Colic in infants

Renal Colic in Infants

Colic in infants.

INTRODUCTION Colic in infants leads one in six families (17%) with children to consult a health professional. One systematic review of 15 community-based studies found a wide variation in prevalence, which depended on study design and method of recording. METHODS AND OUTCOMES We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of treatmen...

Colic in infants; general considerations.

gree from general fussiness to paroxysms of agonized crying. The symptoms usually start after feeding and are worse late in the day. Besides the typical unhappiness, as exemplified by clenching the fists and flexing the legs, the infant often makes sucking movements and appears to be searching for food. Usually these infants have a great deal of gas, manifested by cxcessive belching, flatus, an...

Emotional factors in the etiology of colic in infants.

contributing cause in 22, allergy in 6; both allergy and family tension together in 9; in 11 there was no apparent cause. Allergy as a cause of the colic on fussing was assigned in the above 6 infants because in these the colic was markedly reduced by the removal of specific foods, either by limiting the mother’s diet in the case of breast fed infants, on by changing the protein fed the artific...

Family tension as a cause of colic in infants.

traced to this early period of unhappiness and discomfort. The idea has been put forward also that parent-child relationships may be established during the months when the infant had colic and the mother wished she could be rid of him. This has not been my experience. In the few instances where I see these children as adolescents they appear to be no different from other children in their probl...