OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is a short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic. DESIGN A randomized controlled trial. SETTING A private chiropractic practice and the National Health Service's health visitor nurses in the suburb Ballerup (Copenhagen, Denmark). SUBJECTS Infants seen by the health visitor nurses, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria f...

Infantile colic is one of the major challenges of parenthood. It is one of the common reasons parents seek medical advice during their child's first 3 months of life. It is defined as paroxysms of crying lasting more than 3 hours a day, occurring more than 3 days in any week for 3 weeks in a healthy baby aged 2 weeks to 4 months. Colic is a poorly understood phenomenon affecting up to 30% of ba...

BACKGROUND Infantile colic is a common paediatric condition which causes significant parental distress. Increased intestinal coliform colonization in addition to alteration in Lactobacillus abundance and distribution may play an important role in its pathogenesis. The objectives of this systematic review are to evaluate the efficacy of probiotic supplementation in the reduction of crying time a...

Parents who have a baby with infantile colic experienced a different thought and emotions such as hopelessness, fatigue and impasses. In this study, our living experience as a professional nursing parents' are represented with new relieving modality for infantile colic. Herein, we report a new relieving dietary protocol for a colicky infant with non- Immunoglobulin E – mediated protein induced ...