Reuflor Baby Drops and how to (really) solve gas colic
In the first months of life the gaseous colic neonatal affect thousands of children every year, representing one of the gastrointestinal problems most widespread of the child (SPOILER: you can solve easilyread all the way to the end). Because of the false information about gaseous colic and the lack of knowledge about its causes, most parents do not know how to treat them effectively. They often recur (in most cases, to no avail) at colic drops of the newborn (including Reuflor, Colimil, Colikind, Mylicon, etc.) hoping that they will magically solve them.
In this article I explain what Reuterin is drops and why the food supplements (based on milk enzymes, camomile, fennel, simethicone, etc.) are insufficient to resolve neonatal gaseous colic.
Afterwards, I will explain how to treat them effectively thanks to a 360 degree scientific approach on mother and child.
Spoilers: gaseous colic is caused by a inflammatory bowel picture which causes swelling, air and pain; that is why your baby cries e is sick.
Reuflor gocce neonato: cos’è, a cosa serve, cosa contiene
Reuflor gocce è un dietary supplement based on Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938. Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 is a lactic ferment in grado di favorire l’equilibrio della flora intestinale.
Published scientific work shows that Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938:
- è attivo e vitale nelle condizioni ambientali presenti a livello intestinale;
- è resistente al succo gastrico, alla bile ed al succo pancreatico;
- è in grado di colonizzare l’intestino umano.
I myself, as a paediatric osteopath advice to the nursing mother taking probiotics (milk enzymes) or to administer them directly to the child.
However, milk enzymes alone do NOT solve gaseous colic; c’è bisogno di valutare e migliorare numerous other parameters which we will see in the following paragraphs.
Reuflor baby drops: how much does it cost
The pack sold in pharmacies is 5 ml and each bottle of Reuflor is priced at around 17.15 euro.
Reuflor drops: dosage, how to administer it and when to give it
The company itself recommended the dose of 5 drops per dayregardless of meals.
To give reuflor to the infant/infant one must shake the container well prima dell’uso. Le gocce possono essere assunte directly with a teaspoon da tè o con il latte alla temperatura di assunzione (max 37°C).
Do not mix with hot drinks.
Per l’utilizzo del prodotto nei bambini di età inferiore ai 3 anni, sentire il parere del medico.
Does Reuflor drops work?
Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence valid to argue that milk enzymes alone are effective in the treatment of colic, indeed.
In the experience of thousands of parents and my professional experience, they are hardly ever.
NB: I myself, as a paediatric osteopath, advise the breastfeeding mother to take probiotics (milk enzymes) or give them directly to the baby.
So, milk enzymes alone do NOT solve gaseous colic, but numerous other parameters must be evaluated and improved, which we will see in a moment
The reason for this is simple and based on recent scientific studies (see following paragraphs).
colic is not caused by intestinal immaturity, nor is it caused by air in the belly. (although the child really does have it), but they are caused by aintestinal 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 had levels of faecal calprotectin (a parameter indicating the degree of intestinal inflammation) more than two times higher than in infants without colic. The data represent results comparable to the levels found in children with inflammatory bowel diseases.
This is why we can say with certainty that colic is a inflammatory bowel problems.
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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