If you have suffered this one, you definitely know what it is like. Very often we tend to ignore stomach aches though, thinking that it is our overeating or a certain type of food that must have caused it. Not realizing the intensity of it could lead to chronic diseases like gastroenteritis, but if you want a way out for treating something so acute as a stomach ache, then there are a number of ways to do so.
When do you give it your attention?
Indeed right from the stroke of it stomach aches are hard to ignore. However these symptoms can help you decide that it is high time.
- When the pain gets persistent and happens often but you've been ignoring it
- When it seems to be getting worse
- When it is getting impossible to eat anything
- When you realize that you have fever and chills alongside, and also
- When accompanied with dizziness, bleeding and vomiting
What do you do when you have a mild abdominal pain?
- At its outset sip water
- Take antacid to neutralize the stomach acids
- Avoid solid food and have small meals for a few hours If it still doesn't get better then you need to see the doctor.
How to treat abdominal pain in case of children?
Let it not be difficult for you to take immediate measures when your child complains of abdominal pain. Here are tips on how to release the tiny tots from these nuances.
- Their diet should include fruits and vegetables, grains and cereals for 2-3 days
- Orange juice on a daily basis is preferred then onwards
- Fresh ginger juice with a teaspoon of honey is effective for digestive disorders in children and should be taken twice daily
- Dry coriander mixed in chutney's can be served in small quantities to children to treat indigestion
- Once you can keep fluid in your stomach, drink clear liquids for the next twelve hours or so and then for one whole day eat bland food.
- Half a teaspoon of bishop's weed with a little rock salt can be given twice daily to treat diarrhea and dysentery in children
How to treat abdominal cramps during pregnancy?
- Do not stand or sit with legs crossed
- Stretch muscles frequently
- Rotate ankles and wiggle your toes
- Go for walks
- Take warm water baths to relax the muscles
- Drink plenty of water
Tips to avoid abdominal pain:
- Drink lots of water
- Eat smaller meals at regular intervals
- Avoid gaseous and fatty foods
- Exercise regularly
- Avoid taking heavy meals just prior to sleeping
Practice the mantra of 'keeping fit' and the least that you could do, to follow it, would be to simply DRINK LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER!!
