Infant Gaseous Colic: True Causes and Remedies

Are you ready to revolutionise the old definition of infant colic?

But most importantly... are you ready to discover the real causes of gas colic and how to solve them effectively?

Take five minutes to read this carefully article I wrote for you, it will be worth it.

I anticipate now that all these issues are NOT 'physiological' e They do NOT pass by themselves.

Recent studies (more on a recent American scientific study) prove beyond doubt that gas colic is due to a inflammatory bowel picture causing bellyache, air and consequent altered gastrointestinal transit (constipation, dyschezia, bloated belly and abdomen, etc.).

To facilitate your reading, I have prepared a index with all the topics covered.

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Table of Contents

1. Infant gas colic: what it really is

Gaseous colic, constipation, dyschezia, bellyache, swollen and painful abdomen of the newborn, are NOT 'physiological e They do NOT pass by themselves.

Recent studies (see image below) prove beyond doubt that the gaseous colic are due to a inflammatory bowel picture which causes stomach ache, air, swollen abdomen e consequent alteration of gastrointestinal transit (constipation, dyschezia, bloated belly, difficulty evacuating, etc.).

scientific studies on the cause of gastrointestinal problems

Stages of intestinal inflammation

When theintestinal inflammation is mildthe newborn begins to have first pains belly, does a lot air e difficulty pooping; begins to present those symptoms related to the term 'Dyschezia”.

If the inflammation continues, theintestine altera his peristaltic capacity (intestinal motility), you inflates (an objective symptom of an inflammatory framework), it creates air in the belly e causes pain to the child.

In other words, if the inflammation gets worsethe newborn begins to suffer from what we call gaseous colic.

The more you protracts the inflammatory picture, the more the child gets unaccustomed to have a regular intestinal transit and may even become constipated.

Constipation makes the bellyache and pain felt by your baby even worse.

That is why, if your baby suffers from dyschezia, constipation and gas colic, I advise you to solve them as soon as possible.

If you live near my YULE Medical CentreI highly recommend a visit in the studio; click here for my contact details and to make an appointment.

If you live far from my studio, don't worry; I have created a video course in which I explain all the causes of gas colic but above all I practically guide you in the treating them effectively e help your child to be well.

Dyschezia and difficulty pooping in newborns

Under the term Dyschezia of the newborn means a functional disorder (i.e. not caused by organic pathology) that manifests itself with a particularly difficult defecationpossibly associated with gas emission and/or stomach ache (usually mild).

In other words, the term dyschezia implies a mild/moderate intestinal disorder of the infant causing crying and pain, not excessive.

In cases of dyschezia, although stools may be soft and physiological, the infant struggles to poop but manages to poop.

It is often said that the cause main is the lack of coordination between the pelvic floor muscles, the anal sphincter and the colon (intestine).

Spoiler: FALSE.

Dyschezia is caused by a slight inflammatory picture which begins to create the first intestinal disturbances (which may worsen into full-blown gas colic or remain so).

Constipation and constipation in the newborn baby

Constipation e Constipation of the newborn child are two synonyms indicating the difficulty for the child to evacuate.

In these problems, the child has difficulty in pooping and empty all or part of the colon (final part of the intestine).

Every newborn baby should poo at least 1 time a day (usually 1 to 3 times a day is fine) and stools should be abundant and soft (be careful if the child soils the nappy many times with little faeces).

The term constipation of the newborn baby refers to the difficulty in evacuating in addition to the fact that the baby does not poop for 1 or more days.

La stool consistency in cases of constipation can be soft or slightly more dura.

Most easily, children suffering from constipation are artificially breastfed, but also the breastfed infants may suffer.

Constipation can cause in the child the occurrence of symptoms such as belly pain, crying, irritability, swollen abdomen and reduced appetite.

These symptoms should improve following evacuation but, in particularly constipated children, may persist (symptomatology similar to that of gaseous colic).

Often the constipation is often preceded for weeks when the child struggles to unloadalready suffers from slight stomach ache or, paradoxically, discharges too often during the day (4-5 times a day but with small amounts of faeces each time).

As with any intestinal disorder, constipation is also caused from a painting inflammatory protracted over time that causes altered absorption and intestinal peristalsis resulting in constipation.

How do you try to solve constipation?

Usually, the Most frequently used remedies for constipation of the newborn child are the lactic ferments (often insufficient to solve it - here I explain why), the tube and/or microclimates (e.g. Melilax).

