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sábado, 14 de enero de 2012

Your child is vomiting, when to go to the doctor?

Many times a child vomits when the food not fallen you well.
However, when vomiting seems endless to repeat continuously, it is important that all father and mother be aware, that your child can begin to get dehydrated.
There are several ways to detect if a child is dehydrating as, for example, that stop urination, cry without tears, has dry mucous or appears to be dormant, listless, sleepy or confused, etc.
In these cases, please contact your pediatrician or take it to the hospital so that they provide fluids intravenously or put it in a special program of oral rehydration.
How to detect when vomiting is a symptom of a disease which can be serious
Also, parents should be alert to these symptoms of ailments and more serious injuries, including:
• A baby projectile vomiting, especially less than four months old. This force vomiting may be a symptom of pyloric stenosis, obstruction of the end of the stomach, which prevents passing food.
• Vomiting accompanied by fever. This may be a symptom of meningitis, intestinal infection or other serious condition.
• Stomach is bloated and hard between episodes of vomiting. This could indicate a stomach or intestinal, obstruction which involves problems which threaten life, so the immediate attention is imperative.
• Vomiting after recovering from a viral infection. This could be a symptom of the syndrome of Reye, an inflammation of the brain and the liver, which can be fatal.
• Vomiting after a blow to the head. It may be the sign of a bruise or bleeding in the brain.
• Repeated vomiting of fluid in yellow or green. If vomit bile (so called fluid) sometimes means that there is a blockage in the stomach.
• Vomiting that looks like coffee beans. Generally, it means that there is blood in the stomach, a sign of internal bleeding.
• Vomiting after an accident involving the stomach, especially an injury with the handlebars of the bike. If vomiting occurs one or two weeks later, you must call the doctor. That kind of vomit may mean that there is a hematoma in the intestines.

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