Colikind drops and how to (really) solve baby's gas colic
In the first months of life the gaseous colic neonatal affect thousands of children every year, representing one of the most common gastrointestinal problems in children.
Because of the false information about gas colic and the lack of knowledge about its causes, most parents do not know how to treat it effectively and resort (in most cases, to no avail) to the baby drops (including Colikind).
In this article I explain what the Colikind baby drops, because the food supplements (based on lactic ferments, camomila, simethiconeetc.) are insufficient to solve neonatal gaseous colic, but most importantly I explain how to treat them effectively thanks to a scientific approach 360 degrees on mother and child.
( Before continuing with the reading, I recommend you watch this video).
Colikind baby drops: what it is, what it is for, what it contains and how much it costs
The Colikind is a food supplement which contains lactic ferments e chamomile.
I lactic ferments are intended to balance the intestinal flora, which is why it is also indicated after antibiotic therapy.
L'chamomile extract should help to eliminate intestinal gas by having a relaxing and spasmolytic action.
The pack sold in pharmacies is 7 ml and each bottle of Colikind has a price of about 16 euro.
Colikind drops: dosage and how to administer it
The recommended dosage is 10 drops twice a day.
The drops can be taken as they are or diluted in water, milk or lukewarm drinks (temperature below 37 degrees Celsius).
It is advisable to shake the bottle well for a homogeneous arrangement of the lactic ferments.
Colikind drops: when to give it and for how long?
The dosage recommended is 10 drops twice a daypreferably the morning and the evening.
It does not specify whether to give it before or after feeding but is often given after the last evening feed and after the first morning feed.
Do Colikind drops work?
While it must be said that the Dairy ferments are good for you the child (they help strengthen intestinal bacterial flora), on the other hand it must be emphasised that milk enzymes, the chamomile extracts and the simethicone (see Mylicon), were proven to be ineffective in the care of colic of the infant.
The reason for this is simple and based on recent scientific studies (see following paragraphs).
Le colic is not caused by intestinal immaturity nor from the air in the belly (although the baby really does have it), but are caused by intestinal inflammation (which creates pain, spasm and subsequent air in the belly).
What is infant gaseous colic and how to really solve it
A wonderful scientific study of 2018 (Tu Mai et al., 'Infantile Colic, New Insights into an Old Problem'., published in the magazine Gastroenterology Clinics of North America) documented how children suffering from colic have an inflamed intestine (which is very different from immaturity).
To be precise, the study found that breastfed babies suffering from colic have faecal calprotectin levels (parameter indicating the degree of intestinal inflammation) more than twice as high compared to those of infants without colic, being comparable to levels found in infants with inflammatory bowel diseases.
This is why we can state with certainty that colic is an inflammatory bowel problem.
Gaseous colic: causes and remedies
Colic has numerous causes, one of the main ones being thematernal nutrition (during pregnancy and breastfeeding), the type of bottle and how the formula is administered, gastrointestinal tensions, etc.
La multifactorality of these issues is scientifically reaffirmed in the same study cited above (Tu Mai et al, Infantile Colic: New Insights into an old problem).
Therefore, to effectively resolve gaseous colic, it is not enough to simply administer baby drops hoping that your baby's pain will disappear.
In fact, to treat neonatal gaseous colic one needs to know all the causes that cause it and solve it (mother's feeding, osteopathic belly massage, bottle, baby's position, etc.).
In the course of "Silva Method, treatment and prevention of gaseous colic and gastro-oesophageal reflux'. I explain how to solve neonatal colic once and for all.
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