How to determine what is hurting the child

About headaches the baby "tell" you a long cry, which is almost impossible to relieve. When this new baby will be preloading the legs to the tummy, you will hear the bubbling of gases in the intestines, the child will refuse the breast. You may get the false impression that the kid has a stomach ache. In fact, doctors believe that the signs grudnichkami migraines of vascular origin. More often it affects children with increased intracranial pressure. During the headache attack any tension causing the nausea, so the babies refuse to suck breast.

If you have a headache in a child who is able to speak, ask him to specify where the pain is stronger. If concerned about whiskey or pain do not have a particular place, means that the child is most likely stressed – experienced stress, psychological stress or anxiety. If the headache is accompanied by fever or concentrated in one part of the head show the child the doctor to rule out an internal hematoma or migraine.

If the baby starts to cry abruptly after some time after a meal – rather, he is concerned about the abdominal pain. However, his behavior is similar to behavior of a headache, but in the present "colic" baby belly swells and becomes hard, thus the gases do not depart. The pain in my stomach may show signs of digestive upset e.g. diarrhea.

If the kid can point to a place where the pain is localized, ask him to do it. If worried about the area below the navel is a possible bladder infection. On top of the navel, indigestion, gases, or stress. The pain right – a sign of appendicitis, bottom left – most likely, the child has constipation. You will also be able to identify a sick place, by using palpation. Gently apply pressure with your fingers on your stomach in different places. The reaction of the child will be seen where it hurts.

If the baby cries and refuses the breast, look him in the mouth. White patches would indicate thrush. With this baby it hurts to suck. High-pitched crying, and refusal of the breast can also be a symptom of otitis media. Sucking causes an increase in pressure in the cavity of the middle ear, so a child simply comes in screaming after the first sucking movements. To make sure you are dealing with inflammation of the ear, lightly press down on the so-called the tragus - the cartilaginous projection, which is located in front of the ear hole. The increased crying is a symptom of otitis media. Remember that the ear infection is almost always accompanied by high temperature.