Treating Stomach Pain in Kids
By: Mark MonteiroTotal Views: 217, Word Count: 674,
Children frequently suffer from stomach pains and more often than not, they don’t tell it. The pain could be gentle or severe but must not be overlooked. Stomach pain could occur due to several reasons, such as eating something from outside, constipation, ulcers, food poisoning, etc. Though these are typical cases, they could result in bigger problems that are quite serious in nature like urinary tract infection, kidney stones, gall bladder inflammation, appendicitis, etc.
You should not ignore kids when they complain of having stomach pains. Despite treating stomach pain in kids with the following home remedies, if the problem still persists then it’s advisable to visit a doctor.
Remedy for Stomach Ache
- Lemon tea, with only some drops of honey added to it, is an efficient treatment for stomach pain. Ensure that the tea is quite warm, since it would help in calming the stomach muscles and ease them up.
- You could mix a teaspoon each of mint juice and limejuice in a glass. Add a bit of black salt and ginger juice to it. This mixture provides rapid pain relief and relaxes the stomach.
- Take some ajwain seeds (carom seeds) and put them in water. Boil the water, until it gets a light touch of yellow. This denotes that the water has acquired the juice of the seeds. Wait till the water becomes tepid and give it to the child. For persistent stomach aches, make the child drink this (half glass) on a regular basis.
- Grate a tiny piece of ginger and squeeze out its juice. Gently massage the stomach with this juice. This is a very effective treatment for stomach ache.
- Yoghurt helps in treating stomach pain in kids, as it provides a cooling sensation. The cooling dessert could act as a natural laxative to cure stomach pain.
- Another effective home remedy to treat stomach ache in children would be to have a mixture of herbs. Boil some water and add a spoonful of cumin seeds to it. Once the seeds have properly blended, add a teaspoon of honey to the mixture and then sip that mixture as a tea.
- An easy way to get rid of stomach pain in children would be to place a hot water bag on the abdomen of the child. For this, you need to boil some and then fill a hot water bag with it. Place this bag on the abdomen of the child as this would ease the pain and also help in clearing off any constipation.
- Massaging the tummy area is an effective way of treating stomach pain in kids. Take some necessary oils and gently massage in a circular, clockwise motion, following the path of the digestive system.
- Finally, make your child drink plenty of water. Most of the times, stomach ache in kids occurs due to acidity imbalance, mainly because of wrong combination of food. Drinking water could help reduce the imbalance. However, instruct your kid not to gulp down the water in one go, rather have it sip by sip.
About the Author
Dr. Mark Monteiro is graduated from the Hazard University and done his MBA from the he University Of Illinois College Of Medicine. Currently he is working as general physician at Elmhurst Loyola Center for Health. For over 15 years he has been a pioneer in the field of physician health. He has contributed to the treatment of many diseases like- ASTHMA, TUBERCULOSIS, HIV, HEPATITIS AND ITS TREATMENT.
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