🍼 Infant digestive system
Digestive problems in infants
Symptoms
Diarrhea in infants
Diarrhea in infants: Causes, dehydration risk, and treatment Diarrhea, or loose stools, in infants (children aged 3 to 12 months) is a condition characterized by a sudden increase …
Constipation in infants
Constipation in infants: When to be alarmed? Constipation in infants after starting complementary feeding is one of the most common problems that parents bring to a pediatrician. W…
Vomiting in Infants
Vomiting in Infants: When It’s More Than Just Spitting Up Vomiting in infants (children 3–12 months old) is always a concerning symptom. Unlike the safe spitting up, which is norma…
Reflux in Infants
Reflux in Infants (GER): A Complete Guide for Parents Spitting up, or gastroesophageal reflux (GER), is probably one of the most common phenomena that parents of infants aged 3 to …
Food allergies in infants
Food allergy in infants: Mechanisms, symptoms, and modern approach Food allergy is an inadequate reaction of a child's immune system to proteins found in certain foods. In infants,…
Lactose intolerance in infants
Lactose intolerance in infants: What it really means The diagnosis "lactose intolerance" is heard by parents very often, especially when it comes to colic, bloating or gas in the b…
Colic in infants
Colic in infants: In‑depth analysis of causes and mechanisms Colic is one of the most puzzling and exhausting conditions that parents face in the first months of a child's life. It…
Gas pain in infants
Gas pain in infants: Physiology and causes of discomfort Increased gas production (flatulence) and the associated pain is an extremely common problem in infants, especially during …
Abdominal Pain in Infants
Abdominal Pain in Infants: How to Understand the Cause of Crying Abdominal pain is a very general term that describes discomfort in the abdominal area. Since an infant cannot tell …
Poor appetite in infants
Bad appetite in infants: Causes and when to be concerned When a baby refuses the breast or bottle, it causes natural anxiety in parents. Feeding is the foundation of growth and dev…
Excessive hunger in infants
Excessive hunger in infants: What are growth spurts? If your child, who previously had a stable feeding schedule, suddenly starts demanding the breast or bottle much more often, "c…
Weight loss in infants
Weight loss in infants: When it is a "red flag" After the first weeks of life, when the baby has regained its birth weight, any further weight loss or even a halt in its gain (the …