Unfortunately these remedies are symptomatic, but do not really solve the cause for which the child is constipated, indeed; they often make the situation worse.
 
Inserting a rectal tube or using a microclism to facilitate evacuation do not solve the cause of the child's bellyache and constipation; on the contrary, disabuse him of his own discharge.
 
The more we use them, the less the child will be able to learn to poo on its own.
 
NBcan sometimes be useful for particular episodes, but to solve constipation effectively, one must trace the origin constipation and belly pains. 

Air in the belly and swollen abdomen of the newborn baby

Very often it is thought that it is theair in the belly of the baby to cause gaseous colic, but quite the opposite.

It is theintestinal inflammation causing altered transit, pain, abdominal bloating (objective sign of inflammation) and air in the belly.

The child does not have a bellyache or a bloated belly from swallowing air during breastfeeding; the baby often detaches from the breast and is agitated because it already has a tummy ache.

In a child artificially breastfedcare must be taken in the way the bottle is offered to slow the flow and prevent the baby from swallowing the milk.

But even in this case, it is not the air you swallow that causes stomach ache but rather how the type of infant formula e how it is proposed to the child.

This is why to effectively treat air in the belly and theswollen abdomen of the newborn baby, the inflammatory bowel situation (colic) must be resolved and the belly massaged with Osteo-Massage.

2. Generalities

difficulty for newborns with colic

Infant gas colic is a neonatal problem as much annoying to be one of the most feared parents.

Mothers and fathers of children suffering from this often end up feeling tired, frustrated e powerless in front of their child who is sick.

Until a few years ago ago (and often still now) colic was a problem for which one did not have still found a solution. 

In fact, the parents of the children suffering from it were forced to try everything: from the anti-colic infant formula (thinking that mother's milk was not enough) to the famous ''drops'' for baby (food supplements), from belly massages at diets strangest in the world...

colic drops

To date, I can say that thanks to new scientific studies (I show you them below), but mostly thanks to my many years of work experience as a paediatric osteopath and my cross-sectional scientific studies (from nutrition to obstetrics, from paediatrics to neuropsychology), I was able to discover (and to solve) all the factors that cause them.

Gas colic, constipation, dyschezia and air in the belly are NOT caused by a fateful 'intestinal immaturity' but by a real 'intestinal inflammation'.

Only by knowing all the real causes for which the child's intestine is inflamed, we will find the remedies for colic of the newborn child and how to pass really the bellyache.

Let us, however, go in order and begin to understand how gaseous colic was defined of the newborn so far.

3. The old definition of infant gas colic

So far, not knowing the real causes of the gaseous colic of the infant, this issue was defined as a behavioural syndrome. 

This behavioural syndrome was characterised by crying and intestinal pain, during which the child has a bellyache and may emit gas or faeces.

Hence the definition of ''gaseous colic of the newborn child': 

  • colic comes from the term colonpart of the intestine;
  • gaseous comes from the fact that the child emits air

Crying attacks that occurred due to more than 3 hours, on more than 3 days a week for at least 3 weeks''.

This definition is called the Wessel's rule of 3in honour of the paediatrician Morris Arthur Wessel who formulated it back in 1954.

causes and remedies reflux and gas colic

Moreover, not knowing the real causes he blamed himself for the pain and gas emission to a fateful 'Intestinal immaturity of the newborn child'. (spoiler: false).

Fortunately, in light of the recent findings on colic of the newborn child and their causes, this term is old and outdated.

4. How many babies suffer from gas colic, constipation, dyschezia and air in the belly?

Based on some statistical data, all of these intestinal problems come to affect from 21% to 39% of newbornsbeing some of the most annoying symptoms in children.

Most children will develops after the 2nd - 3rd week of life but there are children who suffer from the earliest days.

In these cases, the child's irritability and pain often cause difficulties even in breastfeeding at the breast as the baby cries continuously and cannot ''concentrate'' during sucking.

Unfortunately, it is often the case that a baby cries continuously because of a tummy ache, but the blame for that crying is often placed on the fact that the baby ''eats little and is not full''

For this reason, theaddition of artificial milk.

Unfortunately, before giving any addition of formula milk that undermines the chances of successful breastfeeding, the real causes for which the baby cries (colic or reflux) or the causes for which attaches poorly to the breast (painful breast attachment, rhagades, insufficient growth, sleepy baby, etc.). 

Indeed, sucking problems and any gastrointestinal tension (colic and reflux) negatively affect the baby's well-being and, consequently, also breastfeeding.

