Why does eating grapes cause bloating?

Grapes are a very common fruit. Eating grapes regularly has many benefits to the human body. However, some people will experience a bloated stomach after eating grapes. Generally, this situation is either caused by improper diet or poor gastrointestinal digestion. If it is caused by improper diet, it is best to eat grapes before meals. If it is caused by indigestion, you can slowly massage your abdomen to help digestion.

What should I do if my baby gets bloated after eating grapes?

Grapes are also relatively cold, and when combined with indigestion in the baby, it is easy to cause bloating. For the bloating at this time, you can consider trying a hot water bottle first. If the symptoms do not improve, go to the hospital for treatment.

What to do if your baby has bloating

Babies eat and suck too quickly, causing air to be inhaled into their stomachs, especially when they are hungry for too long before being fed milk, which can easily cause bloating. After feeding, gently pat your baby's back to promote burping, which helps to expel gas from the stomach and intestines up the esophagus.

The hole of the nipple of the bottle is not of appropriate size, which causes air to enter the baby's body through the gap in the nipple, causing bloating. Some babies are very good at passing gas and can expel it through their anus.

Massage your baby's abdomen more often, which will help gastrointestinal motility and gas discharge, thereby improving digestion and absorption.

Temporarily stop eating foods that easily ferment and produce gas in the digestive tract, such as sweet potatoes, apples, melons, etc.

Baby life care: causes of baby's bloating

Reason 1: When the abdominal muscles do not have enough strength to bear the weight, the abdomen will appear more prominent, especially when the baby is held, the abdomen will appear to sag. In addition, the baby's body is round from front to back, not slightly flat like an adult's, which is one of the reasons why the belly looks bloated.

Reason 2: Babies are more prone to bloating than adults. If the baby eats and sucks too quickly, he will inhale air into the stomach; if the hole of the bottle nipple is not of appropriate size, air will enter the baby's body through the gap in the nipple; in addition, the baby cries too much and inhales air; eating milk or other food will ferment in the digestive tract through the action of intestinal bacteria and other digestive enzymes, producing a large amount of gas, which will cause abdominal distension.

If the baby can eat, defecate, does not vomit, has a soft belly, is active, passes gas normally, and gains weight normally, this type of abdominal distension is mostly functional abdominal distension and does not require special treatment, just take preventive measures.

Reason 3: Indigestion and constipation cause feces to accumulate in the intestines, which promotes the proliferation of gas-producing bad bacteria. Or milk protein allergy, lactose intolerance, enteritis, etc. cause digestion and absorption problems, which easily produce large amounts of gas.

Reason 4: Enlarged organs or tumors in the abdominal cavity, such as hepatosplenomegaly, cirrhosis, etc. The organs and tissues in the abdominal cavity may grow tumors, and the larger the tumor grows, the more it will cause abdominal distension.

Reason 5: The baby’s lower intestinal obstruction is mainly characterized by abdominal distension. Intestinal obstruction in infants and young children, including severe complete obstruction, is often discovered soon after birth due to obvious symptoms. However, if the blockage is incomplete, it may still be missed after a long delay. For example, congenital megacolon is caused by the incomplete development of the intestinal ganglia from top to bottom during embryonic development, which causes the end of the large intestine to be unable to relax, causing the normal large intestine above to swell very large. In addition to the baby's significant abdominal distension, there is usually delayed passage of meconium or constipation.