1 What should I do first?

Before assuming the worst, we must take ourselves in hand and help the child calm down and take the most comfortable position, to ensure the silence and access of fresh air without drafts, to dim the bright light. The head and chest of the child should be above the rest of the body, and clothing should not be squeezed. Then you need to measure the temperature. If the body temperature reaches 39 ° C, emergency medical care should be called, and before the doctor's arrival, you can give Ibufen in a dose appropriate to the child's age or make cold gauze lotions on the forehead. You can also wipe your hands and feet with a cloth soaked in water.

Do not rinse the body with vodka, as it dries the skin of an already dehydrated body vomiting. If the child does not refuse, you should give him to drink a little warm water or at least ask him to rinse his mouth. Offer him water more often to drink at least on the spoon, as dehydration worsens all the processes of the body. More water can lead to vomiting. Even in the absence of temperature and with continued vomiting and headache, it is necessary to show the child to the doctor to identify the causes of this exhausting condition.

2 Causes of the ailment of

The reasons that a child has a headache and his nausea can be abound. Acute respiratory diseases often cause such a reaction in children as vomiting due to temperature and sore throat, while headache and nausea, and sometimes abdominal pain in the child, begin at the initial stage of the infectious disease. Symptoms of a viral disease are characterized by suddenness and high temperature, in contrast to a bacterial infection, which manifests itself gradually and irregularly. The doctor after the tests, depending on the nature of the pathogen, taking into account the age of the child, prescribes treatment that can be symptomatic or antibacterial.

Conventional fatigue can also create a situation in which children can get sick. Stress in a child of primary school age can provoke a headache, and sometimes vomiting or nausea.

Repeated headache and nausea in the child, along with numbness of the extremities, may indicate a neuralgic disorder such as migraine. With this, the pain is pulsating and paroxysmal, the child can complain of sparks before the eyes.

If the headache and vomiting are accompanied by a temperature of +38. .. + 39° C, or the temperature is absent, the child complains of pain in the abdomen or diarrhea joins, and vomiting is repeated, we can assume food poisoning or intoxication of the body with harmful substances.

Hyperactive children very often run the risk of injury or concussion, and headache and vomiting after such a case are combined with pallor or loss of consciousness. If the child is able to tell what and how it happened, this will be additional information for the doctor when prescribing treatment. Radiography or computed tomography will show whether there are injuries or abnormalities in the condition of the skull and brain. In the absence of proper treatment, the trauma may be manifested in the child in the future by post-traumatic encephalopathy.

When seizures are associated with vomiting and worsening of the child's condition( severe headache, muscle weakness, chills), it is possible to suspect inflammation or problems with the vessels of the brain( encephalitis, meningitis, the presence of a thrombus or tumor).Parents should not hesitate, and when visiting a neurologist should tell about the behavior and condition of the child during this period. The child becomes passive and apathetic for such diseases:

1. Encephalitis is a viral infectious disease, the cause is the bite of an encephalitis mite. In addition to temperature, vomiting and headache with encephalitis, the face and upper body blush.
2. Meningitis is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi as a complication after trauma or other brain diseases. With meningitis, vomiting, fever, heat and headache are associated with intolerance of the slightest noise and bright light. Meningitis is extremely dangerous and can result in such consequences as mental retardation or even death.
3. Tumor of the brain leads to headache and vomiting, dizziness, insomnia, as well as loss of memory and impaired vision and hearing. Treatment is effective in the early stages of the disease. Therefore, a timely visit to the doctor for any of these symptoms is the first and most important task for parents. Blood tests and tomography will provide an opportunity to confirm or deny these suspicions.

3 Memo for parents

Often, parents because of their employment or because of fatigue overlook the first unobtrusive signs of deterioration of the health of the baby. But it's enough to look at your child from time to time to notice that everything is not right with him. Sometimes it is necessary to feel the forehead, notice the dryness of the lips and pallor or redness of the cheeks, see the sagging face with tired eyes, and take measures to prevent the onset of the disease. It is especially important to do in periods of epidemics of acute respiratory diseases. When the time is missed, most likely, the antibiotics will be used, which, as is known, does not spare not only the pathogenic microbes, but also the immunity of the baby. Every such "war" is not for the benefit of the child. The child himself, either playing or because of his age, does not always say that something is bothering him. Therefore, having noticed that the child is tired, weak, or irritable, it is necessary to create conditions for his rest and find out the reasons for this state.

Walking and sleeping outdoors, proper nutrition, which includes foods rich in vitamins and essential microelements - is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle for the child. Prolonged TV viewing indoors, hours of computer games, children's fizzy drinks, fried sausages, chips and fast food lead to an overload of a young growing body. And the control over the correct regime of the child's day and responsibility for it always falls on the shoulders of the parents.