But we will talk more about this and much more in the blog articles, now let's continue with the topic of 'colic'.

5. Symptoms of gaseous colic, constipation and dyschezia in the newborn baby

How to know if your baby has colic and what are the symptoms?

This is one of the most frequent questions parents ask me when their own baby cries and seems to have bellyache.

In general, to understand whether an infant has colic you can observe numerous symptoms which I list below.

During ''colic'' the baby criescontracting the belly, pull your legs towards the abdomen (bending of the thighs over the pelvis).

Alongside these signs, a certain degree of abdominal tension (hard, strained belly)accompanied by repeated gas emissions (the baby makes air) that justify the appellation 'infant gas colic'.

Coliche gassose del neonato e disturbi intestinali trattabili con l'osteopatia pediatrica

The main symptom to understand whether the newborn suffers from colic always remains the severe irritability of the child in relation to a painful cry which makes impossible to calm him down.

The child can cry while being breastfedimmediately after or even to distance from feeding.

If artificially breastfedthe child may often detach itself from the bottle and cry, or cry after feeding. 

In addition, it can make fatigue a digest, make some burps noisy and have bellyache even at a distance.

In addition, other symptoms indicating that the child is suffering from colic are alterations in gastro-intestinal transit (dyschezia, constipationetc.).

Other children suffering from colic are often discharged (maybe they poop after every feeding) but the quantity of faeces is scarce (they barely soil the nappy).

This is not good, it is often a sign that thebaby's intestine is becoming inflamed and it could get worse.

Other symptoms to understand whether the infant is suffering from colic are:

  • the child it cries until it cannot emit gas or poop; only then does it calm down;
  • The child cries and wants to breastfeed oftentrying to calm down (but then he starts to pause again);
  • the child cries even when breastfed e often comes off from the breast;
  • The child also suffers from gastroesophageal reflux (regurgitation and digestive difficulties);
  • The baby feels better when he rubs his belly and makes air;
  • the child He sleeps only on his chest and in his arms;
  • the child difficulty sleeping supine (pulls in the belly);

6. Infant colic: the real causes

Inflammation of the newborn intestine

Gaseous colic are NOT caused by intestinal immaturity (can an immature intestine give pain?!).

Gaseous colic, as well as dyschezia and constipation in newborns, are caused by an inflammatory bowel picture.

That is why the child has the swollen, hard and strained belly but above all that is why the newborn has bellyache and crying.

This is demonstrated by without a shadow of a doubt a recent 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

studying causes of neonatal colic

To be precise, the aforementioned study documents that breastfed babies suffering from colic have high levels of faecal calprotectin (a factor indicating the degree of intestinal inflammation). 

In fact, the results indicated values more than two times higher than those of infants without colic, resulting in comparable to those found in children with inflammatory bowel diseases.  

This is why we can say with certainty that colic is a inflammatory bowel problems.

7. Colic, Dyschezia and Constipation of the Newborn: Remedies and Treatment

Only in the light of this new discovery and the true causes of infant colic, we can understand remedies and understand how to really make bellyaches go away to the newborn child.

Colic is due to an inflammatory bowel picture caused by so many factors which manifests itself with strong irritability, crying e gastro-intestinal disorders of the child.

La multifactoralityproof that the newborn baby's colic are caused by various factorsreports it scientific study cited above.

factors causing colic recent study

I remedies for the colicky of the newborn starts with knowledge of all the factors that cause them.

That is why I was only able to discover the true causes of gas colic thanks to my work experience combined with cross-sectional scientific studies concerning nutrition, obstetrics, paediatrics and psychology.

I Main factors that irritate a child's intestine and that, accordingly, cause colic, dyschezia, constipation and air in the belly are as follows.

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If the child is breastfed one has to evaluate:

  • the mother's diet (there are certain foods eaten by the mother that irritate the baby's gastro-intestinal system in pregnancy and in breastfeeding - yes, you got it right, the phrase "the mother can eat whatever she wants and has no influence on the child is FALSA)
  • one must assess any food supplements mother and child;
  • one must assess the microbiota maternal;
  • the presence of gastrointestinal tension created by the inflammatory picture must be assessed (just feel if the abdomen is swollen and sore) and you have to improve them with massage belly osteopath that I teach to parents (Osteo-Massage to the newborn, massage to be done twice a day until colic resolves);
  • other fundamental parameters for the mother, the parents and the child
 
If you are breastfeeding and want to solve gas colic, you can make an appointment in the my studio (Centro Yule, Seregno - MB) or, if you live far away, I have created an in-depth video course in which I guide you step by step to solve them.

