Causes of headache, vomiting and fever in a child

4 Abnormal manifestation of

• Symptom

Trauma Headache and vomiting( or nausea) may occur after a severe head, fall or injury. Headache, nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, sweating - all these signs are characteristic for concussion. Often there is a short-term loss of consciousness.

With a concussion, even in an easy degree, the patient must be hospitalized for research. It is necessary to find out whether there were injuries to the skull, deviations in the state of the brain substance. The child is made a radiograph of the bones of the skull. Computer and magnetic resonance imaging can also be performed. The patient is treated in the neurosurgical department, it is aimed at normalizing the functioning of the brain. The child may also be prescribed painkillers and soothing to normalize sleep.

• Migraine

Nausea, vomiting and headache can be signs of migraine. Migraine is a disease that has a characteristic pain syndrome. The pain in migraine has a pulsating, drilling character. As a rule, they occur in one half of the head.

When the child has a headache, it may be irritated by bright light, loud sounds. He does not like touching. The disease is associated with the functioning of the vessels.

You can relieve the condition of the baby if you put him in bed in a cool, ventilated room. It is necessary to isolate it from sounds and bright light.

A migraine attack usually lasts about 1-2 hours. After that, the pain and nausea go away by themselves.

Most adults suffer from migraines, but children often have this ailment. Migraines are affected by children who have a hereditary predisposition to them.

In rare cases, a child may experience visual, coordination, or chest pain during an attack. In such cases, you should immediately consult a doctor.

• Meningitis

This is an inflammatory disease of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord. The causative agents of meningitis can be bacterial, viral and fungal infections. It can develop as a result of complications of other diseases or because of a head injury.

Signs of meningitis are high fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, fever, weakness, intolerance to bright light and loud sound.

If there is a slightest suspicion of meningitis, it is urgent to call an ambulance. This disease is very dangerous. The probability of a fatal outcome is quite high, especially among very young children. Urgent hospitalization is necessary. The account can go for a minute.

• Encephalitis

Another infectious disease with such symptoms is encephalitis. Encephalitis is a group of inflammatory diseases of the brain. Encephalitis can develop after a tick bite, which is the carrier of the disease virus. The likelihood of a disease increases with prolonged bloodsucking of the mite. You can get infected by eating fresh milk from infected cows or goats.

Signs of tick-borne encephalitis are high fever, weakness, nausea, vomiting, headache. The patient can blush the face, neck, eyes and upper chest. He becomes sluggish and slowed down. There can be hallucinations, delusions, disturbances of consciousness.

If you suspect an encephalitis, you need to call an ambulance. The patient must be hospitalized and isolated. His things are disinfected.

• Poliomyelitis

This infectious disease most often affects children under 6 years old. Headache and vomiting are one of the signs of poliomyelitis. In addition to these signs, the patient may have a sore throat, cough, runny nose, diarrhea, fever and fatigue.

Patients with suspected poliomyelitis are hospitalized. Treatment is very difficult and long-term.

Poliomyelitis is a very dangerous disease, its mortality rate is 14%.Every fourth survivor remains disabled for life. The best means of prevention is vaccination.

• Brain tumor

This severe disease can also manifest as headaches and vomiting, especially in the morning. In addition to such symptoms, the patient has dizziness, visual and speech impairment. There are problems with sleep. The patient becomes nervous and irritable, his hearing may deteriorate and coordination fail.

Treatment of brain tumors is most successful in the early stages. If the slightest suspicion of a child having a tumor appeared, you should immediately consult a doctor for examination. The earlier the disease is detected, the more likely it is to cure it with minimal risks to the body.

1 First aid

The appearance of two symptoms at the same time - a headache and vomiting - can be a sign of a serious illness. To determine the cause of the symptoms, it is necessary to conduct a survey. For this, you need to see a doctor.

Sometimes, the headache may be accompanied by nausea without vomiting. Nausea is a condition that precedes vomiting. In this case, vomiting can begin at any time.

Before the doctor comes, you need to measure the temperature of the child and ask him to describe the nature of the pain.

In addition, you need to find out what he did before the headache, whether there was a fall or a blow to the head.

At high temperature it is possible to give an antipyretic. Also help wiping with a damp towel.

For severe headaches, a child can be given an anesthetic drug. If the pain symptom does not decrease after taking the drug, you need to call an ambulance.

If a baby tears with a moderate headache, it is also recommended to call an ambulance, rather than wait for the doctor to come.

Before the doctor arrives, you must put the baby on the bed. At the same time, you need to turn your head or put the baby completely to the side. This situation will help him not to be overwhelmed by vomit.

If vomiting is severe, care must be taken to prevent dehydration. The smaller the child, the faster he develops various processes, including pathological ones.

2 What is dehydration

Dehydration is a condition in which the amount of fluid in the body is less than the physiological norm. Due to lack of fluid, metabolic processes slow down or stop. Loss of 20-25% of the fluid leads to death.

Signs of dehydration are:

• dry mouth, viscous saliva;
• weakness, drowsiness;
• dryness and pallor of the skin, skin folds do not straighten for a long time;
• sunken eyes, dark circles under the eyes, the child cries without tears;
• urinates baby rarely, the amount of urine is small, it is dark in color and has a sharp unpleasant odor;
• the fontanel is affected by the fontanel;
• limbs become colder, the pulse becomes barely discernible;
• heartbeat intensified;
• loss of consciousness.

3 Prevention measures

It is necessary to constantly offer the child to drink( any kind of liquid that he will be ready to consume).It's better if it's tea, homemade compote or clean water. It is not recommended to give soda water.

A breastfeed usually asks for a breast. You need to give him to suck breast as much as he wants. A crumb on artificial feeding should be given more fluids.

If the baby refuses to drink because of weakness or poor health, you need to pour the liquid from the spoon into the mouth. It is better to drink a baby often, but little by little. Because of the large volume of fluid the child can immediately snatch.

Dehydration causes loss of essential nutrients for the body. To compensate for them, it is necessary to give the baby Regidron constantly to the baby( dissolve 1 sachet per 1 liter of water).

If Regidron is not available, you can prepare a similar remedy at home. To do this, 100 grams of raisins pour a liter of water and boil over low heat for half an hour. When the broth cools, add half a teaspoon of soda, 1 teaspoon of salt and 4 teaspoons of sugar. The liquid is brought to a boil, cooled and filtered. If there is no raisin, you can prepare the product on the water. In this case, the amount of sugar should be doubled.