Vomiting and fever in a child( with / without diarrhea) is the response of the body to the products of the vital activity of bacteria and toxic substances that can be produced in the body in diseases or from outside.
Vomiting in children appears against a background of nervous strains, with motion sickness, as receptors on the walls of internal organs that react to changes in body position during long trips.
Contents of
- 1 Common causes of vomiting and temperature without diarrhea
- 2 How to treat and what to do?
- 3 How to drink the baby off during vomiting and temperature?
- 4 When should I see a doctor?
- 5 Vomiting and temperature without diarrhea: recommendations for home treatment
Frequent causes of vomiting and temperature without diarrhea
Vomiting is a signal of accumulation in the body of ketone bodies or the intake of toxins from food. Somatic diseases that are accompanied by fever and vomiting are as follows:
- Rotavirus infections;
- Gastroenteritis;
- Angina and laryngotracheitis;
- Infectious diseases for children( measles, scarlet fever, rubella);
- Meningitis;
- Appendicitis.
Typical symptoms of appendicitis are high fever, vomiting, no diarrhea, abdominal pain of varying intensity, but of uncertain localization, more often in the near-buccal region.
In young children, an accurate diagnosis is possible only in a hospital setting. In children's infections, the following symptoms appear additionally:
- The temperature increase is accompanied by rashes( measles, chicken pox);
- Reddening of pharynx;
- Severe intoxication.
Viral diseases occur with symptoms of nasopharyngitis: a runny nose, pain when swallowing. Children under the age of two are especially vulnerable to rotavirus infection, the condition is complicated by diarrhea and dehydration.
Vomiting with diseases such as whooping cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, is associated with a cough, because the vomiting center is in close proximity to the cough. Intestinal infections proceed with diarrhea, which can join later .
Infectious lesions are characterized by outbreaks in schools or kindergartens.
Vomiting and fever in a child without diarrhea in diseases of the of the intestine is manifested by the following clinic:
- Severe abdominal pain;
- Dehydration;
- Vomiting multiple( more than 4 -5 times / day);
- General weakness.
Acute diseases of the abdominal cavity proceed with pains in the abdomen on the background of vomiting and temperature, and intestinal infection is accompanied by diarrhea.
How to treat and what to do?
The methods of care depend on the cause that caused the symptoms. If the child vomits 4-6 times a day, but the child is able to drink on his own, you need to drink plenty of water to remove toxic substances from the body.
If vomiting is severe, diarrhea may be absent or manifest only by relaxation of the stool. High temperature, as a sign of severe intoxication, repeated vomiting, even without diarrhea, requires immediate medical attention, as the child's dehydration occurs very quickly.
Symptoms of dehydration:
- Dryness of the skin;
- Rapid weight loss;
- Spring of the fontanelle;
- No urination more than four hours.
In newborns, this condition is caused by congenital abnormalities of the stomach - pyloric stenosis( narrowing of the stomach at the site of the transition to the duodenum).With such pathology, food does not enter the intestine.
How to solder a child when vomiting and temperature?
To help, always comes regidron, which you can buy at the pharmacy and follow the instructions for use. If this is not possible, then a salt solution for replenishing the electrolyte blood composition can be done independently.
After cooking, you need salt, sugar. In a ratio of 1: 5, dissolve in ½ liter of water( pre-boil), add 0.5 tsp.baking soda.
You need to drink small portions of 10-20 ml, so as not to provoke vomiting. After the gag reflex disappears, you can give 100 ml at a time. Calculation: 50 ml / kg / day of the child's weight.
The intake of food, carbonated drinks, broths, in this condition, is excluded. With a strong cough appoint antitussive drugs, inhalation of sage and chamomile. From the diet are excluded fatty, sharp and fried dishes.
When should I see a doctor?
In children under three years old, the picture of the disease changes rapidly, in order to clarify the diagnosis, it is necessary to observe in the hospital. Urgent treatment, and call an ambulance require the following conditions:
- Head trauma with the development of vomiting and fever;
- Multiple vomiting;
- Accompanying abundant diarrhea;
- A child can not drink water by himself;
- Signs of dehydration;
- Temperature is more than 39 degrees;
- Lethargy, child retardation;
- Pain in the abdomen.
If the temperature is subfebrile, there is no diarrhea, the child can drink - you can treat it at home, following the recommendations of the doctor( you must see a doctor!).
Vomiting and fever without diarrhea: recommendations for home treatment
If the child has drunk detergents or other toxic substances, you should try to induce vomiting artificially to cleanse the stomach as soon as possible.
You can not give your child the means that block diarrhea, because diarrhea is a protective way of eliminating toxic substances.
Read the label on the toxic product inside! In some cases, it is forbidden to induce vomiting and can lead to poor health!
Prior to examining the doctor, activated charcoal and smectic can be given. Other medications should not be given alone. Before the disappearance of symptoms of intoxication, it is better not to feed the baby.
After stopping vomiting, introduce the usual products gradually, it is better to start with white crackers, liquid porridge, baked vegetables. Then the diet is supplemented with steam, not fatty cutlets and fat-free cottage cheese. Breastfeeding is continued in the usual volume.
The lost liquid can be replenished, except for the regidron, with a decoction of raisins, chamomile tea, still water. Drink to take in a warm form. The dose of fluid is increased gradually, as vomiting decreases.
High fever and cough activates the gag reflex, so the use of antipyretic drugs( paracetamol) and antiemetic( metaclopramide) agents can stop vomiting and remove dehydration. Preference is given to drugs in the form of candles.
Vomiting can be a sign of a dangerous disease, but can develop against a background of functional disorders. Only supervision of the child, increased attention to him and adherence to the recommendations of the doctor, will be the key to successful treatment and children's health.
