Most parents make the simplest of connections assuming that the pain in the stomach must be linked to something their child has eaten that has disagreed with her. However, this blanket assumption does not always hold true. Stomachaches can be a symptom for a variety of ills. In babies below the age of three months, a stomachache could signify the dreaded colic.
Indigestion can also trigger stomachaches.
When the child is around a year old, a stomachache could be an offshoot of a sore throat, cold or flu. This is just the stomach s way of intimating that it too has been affected by the infection. Constipation could be at the root of a stomachache. The pain could manifest itself as a dull ache or a sharp shooting pain. In the case of intestinal infections, vomiting and diarrhoea usually accompany the stomachache.