The baby has a stomachache and fever

If your baby complains that his stomach is hurting, and he has a fever, consult a doctor without delay. Such symptoms can indicate serious violations in the organs of the digestive tract and not only.

What are the causes of abdominal pain and fever?

To deal with the etiology of pain in the abdomen must be a qualified specialist, since mistakes and delays in this matter are unacceptable. Here is only a short list of diseases that can be suspected if the child has a stomach ache and the temperature rises (even subfebrile - 37-38 degrees):

1. Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix of the cecum, which requires urgent diagnosis and surgical intervention. The clinical picture of the disease largely depends on the age of the child. So pronounced symptoms in the form of acute pain and high fever may be absent in infants. In older children, the symptoms of the disease manifest themselves in full force: the temperature rises swiftly, and the stomach tends so that the baby does not allow to touch it. Appendicitis can be accompanied by vomiting (more often single) and diarrhea.
2. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the serous cover of the abdominal cavity. This disease is particularly affected girls 4-9 years. With peritonitis, a child has a fever above 39 degrees and a strong stomach in all departments. At the same time there is a white coating on the tongue, the pallor of the skin, a stinking stool of yellow-green color.
3. Acute diverticulitis - inflammation of the diverticulum of Meckel. For the ailment are characteristic: constipation, vomiting, fever and soreness in the navel area.
4. Cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder. The clinical picture of the disease is as follows: the temperature rises to a mark of 40 degrees, the child refuses to eat, nausea and vomiting occur, a grayish white coating is observed in the tongue, the pain is localized in the upper right quadrant, and gives back to the right arm.
5. Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, in which the child has a stomach ache (in the left hypochondrium) and the temperature fluctuates within 38 degrees, dry mucous membranes, nausea and vomiting are also observed.
6. Severe pain, diarrhea, vomiting, confusion and high fever can cause intestinal infections. A similar condition appears due to penetration into the gastrointestinal tract of harmful microorganisms, such as intestinal or dysenteric rod, streptococci, staphylococcus and others.

Abdominal pain not associated with abdominal diseases

At many children morbid sensations in a tummy arise at virus and bacteriemic or bacterial infections. So, for example, the clinical picture in ARVI, ARI, angina, pertussis, pneumonia, scarlet fever, pyelonephritis and other diseases, is supplemented with pains in the tummy. This is due to the pleural reaction to the infectious process, as well as the inflammation of the abdominal lymph nodes.

Also, when asked why the child has a stomachache and high fever, the probability of the psychological origin of the symptoms can not be ruled out. Sometimes painful feelings arise due to stressful situations, excessive demands, frequent intra-family conflicts. Most often, these problems appear in emotional and impressionable children. The clinical picture is supplemented by general malaise, retardation, headache, confusion, hallucinations.

In any case, parents should understand that if the child has a stomachache and continues to ache, then the temperature rises, they must act radically. Any delay in the presence of such symptoms is unacceptable, since it can lead to irreparable consequences.