Vomiting medicine for children: a review of safe drugs

When vomiting, food particles, mucus, gastric juice are excreted through the esophagus. The harbingers of an illness in a child are a strong heartbeat, dizziness, pallor, increased salivation.

In a baby, frequent vomiting attacks are dangerous due to excessive fluid loss. Dehydration is a serious risk for babies and should be dealt with once they feel unwell against vomiting.

What will help fight baby vomiting

At bloody vomit you should immediately call an ambulance, you cannot drink, it is better to give an ice cube, put a cold heating pad on your stomach.

Vomiting is a symptom of various illnesses. If nausea recurs repeatedly, it is important to get immediate medical attention. Before the arrival of the pediatrician, the child is provided with proper care:

• lay on its side;
• prepare a bowl, a container for spitting.

The baby is allowed to be held upright.

Abundant drinking regimen

Severe seizures deprive the body of fluids necessary for normal functioning, important microelements. Dehydration is eliminated with alkaline mineral water, special solutions.

The younger the patient's age, the more dangerous dehydration is for him. The baby can be drunk from a pipette or a teaspoon. An older child must definitely drink a lot in small sips for four hours, calculating the volume of drink in milliliters, multiplying the body weight by a factor of 75.

The best remedy for recovery is rehydration solution. Dissolves in 1 liter of water, 1 tsp. salt, the same amount of soda, 2 tbsp. Sahara. What ready-made solutions are suitable for children:

• Hydrolyte;
• Regidron;
• Oralite.

Instead of a saline solution, another warm liquid will do:

• sugar-free compote from dried fruits;
• chamomile broth;
• weak tea with rose hips.

The closer the temperature of the tea or broth to body temperature, the more effective absorption occurs in the stomach, and the less chance of new urges.

It is imperative to persuade the child to drink a lot of fluids throughout the day.

In infants, profuse attacks cause dehydration, as a rule, after 3 hours, it is extremely important to provide him with plenty of drink.

Meal break

If an attack has begun, you need to temporarily stop eating. Short-term fasting is indicated if the baby has an intestinal infection. Skipping a few meals, the child's body will not suffer. If you feel nauseous, you will not want to eat. After vomiting, it is worth feeding the patient, but adjusting the diet:

• feed more often than usual, but in tiny portions;
• make mashed potatoes, give it slightly warmed up;
• it is necessary to exclude fresh vegetables, fruits that are difficult to digest due to their high fiber content;
• sweets, foods high in salt, fats, fried foods, foods with fast carbohydrates that provoke fermentation are contraindicated.

As for babies who are breastfeeding, feedings should not be stopped.

Drugs for vomiting in children

Treatment should start by identifying the cause. It is advisable to start taking medications after the appointment of a pediatrician.

Acquiring anti-vomiting medications without the advice of a pediatrician is not always safe and fraught with complications. From drugs of this type it tends to sleep, vision is impaired, there is dizziness, the cause of vomiting remains. After taking a remedy for diarrhea and vomiting before the ambulance arrives, it is difficult for a doctor to determine the actual volume of discharge, and accordingly, it will be more difficult to diagnose and treat the root cause.

With craniocerebral trauma, acute intestinal infections in children under one year old, it is strictly necessary to call an ambulance with subsequent hospitalization.

If vomiting is caused by intracranial hypertension, the doctor prescribes magnesium sulfates and Diacarb.

In children over a year old, mild poisoning can be treated at home with the obligatory call of a pediatrician. Usually Nitrofuran is prescribed, lots of fluids, diet.

After examination and determination of the ailment, harmless vomiting remedies for children are prescribed.