Here's how to treat your newborn's gaseous colic, constipation and dyschezia if your baby is artificially breastfed: 

  • one must assess the type of infant formula (all milks have the same nutritional values but not all types/brands of milk are digested well, on the contrary),
  • the type of feeding bottle,
  • the teat,
  • as it comes positioning the child during bottle-feeding,
  • the rhythm of the feeding itself and the breaks,
  • the presence of gastrointestinal tension created by the inflammatory picture must be assessed (just feel if the abdomen is swollen and sore) and you have to improve them with massage belly osteopath that I teach to parents (Osteo-Massage to the newborn, massage to be done twice a day until colic resolves);
  • other fundamental factors...
 
As mentioned above, if you are breastfeeding artificially and want to solve gas colic, you can schedule a appointment in the my studio (Yule Centre, Seregno - MB) or, if you live far away, I have created a in-depth video course in which I guide you step by step to solve them.

8. How to treat gaseous colic, constipation and dyschezia in the newborn with paediatric osteopathy

osteopathic help for gastrointestinal problems

For effectively treat gaseous colic, dyschezia, constipation and air In the belly of a newborn baby, one must be aware of all the parameters that irritate and inflame the intestine.

Only then can you be truly effective by performing Osteo-Massage to the belly (see video course) and performing Specific osteopathic treatments.

This is what my team and I do every day in the studio at the Yule Centre.

After having explained to parents all factors causing gaseous colic (e how to solve them in the days following the first visit), we explain in how many treatments we expect to improve it and begin the evaluation of the child himself on the cot.

In addition to the fundamental parameters mentioned above, We evaluate:

  • the mobility of the thoracic diaphragm (located just above the stomach) and that pelvic. Diaphragms play an important role in gastric emptying and intestinal peristalsis. Very often there are severe limitations in children suffering from colic and constipation caused by intrauterine malposition or difficult birth;
  • the presence of objective tensions of the gastric and intestinal smooth muscle that create pain in the child. This can be noticed by palpating the child's abdomen and assessing the visceral and ligamentous tensions.
  • the presence of neck and back contractures that might annoy the child and make him irritable.
  • the suction quality of the infant at the breast and its ability to swallow the ingested milk effectively without 'gorging' (at the breast but especially at the bottle),
  • many other parameters assessed during the visit...
Osteo Massage to the baby's belly to resolve neonatal gas colic

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In the video course 'Colic and Reflux Cure' you will find:

  • thorough explanation of all causes of colic
  • how to improve all the factors that cause them
  • nutritionist's comprehensive guide to maternal nutrition in pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • specific videos on how to perform osteopathic belly massage on a newborn baby (Osteo-Massage)

More than 3-hour video course to answer all your questions and provide you with a truly effective solution for infant gaseous colic

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10. Newborn baby cries during feeding: does he suffer from gas colic or reflux?

The main cause for a newborn baby cries during feeding are the gastrointestinal disorders  (colic and/or gastroesophageal reflux).

causes and remedies reflux and gas colic

The newborn baby cries during and after feeding because when it eats, it activates the gastro colic reflexi.e. the baby's intestinal peristalsis (contractile movement) is activated.

In cases where the child's stomach and intestines are already irritated and inflamed, when the child eats, the painful symptoms worsens causing crying and irritability.

This annoyance, being cor related to digestion itself, is accentuated both during the feeding itself and just after it.

In fact, many children they do not cry only during or after feedingbut perhaps even hours apart resulting continuously disturbed and annoyed.

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It is sometimes said that if the infant cries after feeding, it could be reflux.

The reason for this is that freshly eaten milk is in the stomach and it is suspected that it can go up into the oesophagus and create pain for the child.

The truth is that it is impossible to completely break down reflux (gastric disturbance) from gaseous colic (intestinal disorder).

The gastrointestinal system is a single tube.

What passes through the stomach and irritates it, then reaches the intestine and does the same thing.

Of course, some children have more gastric difficulties, have difficulty burping, regurgitate often; others have more difficulty pooping or make a lot of air.

But the truth is that in these cases, all the gastrointestinal system is irritated.

11. How many times should a newborn baby poop?

newborn poop

An infant in the first month of life could evacuate 2 to 8 times a day or so, but be careful.

Usually, they settle on the 1/3 times a day from the second/third week onwards.

