Colic in a child, how to determine
Colic is sudden spastic pain with unbearable intensity; painful cramps in the intestinal tract, intestinal colic, in which pain affects the abdomen. Their cause is a malfunction or damage to the intestine.
Science recognizes two types of intestinal colic - pathological and infantile.
Pathological colic is always associated with disorders of the intestinal tract. They can develop in adults of both sexes, as well as in children over 8 months of age. Children's colic can be described at the age of three weeks to 6 months. In this case, there is no pathology, but there are difficulties in early childhood development.
How to help a baby with colic?
Colic in children is not a disease or a pathological symptom, but a feature of the normal functioning of the body at an early age. The described colic in children is not really dangerous, but it is undoubtedly painful, and adults, along with a roaring or whining child, also suffer. There are no standard causes of colic in children, but according to health statistics, they affect up to 70% of children aged three weeks to 6 months. The most plausible explanation is the hypothesis of the immaturity of the digestive tract, which is not yet fully functioning, "adapts", learns to process food that has entered the body in a new way - that is, through the mouth. Even without outside help and treatment, this type of colic calms down with age (up to about 6 months of age of the baby).
Infantile colic begins and stops suddenly. They usually last 2-3 hours, but can take up to 6 hours; they repeat each time and start at the same time. They can bother mumps every day, but sometimes they happen from time to time. Even if they are not everyday, they still appear 2-3 times a week.
During an attack, it is difficult to calm a child: he or she will continue to cry or scream until the pain disappears.
Because children can't talk yet - they can't say they have a stomach ache. The symptomatology in this case is related to behavior. First, we will make a reservation that the "manifestations of growth" of colic can occur between the ages of 3 weeks and 6-8 months. If a child over 8 months old has abdominal pain, this is a pathological manifestation, and you should seek medical help as soon as possible.
Colic is recognized by the unreasonable crying and agonizing writhing of a child trying to bend his legs to his stomach. This crying doesn't stop, no matter what the parents do: nothing helps. In practice, a child should not cry because he is not hungry or wet. The room is ventilated, the atmosphere is pleasant, healthy in itself, there are no signs of colds, runny nose, etc.
The only objective symptoms that lead to the hypothesis of colic are a swollen stomach, a strained abdominal wall - this is felt when touched, and a flushed face. All this disappears as soon as the colic stops. Thus, analyzing the external manifestations of infantile colic, we can conclude that their main symptom is unreasonable crying when there is no objective reason for it. Therefore, if the parents hear the baby crying, do not find a reason and cannot calm the child down for 15 minutes, it's just baby colic. Outside of these moments, the child will continue to develop normally. Préparez-vous à vivre des sensations fortes avec 1xBet, le bookmaker de référence. Lors de votre inscription, en utilisant le 1xbet code promo cote d'ivoire vous garantit un bonus de bienvenue de 100 % jusqu’à 130 € sur les sports ou un bonus casino exceptionnel de 1950 € accompagné de 150 tours gratuits. Cette promotion est idéale pour commencer avec un bankroll boosté. Découvrez les paris combinés, les cotes boostées et les nombreux tournois casino.
