Intestinal colic

A Prescription for Intestinal Colic

Intestinal colic caused by food.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS Bolus colic in children eating unripe apples is well recognized but the many possible causes in adults are less well known: its importance, particularly in patients who have had partial gastrectomy, is well brought out in this paper. Intestinal colic following meals is a common complaint, but in most cases when patients complain of such colic it is dismissed in a cloud of vag...

Advances in Management of Large Intestinal Colic

Advances in treatment and management of colic caused by diseases localized to the large intestine include the availability of a novel antispasmodic medication, n-butylscopolammonium bromide; enteral fluid therapies; promising outcomes of surgical procedures; use of di-tri-octahedral smectite; dietary modifications; diagnostic use of ultrasonography; and new information about the use of non-ster...

Intestinal microbiota of infants with colic: development and specific signatures.

OBJECTIVES To provide a comprehensive analysis of the fecal microbiota in infants with colic, as compared with control infants, during their first 100 days of life. METHODS Microbial DNA of >200 samples from 12 infants with colic and 12 age-matched control infants was extracted and hybridized to a phylogenetic microarray. RESULTS Microbiota diversity gradually increased after birth only in ...

Infantile colic.

Infantile colic can be distressing to parents whose infant is inconsolable during crying episodes. Colic is often defined by the "rule of three": crying for more than three hours per day, for more than three days per week, and for longer than three weeks in an infant who is well-fed and otherwise healthy. The physician's role is to ensure that there is no organic cause for the crying, offer bal...