It is safe for children to take:

1. Cerucal for nausea, a disorder based on metoclopramide affects directly the focus of vomiting reflexes, blocking seizures, is intended for babies from the age of two years. After determining the dosage, the doctor may prescribe the medicine as a liquid syrup or intramuscularly.
2. Motilium normalizes the condition of the intestines, is used for nausea, bloating, colic. Suitable for children from 2 years old. Domperidone - the basis of Motilium - suppresses the urge to vomit, increases the speed of transport of food from the stomach to the intestines. A side symptom of Motilium is hyperexcitability, which disappears when the drug is discontinued.
3. The doctor may prescribe antimicrobial, antiviral medications.
4. Riabal - lowers the production of gastric juices, the remedy is used against spasms. Riabal syrup is prescribed for babies from birth, tablets - for children over 6 years old.
5. Suppositories Bromoprid have a positive effect on peristalsis. The drug affects the brain stem, prevents nausea.
6. Ondansetron is prescribed after complex operations, chemotherapy, and the use of cytostatics. Injections of the drug should be given to babies over a month old, the syrup is suitable for children over 6 months old. Ondansetron tablets are intended for use in children over two years of age.
7. Sorbents are organic preparations that absorb and remove toxic substances from the body. They do not lead to a violation of the intestinal microflora and are shown even to infants.

The third type of medication varies according to the established diagnosis.

The use of absorbent products

The following absorbents are usually prescribed:

• Activated carbon is black porous tablets that easily absorb toxic compounds. White charcoal - recommended for children over 14, a higher absorption rate allows you to take tablets in smaller quantities than ordinary activated charcoal.
• Enterosgel is used for vomiting from birth. The gel-like sorbent is given to infants 6 times a day before feeding, 2.5 g each. together with water or breast milk. A one-year-old baby under five years of age Enterosgel is shown three times a day for 7.5 g, and for older children - 15 g.
• Smecta is a safe drug for children of all ages, absorbing toxins and enveloping the mucous membrane. Smecta is a packaged powder added to food. Suspension from Smecta with water, breast milk, infant formula is ideal for feeding babies. Constipation is a side effect.
• Polysorb MP - powdered silicon dioxide for diarrhea and nausea, dissolves in water in accordance with the patient's weight.
• Filtrum STI is a sorbent made from lignin obtained from coniferous trees, sold in tablets, crushed and mixed with water before use. Children up to three years of age are prescribed half a pill 3-4 times a day, children over three - one pill.
• Enterodesis is a povidone-based powder drug. Suspension from Enterodesis is prescribed in an amount corresponding to the weight.
• Polyphepan - powder, lignin granules. It is safe to take the sorbent under the age of one year at a dosage of 1 tsp. l. three times a day. Polyphepan absorbs toxins and normalizes the gastrointestinal tract. From a year to seven, the sorbent is given a dessert spoon at a time, and patients over eight years old - 1 tbsp. l. powder diluted with water. If the patient is old enough, he can simply wash down the powder with water.

Traditional medicine for vomiting in children

Traditional and traditional medicine has a lot of ways to deal with vomiting in children. Herbs help well.

A herbal decoction is being prepared. Melissa and mint are effective tonics.

In a year, warm ginger, dill water, a decoction of tansy with wormwood are suitable. Dill water is harmless even for a monthly baby, it will prevent bloating and nausea in older children.

It must be remembered that all popular councils are rather advisory in nature and serve to provide first aid before the visit of the pediatrician.

Antiemetic Precautions

Antiemetic drugs only affect the reflex, without affecting the root cause of the disease. You should consult a specialist and after the recommendation of a doctor, one or another remedy should be given.

All medicines have side effects in case of improper use and dosage, it is dangerous to use them at elevated temperatures, in combination with other medicines, without clear instructions from the pediatrician.

Often, with diarrhea and nausea, an antibiotic is prescribed, which helps to destroy the beneficial intestinal microflora.

In case of poisoning, vomiting removes harmful substances. By suppressing the attack, you can increase intoxication.

Only the pediatrician can decide on the prescription of the medicine. The main task of parents is to stay calm, provide enough fluids and strictly follow the doctor's recommendations, so that the children's well-being improves quickly.