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What Causes Stomach Ache After Having Food?

hi, my daughter is 9 yrs old. She complains of stomach ache as soon as she has her food. At times she throws up after she has eaten the food. She also has a mild cold since about a fortnight. She is thin and does not have a very good appetite. Please help!
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Hello there.Welcome to Healthcaremagic.
Complaining of stomach ache as soon as eating is very much suggestive of Gastritis or a peptic ulcer disease.Gastritis is inflammation of inner surface of stomach.peptic ulcer is formation of a raw area in the inner surface of stomach.
The causes usually are oily and spicy foods,psychological stress (in young children particularly before examinations),some medications particularly over the counter pain medications and also infection due to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
If this complaint is of short duration then I would suggest you the following for your daughter,
1)Healthy diet with good amount of green leafy vegetables and fresh fruits.
2)Good sleep
3)Tablet Pantoprazole 10mg twice a day half an hour before food for atleast 14 days.
4)Syrup sucralfate 10ml thrice a day half an hour before meals/

Note:-If the symptoms are of long duration or vomitings are occuring after every meal or if symptoms persist with the above treatment then it is suggested that you see your doctor who apart from the other investigations is likely to advice endoscopy which is visualising the upper food track for any abnormality and proceed accordingly.
For the mild cold its enough to give levocetrizine 5mg once in the evening.
Hope this would be of help to You.Thank You on behalf of whole HCM team to give us opputunity to serve You.
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What Causes Stomach Ache After Having Food?

Hello there.Welcome to Healthcaremagic. Complaining of stomach ache as soon as eating is very much suggestive of Gastritis or a peptic ulcer disease.Gastritis is inflammation of inner surface of stomach.peptic ulcer is formation of a raw area in the inner surface of stomach. The causes usually are oily and spicy foods,psychological stress (in young children particularly before examinations),some medications particularly over the counter pain medications and also infection due to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. If this complaint is of short duration then I would suggest you the following for your daughter, 1)Healthy diet with good amount of green leafy vegetables and fresh fruits. 2)Good sleep 3)Tablet Pantoprazole 10mg twice a day half an hour before food for atleast 14 days. 4)Syrup sucralfate 10ml thrice a day half an hour before meals/ Note:-If the symptoms are of long duration or vomitings are occuring after every meal or if symptoms persist with the above treatment then it is suggested that you see your doctor who apart from the other investigations is likely to advice endoscopy which is visualising the upper food track for any abnormality and proceed accordingly. For the mild cold its enough to give levocetrizine 5mg once in the evening. Hope this would be of help to You.Thank You on behalf of whole HCM team to give us opputunity to serve You.