Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) such as infantile colic is a frequent cause of parental concern, results in impairment in quality of life of infants and relatives and may even impose a financial burden to families1,2.
At birth, the microbiota, nervous and immune systems in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract exist in the immature state. Generally, FGIDs are categorized into 7 different groups: infant regurgitation, infant colic, functional constipation, functional diarrhoea, cyclic vomiting syndrome, infant dyschezia (problems relating to learning to defecate), and infant rumination syndrome. The diagnosis of a functional disorder virtually eliminates the organic disease as a cause of the symptoms, and is, in principle, a diagnosis made by elimination of organic disease1,3.
Managing colic in infants, and the role of L. reuteri
May 23, 2021
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) such as infantile colic is a frequent cause of parental concern, results in impairment in quality of life of infants and relatives and may even impose a financial burden to families1,2.
At birth, the microbiota, nervous and immune systems in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract exist in the immature state. Generally, FGIDs are categorized into 7 different groups: infant regurgitation, infant colic, functional constipation, functional diarrhoea, cyclic vomiting syndrome, infant dyschezia (problems relating to learning to defecate), and infant rumination syndrome. The diagnosis of a functional disorder virtually eliminates the organic disease as a cause of the symptoms, and is, in principle, a diagnosis made by elimination of organic disease1,3.