Causes and remedies for excessive crying in newborns and babies.

It is normal for some newborns to cry excessively. There is nothing to panic about. However, if a child cries continuously for more than three hours at certain times of the day for three consecutive days or three days a week for more than three weeks, it is not considered normal. This is called infantile colic. A colicky baby's crying volume usually increases in the evening. It continues at night. Parents are worried - the child does not know what happened! Symptoms and causes of infantile colic Symptoms of colic 1. Usually this problem is seen in children of 6 weeks to 6 months. But it can also happen to babies older than two weeks and six months. 2. Will cry for more than three hours every day. This can happen three days in a row. May be three days a week. The child will cry from evening to night. 3. Babies usually become restless during crying. The face may become red. 4. Water also comes out through the nose and eyes. In addition, many children bend their knees and keep them towards their stomachs. There may be forehead folds and fisted hands. Causes of colic 1. The term colic is commonly used to refer to abdominal pain. 20-25% of babies develop infantile colic after one and a half months of birth However, the cause of colic crying in 95% of these children cannot be determined. According to doctors, the baby cries because of abdominal pain due to abnormal contractions in the intestines. Abnormal contraction of the intestinal muscles is considered to be the cause. However, this has not yet been proven in experiments. 2. If the mother is allergic, and if the mother eats allergic food - then the baby can also have an allergic reaction from the mother's milk and cause infantile colic. 3. It can also be caused by feeding the baby cow's or cow's milk. 4. Constipation and indigestion. 5. If the baby is not fed in the right position, gas can enter the baby's stomach during feeding and cause infantile colic. 6. This problem occurs even if no exercise is done after breastfeeding. 7. Infantile colic can also occur in babies whose intestines have low levels of normal gut flora, or beneficial microorganisms. 8. Stomach problems such as gastritis. 9. Stress can result from not holding the baby properly. 10. Not enough sleep in the child. 11. Babies may cry excessively even if there is an infection in the body. Remedy and treatment Several studies have considered excessive crying in infants with infantile colic to be normal. So in this case, counseling the parents is the best treatment. Parents need to know that if the baby is growing normally, and if the breast feeding is normal and the urination is regular, then there is no reason to fear colic. If these things are not known - whether there is constipation, eating outside food? Whether the mother has allergies, breastfeeding properly; These should be known and necessary decisions should be taken. If there is an active infection in the child, it should also be treated. No medicine will help much in this case. Still, in some cases anticolic medicine and gas suppressants are used. But it must be taken on the advice of a doctor.