How to Cure a Child's Stomach Ache

STEPS

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Try to figure out why they have a stomach ache. Did they drink too much soda? Eat too much food? Do they have other symptoms?

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Stomach aches can be very serious! If you find out that your child has swallowed a dangerous chemical or eaten something they shouldn't have, like a medicine tablet, call your local poison control center.

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Does your child have other symptoms besides a sore stomach? Are they constipated, throwing up, or have a fever? Take the child's temperature and call the child's doctor or a local nurse line (most hospitals have a free nurse line, but usually only say to go to the hospital or doctor's office.) for advice.

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   If it is just a simple tummy ache, there are several things you can do:

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You can give them an over the counter children's stomach ache remedy.

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Tell them to lie down on their side. Encourage rest and sleeping.

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Have them drink a glass of water, but slowly. Stomach aches can occur when there is an acidity imbalance in the stomach due to the digestion of certain food/drinks and in certain combinations. Drinking lots of water will naturally dilute this imbalance (by comparison, over the counter stomach ache remedies work by neutralizing the acid in your stomach)

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Give them papaya, ginger or peppermint (in any form - fresh or dried, ingredient in foods, candy peppermints, or a chewable papaya pill found mostly at natural food stores).

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Distract them with a story or movie.