Why does the child have pain around the navel?

Often, parents ask for help from doctors about why Rebek has pain around the navel. Most often, such situations occur in families where the carapaces are not even one year old. This is due to the fact that the child is just beginning to adapt to food, and the work of his digestive system is very different from that of the corresponding organs in adults. It should be noted that to identify the disease, it is worth noting and the attendant symptoms, since not everyone can explain the essence of the pain that disturbs him, what to say about the children, and even more so about those that just recently came into being.

To the question: "Why does the navel hurt?" - there are many answers. And the most common is intestinal colic. As a result of the fact that in the body increases gas formation, not only pain, but sometimes vomiting. Similar processes in the baby's body usually take place after half a year. Before this age should be very carefully refers to the ration of the crumbs, and if the baby is breastfed, then mother should also take a closer look at her nutrition. The best way out of this situation is tea based on fennel, or dill, which can be used by both children and nursing mothers. If you are not sure if it is worth giving the tea to the baby, then consult a pediatrician who will not only help you understand the causes of colic, but also prescribe special medications.

After six months, the most common disease is gastroenteritis. Children try to taste the world around them "on the tooth" and this experience rarely ends up getting infected in the baby's body. In addition to the fact that the child has pain around the navel, and also worsening of the general condition, symptoms such as fever, frequent vomiting and lack of appetite can manifest.

If one-year-old children have pain around the navel, then it can be both a symptom of the umbilical hernia, and the consequence of the transmitted infections. It is necessary to immediately consult a doctor, because the treatment of such a disease as a hernia needs a surgical examination and possibly even in an operative procedure.

The cause of pain in preschool children can be poisoning (especially often - food), constipation and infection in the genitourinary system. Such diseases have the following symptoms: pain during bowel movements or urination, spasms, fever, loose stools.

After the newborns, the largest number of children who turn to the doctor with complaints about the pain around the navel are the school-age children and teenagers. They have the most saturated schedule. They never sit still, their body needs a full, healthy diet. But, alas, parents can not follow their child in the school, and at home it is not often possible. Children muffle the feeling of hunger with fast food, or with all kinds of snacks and rolls. This food harms the digestive process, not to mention that not all children before the reception of even the same buns deign to wash their hands. And such negligence in relation to their health significantly increases the risk of getting microbes, bacteria and various infections into the growing up organism. And as a result - a huge queue to the doctor's office. Children are susceptible to a whole bunch of diseases such as various groups of hepatitis, ulcers, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, Crohn's disease, helminthiasis, hernia, gastroenteritis, poisoning and even appendicitis.

If the baby has a navel, this is a signal to the parents about the presence of the disease, which requires an instant reaction. Do not expose your child's health to danger, do not try to diagnose yourself, let alone treat the disease. At once address to the gastroenterologist.