Infantile colic and intestinal flatulence are two different symptoms with different presentations, which can be differentiated according to the presentation of the affected child.
1. Infantile colic: Infantile colic is a benign, self-limiting functional gastrointestinal disorder related to the gastrointestinal tract but cannot be explained by physiologic structural or biochemical abnormalities, its difficult to appease crying, touch the abdomen is soft, no flatulence, and gently rubbing the abdomen of the affected child can help to relieve it. Colic is pain caused by intestinal spasm.
2. Intestinal flatulence: the child manifests abdominal distension, increased intestinal gas accumulation, increased anal defecation, active intestinal sounds, the child is accompanied by symptoms of dyspepsia, such as eructation, vomiting, breastfeeding, poor diet, and other symptoms, causing intestinal flatulence causes can be dyspepsia, incomplete intestinal obstruction, and so on.
When the infant cries and bloats, the family should pay attention and actively seek medical treatment.