What symptom does baby abdominal distension have?

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For a child with abdominal distension, his stomach is not only relatively high, but also not so soft to touch. He is relatively hard, and even more distended. If the baby's abdominal skin is relatively thin, you can see the blood vessels caused by abdominal distension, and even see one vein after another. If the new mother has doubts from the appearance, there is a very professional way to help you further confirm, extend your hand, follow the guidance of experts to learn what symptoms of baby abdominal distension?

What symptom does baby abdominal distension have?

First: put your hand on the baby's abdomen and tap your fingers with the other hand. You can hear the sound of "Dong Dong Dong" like a drum. If it's not abdominal distension, there won't be such an empty sound. Of course, mothers may not be easy to distinguish, but don't easily think that the baby is abdominal distension!

Second: food through the duodenum and small intestine after the formation of chyme is absorbed, part of the unabsorbed chyme through the peristaltic small intestine pushed to the colon, colon continue to ferment undigested sugars can also produce some gas, intestinal gas, chyme containing liquid, intestinal peristalsis can appear bowel sounds or exhaust, almost all healthy babies will exhaust. As long as the baby's defecation is normal, fecal occult blood test is negative, abdominal wall skin is dry and soft, without obvious tenderness, this is a normal physiological phenomenon, not dyspepsia, and there is no need to change the milk powder.

Third: the baby is mostly abdominal breathing, with breathing, the abdomen will fall together. The intestinal length of infants is about 8 times as long as that of adults, 6 times as long as that of infants and 4.5 times as long as that of adults. Under normal circumstances, small infants' intestines contain gas, and they may eat a lot of air when feeding. Therefore, the intestines are in a state of expansion. However, the abdominal muscles of newborns and small infants are weak and affected by the flatulence of intestines. Under normal circumstances, the abdomen is full, and sometimes the intestines can be seen. This is not a disease.

matters needing attention

a. When breastfeeding, please pay attention to the baby's breast position, pay attention to let the baby's mouth hold most of the areola; b. When bottle feeding, please put the bottle upside down and fill the nipple with milk, so as to prevent the baby from inhaling too much air; c. After feeding the milk, hold the baby upright, let the baby's head rest on the shoulder, pat on the back for 5 ~ 10 minutes, let the baby exhaust through burping.