Infant colic is a painful condition caused by bouts of strong contractions of the smooth muscles of the intestinal wall or intestinal flatulence, and is one of the most common types of acute abdominal pain in children, often occurring at night, mostly in infants less than 3 months of age, and most often in agitated, excited and irritable infants. If the infant has only colic and no other illness, the stool is golden yellow, occasionally slightly greenish and thin in breastfed infants; or it is ointment-like, uniform, sour-smelling and not foamy. The stools of infants with colic are characterized by low volume and frequent stools.
Symptoms of infant colic: Some small infants may have sudden loud cries that can last for several hours, or they may have paroxysmal episodes. When crying, the baby’s face becomes red, the mouth is pale, the abdomen is distended and tense, the legs are curled upward, the feet are cold, the hands are clenched and feeding cannot relieve the pain, and the crying eventually stops with exhaustion, exhaustion or defecation.
When the infant colic attack, the infant should hold the head vertically on the shoulders, pat the back to expel excess air in the stomach, and gently massage the infant’s abdomen with your hands, or use a cloth wrapped in a hot water bag placed on the infant’s abdomen to relieve intestinal spasms, such as infant bloating is very strong, the use of pediatric open plug for laxative exhaust, and closely observe the infant, such as fever, pale, repeated vomiting, blood in the stool, crying and so on should be immediately to the hospital If there is fever, pale face, repeated vomiting, blood in the stool, crying and so on, the infant should go to hospital immediately.