will not be any abnormalities and other concomitant symptoms.

Compared with gastrointestinal growth pain, other diseases that can cause abdominal pain in children are often accompanied by prolonged stomachache and other symptoms, such as:

Children with ● intussusception have symptoms of vomiting, hematochezia and abdominal lumps.

Stomachache caused by ● appendicitis, usually accompanied by persistent fever, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.

Abdominal pain caused by ● enterococcosis can lead to loss of appetite, anorexia, anorexia, nausea and vomiting.

In general, parents need not worry too much as long as they can rule out the above common abdominal pain in children and determine that it is gastrointestinal growth pain in their children.

How to relieve the pain of the child?

Gastrointestinal growth pain is not strictly a disease, but a common physiological phenomenon that generally relieves itself, and most children are only mild pain.

But as a parent, you must show concern for your child's pain. Even if the pain is not so severe, you can't easily say "it'll be all right later".

Children are particularly sensitive to their own physical pain, which can lead to emotional tension, and parents' concern about their pain will be the best comfort to ease their children's tension.

If the pain is severe, parents can gently massage their child's stomach clockwise, or use hot water bags and hot towels to heat up the abdomen, which can reduce the child's pain.

If a child at home is experiencing growth pain, under the premise of good digestion, parents should supplement their children with more nutrition to meet their growth and development needs, and usually eat more high-protein foods and fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C. such as milk, walnuts, egg products, spinach, apples and so on.

Therefore, sometimes children are not faking if they want to go to school with a stomachache. I hope every child can get through the gastrointestinal growth pain safely.