What colic is and what it is not?
Colic is a vague description (loosely linked to a bundle
of physical complaints) of unsettled behavior in the
early months of a baby's life. Colic is not an outcome
of urban times. It is certainly not a disease. Colic
rarely has an identifiable physical cause (if it did,
it will become much easier to deal with and treat).
The many symptoms associated with colic has rendered
it as a non-existent condition in the minds of some
medical experts, while for many others it becomes an
easy way out to simply band the package of complaints
as colic.
Further, they estimate that 90% of cases go misdiagnosed
anyway. Unlike other forms of crying, not only is the
infant's ordeal a prolonged one but it is also an inconsolable
one. Colic is common in babies under 3 months and it
mostly disappears by the 4th month. Bouts of colic affects
both bottle-fed and breast-fed babies alike. Babies
in other cultures suffer from it too.
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