Question
Dear expert, my baby is 4 and a half months old and has been vomiting after feeding recently. Could you please help me understand the cause? Thank you for the additional information: It’s mainly regurgitation with nausea. Please reply!
Answer
Hello: Vomiting is a common symptom in infants. It can be caused by diseases of the digestive system, as well as various diseases affecting different systems and organs in the body. It can be a single symptom or part of the complex symptoms of severe diseases.
What causes infant vomiting? (1) Digestive system diseases. 1. Congenital. 2. Acquired. 3. Infections. (2) Extraintestinal diseases. 1. Intracranial diseases: various meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess, brain tumor, brain edema, intracranial hemorrhage, bilirubin encephalopathy, etc. 2. Respiratory diseases: upper respiratory infections, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. 3. Cardiovascular and renal diseases: myocarditis, pericarditis, heart failure, renal hypertension encephalopathy, pyelonephritis, renal pelvis hydrops, urinary tract stones, renal insufficiency, etc. 4. Endocrine and metabolic diseases: adrenal insufficiency, hyperparathyroidism, metabolic acidosis, hyponatremia and hypernatremia, hypokalemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, phenylketonuria, galactosemia, etc. 5. Others.
What are the symptoms of infant vomiting? Vomiting methods: ①Regurgitation. ②General vomiting: This type of vomiting often accompanies nausea with varying amounts of vomit. ③Ejectile vomiting. If vomiting is accompanied by fever and headache, and there are positive neurological symptoms, it may indicate intracranial infection. Vomiting accompanied by fever and nausea,
