How to induce vomiting in a child

In young children gagging can occur independently under the influence of different factors. To provoke this condition can overeating, food or drug poisoning, intestinal infection and severe stress. But it so happens that we urgently need to clear the stomach of the child from dangerous content, causing vomiting artificially. How to do it correctly you know not all parents are so often lost precious minutes. So how to induce vomiting in a child to clear a stomach and not to harm the baby? There are several effective ways that will help in this.

In some cases, it is necessary to induce vomiting

Reasons why is required urgently to vomit, a lot, the main of them are:

• Use with child up to 3 years of low-quality food.
• Accidental consumption of large quantities of drugsthat were carelessly left the adults in a conspicuous place.
• Child eating poisonous plants and flowers that are in the house.
• The use of certain detergents, for example, toothpaste or shampoo.
• The ingestion of small foreign bodies with sharp corners.

If a child accidentally ate or drank cleansers with acids and alkalis, then induce vomiting is strictly forbidden. This can lead to greater burn the lining of the esophagus and exacerbate the situation.

Children under the age of 1 year or artificially induce vomiting at home is impossible. In this case, immediately call an ambulance.

How to induce vomiting in a toddler

Induce vomiting the stomach is 2 years, easy enough to remember features of the structure of the digestive organs of such babies. Bowel old baby is in a straight line, he almost has no bends. To cause retching at the kid at 2 years old, need to make such manipulations:

• The child is given to drink plenty of clean boiled water, then put it on his lap so that the head is slightly hanging down.
• You can gently tap the back of the crumbs, that's usually enough to start the self-cleaning of the stomach.
• If these steps do not help, then you need a clean finger to put pressure on the root of the tongue of the child. Such action is wholly leads to profuse vomiting.
• After vomiting is over, a baby is given a good rinse of the mouth, the acid from the stomach is not corroded the mucous membrane of the mouth and throat.

If the kid swallowed a bead or other foreign body without sharp edges, need to see that in the vomit this thing was present. If a foreign object is stuck in the neck, it gently out with your fingers with no sharp nails.

You need to remember that any sharp or large objects should extract the doctors in the hospital!

What else can cause vomiting

For the baby, who was over 3 years old, you can apply other means which provoke nausea and vomiting.

A solution of potassium permanganate

For young children make slightly pink solution for older children and teenagers you can make a solution slightly richer, but the main thing is not to overdo it, so as not to cause burns of the mucous of the digestive organs.

To prepare the solution, take a pinch of potassium permanganate and pour in a liter of chilled boiled water. Then stir well so that all granules are completely dissolved.

Before to drink the solution child, it is filtered through several layers of gauze!

Salt water

Good gag tool and is considered salt water. To prepare the solution take a tea spoon with a hill of salt and dissolve in a liter of water. Usually it is enough to drink a few SIPS of water and she'll vomit. Lavage do as long as the waste water will not be clean.

Soap solution

This is a very effective tool rather refers to alternative medicine. With a soapy solution, it is desirable to cause vomiting in older kids. To prepare a solution you need to take shavings of baby soap and stir well in the water.

Per litre of clean water enough to have two teaspoons of soap shavings. After the child vomits, repeat the procedure a couple more times, to more efficiently clean the cavity of the stomach.

In some types of poisoning children should be given enveloping products, such as milk, butter or bananas.

Soda solution

Another effective method of cleaning the stomach from harmful content – a solution of baking soda. Per litre of lukewarm water take a teaspoon of baking soda. Give the victim to drink half a Cup of solution, usually this is enough to start vomiting.

What to pay attention

Causing artificial vomiting in a child, you need to remember two important things:

• The baby needs to be constantly soldering to prevent dehydration. Drink give small portions, but very often, every 15-20 minutes.
• Parents should remain calm because if they start to panic, the anxiety necessarily be passed child.

If the child ate a lot of medicines or poisonous plants, it is necessary to see a doctor.Some toxic substances have a delayed effect, so complications can manifest later time.