The child must not soil the nappy every time he drinks milk with minimal stools but has to make stools of substantial quantity, soft/liquid and of yellow ochre colour.

Usually, both a breastfed and an artificially breastfed child should be discharged from once a day to about three to five times maximum a day, especially from the first month of life onwards, when the gastrointestinal transit should be regularised.

An infant should not discharge less than 1 time per day (otherwise I would call him constipated) and especially after the 1 month mark, no more than 4 to 5 times a day (especially with green faeces, small quantities and if he suffers from stomach ache).

The most important thing, the child must not suffer from colic, constipation and must not have a swollen abdomen and sore.

Otherwise there is an objective problemwhether discharging once a day or seven times a day.

12. How many days can an infant go without pooping and when to worry?

how to give a newborn baby a feeding tube, microclism and enema

There is no precise time that an infant can go without pooping, but usually a baby should poo at least once a day.

On average, an infant in good health, who is not colicky, breastfed or artificially fed, discharges 1-3 times per day.

If the child does not poop at least once a day, I call it constipated (more or less constipated).

The further we move away from one a day, the less normal it is.

We know that, in general, paediatricians say not to be alarmed and to wait at least 3-4 days for the infant to poo on its own, especially if breastfed.

This is correctin the sense that the child is not life-threatening and need not be concerned.

However, it is equally fundamental to understand that downloading every 2/3/4 or more days not at all normal, indeed.

Constipation is created due to a protracted inflammatory framework of the intestinal system that gradually loses its peristaltic capacity.

Consequently, all the factors that inflame it must be resolved and, consequently, the child's abdomen must be treated.

13. Probe, thermometer and microclimates: what they are, how and when to use them

When a newborn baby struggles to relieve itself, suffers from air in the belly or gas colic, here come the famous ”rectal tube, thermometer or microclysis (enemas) per infant'.

But are they really useful or do they turn out to be andouble-edged sword?

I'll tell you up front, these practices are short-term remedies which act by promoting the evacuation of the child and the release of gas/air.

However, do not solve the real causes resulting in constipation, air in the belly or pain.

So, you can use them for provide momentary relief to your baby but I advise you to get to the root of the problemto disinfect the intestine in order to make your baby feel good and subsequently restore intestinal regularity.

Also because the prolonged use of probes, microclimates and enemas is not without risk, quite the contrary.

The risk is not only that of irritate the bottom of the child but also to disabuse the infant of feeling the urge to evacuatecausing a worsening of the issue and making the newborn employee from the tube or enema for pooping.

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What is a rectal tube and how to use it

The rectal tube is a small silicone tube which should be inserted into the baby's bottom to stimulate the perianal musculature and facilitate the evacuation of faeces and the emission of air.

As it is not an extremely pleasant practice for the newborn, when performing the probing you must be careful not to cause damage.

How to use the rectal probe for the newborn baby?

  • first of all, make sure that the tube is the one specifically for newborns;
  • wash your hands and baby's bottom well with soap and water;
  • Lay the infant on its side and slightly bend its legs towards your chest;
  • lubricate the anus and the probe with a water-based lubricating gel to avoid perianal scratching or irritation;
  • Gently insert the tube into the rectum by a few centimetres 1-3 cm;
  • wait for the baby to poop or at least give out air and gas;
  • Gently pull out the tube;
  • clean the baby's bottom well with soap and water.

 

As reiterated in this article, these instruments represent short-term solutions which must be associated with the resolution of the real causes for which the child became constipated and al belly massage of the newborn baby (Osteo-Massage to the newborn baby).

melilax rectal microcysts and micro enemas for constipation in babies and children

What is Microclism (enema) and how is it used?

The microclismalso called a baby microcystister is a disposable medical device used to perform a enemai.e. the entry of a liquid solution with laxative action in the child's rectum.

How is rectal microclism used?

 

  • first of all, make sure that the tube is the one specifically for newborns;
  • wash your hands and baby's bottom well with soap and water;
  • Lay the infant on his right side and slightly flex his little legs towards your chest;
  • lubricate the anus with a water-based lubricating gel to avoid perianal scratching or irritation;
  • Gently insert the enema into the rectum;
  • press the microclism thoroughly and, after administering the entire enema, keep it pressed until the cannula has been completely extracted, to prevent the liquid from being re-inspired during cannula extraction.

In general, microclism can make an impact a few minutes after its use, but it could take even longer (perhaps 30 minutes or 1 hour).

desperate cry of the newborn baby

To conclude the topic 'baby's tube and microclimates' we can say that these are short-term remedies for constipation, air and tummy ache in babies.

They help him evacuate and perhaps temporarily improve his symptoms but do not solve the real cause of the problem, indeed.

My advice is to detoxify the intestine to make your baby well and subsequently restore intestinal regularity thanks to theBelly Osteo-Massage and osteopathic treatments.

Remember that prolonged use of probes, microclimates and enemas is not without risksIndeed.

The risk is not only that of irritate the bottom of the child but also that of disabuse the infant to feel the urge to evacuatecausing a worsening of the issue and making the newborn employee from the tube or enema for pooping.

14. Belly massage for gaseous colic, constipation and to help the newborn baby make air

Assuming that dyschezia, constipation, air in the belly and infant colic are caused by a inflammatory bowel picturevarious tricks are required to solve them.

In this paragraph I show you 3 massages (the last is the best) for gas colic and the belly of your baby.

A first exercise to improve dyschezia and constipation is to flexing the legs of the newborn child towards the belly; in this way slightly increase pressure abdominal and promote theexpulsion of air and of faeces from the belly.

I advise you to make these movements and massages when the infant is calmnot when he has a bellyache.

sun and moon massage

second movement you can do to help your newborn baby make air out of his or her belly and improve constipation is certainly the child massage Sun and Moon.

This massage consists of a light pressure on the belly of the newborn child, with movements tracing the stylised image of the sun (circle) and the moon (semicircle).

The idea is to massage in a peristaltic direction the intestine to facilitate the intestinal transit and help the infant to eliminating air from the belly.

Osteo-Massage all'addome del bambino per risolvere le coliche gassose del neonato

The third way (as well as the more effective) to massage your baby's belly and improve dyschezia, constipation and colic, is theBelly Osteo-Massage.

Osteo-massage is a osteopathic massage sequence that I have designed and teach all the parents of my little patients with dyschezia, constipation and colic.

These massages are much deeper and more effective compared to simple infant massage, which is superficial on the belly and does not act deeply on the intestines.

Osteo-Massage to the baby's belly relaxes the intestinal walls, improves intestinal absorption, promotes peristalsis (correct intestinal regularity) and the release of air.

But above all, Osteo-Massage to the belly releases those intestinal tension created as a result of a inflammatory bowel picture (constipation, dyschezia and gaseous colic).

E' essential massage the gastrointestinal system to really solve these problems, but, to be really effective, you also have to put into practice all the tricks to disinfest the intestine.

Otherwise, the abdomen remains swollen and sore, è difficult to massage it e you don't get the results hoped for.

15. Drops, simethicone and milk enzymes (probiotics) for infant colic

In the first months of life the gaseous colic neonatal affect thousands by children every year.

Because of the poor and false information about gaseous colic and its causes, most parents do not know how to treat it effectively and resort to at baby drops (including the Mylicon, Colimil, Colikind, Colinox, Actenacol, Calmì, Reuterin, Bactopral, etc. ).

In your opinion, can extracts of lemon balm, fennel or probiotics solve an inflammatory picture caused by other factors?

The answer is "Obviously NO"This is why baby drops are ineffective for treating colic, constipation and dyschezia.

In any case, I will explain in detail what the various types of drops for infant gas colic contain.

There are those based on simethiconethose containing extracts of lemon balm, camomile and fennel and those containing lactic ferments.

colic pain in the newborn

The drops containing simethicone are defined as drugs ''antimeteoric''. These drops, theoretically, should favour the elimination of gases formed in the gastrointestinal tract of children and infants. Indeed, acting on surface tension of intestinal gas bubbles, unites them to create larger ones that the child should be able to expel more easily and without pain.

Unfortunately, since colic is not caused by intestinal immaturity, nor is it caused by air in the belly. This is why all these drugs are in most cases insufficient to solve the so-called gaseous colic of the newborn.

anti-colic supplements for babies

Drops containing extracts of lemon balm and camomile are administered because companies claim to promote regular intestinal motility and thegas elimination, performing arelaxing action.

Actually, they don't solve anything at all but momentarily calm the child because they are sweets to eat.

colic

Finally, there are drops containing lactic ferments, which have the purpose of support intestinal well-being. Indeed, thanks to the action of milk enzymes that arrive alive in the intestine, promoting the balance of bacterial flora.

This type of drops are the unique that I recommend; not so much to solve colic, for that many other precautions are needed which we will see later, but rather for general well-being of the child and rebalance its intestinal bacterial flora.

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