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  Colic -- Overview
Colic is the extreme end of normal crying behavior in a baby between 3 weeks and 3 months of age.
Colic, like normal crying behavior, usually peaks at about 6 to 8 weeks of age and then gradually goes away on its own between 8 and 14 weeks of age.
Colic is not related to health conditions, such as digestion problems.
my.webmd.com /hw/raising_a_family/hw31506.asp   (301 words)

  
 ICPA - Colic Research
Colic is defined as excessive, inconsolable crying of the infant.
The term colic is a symptom commonly seen in infants under three months of age, characterized by paroxysmal abdominal pain and frantic crying.
He told me that if it was colic, it would run its course in three months." To summarize the article: Following the first adjustment, the child was more reactive and colicky, but mom followed the instructions given her by the DC and the baby calmed right down.
www.icpa4kids.org /research/chiropractic/colic.htm   (2344 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Colic and Crying
Colic usually strikes toward the end of a long day, when your baby is just about at the age when your sleep deprivation has really begun to set in.
Colic is usually diagnosed by the parent's description of the crying.
Colic is a benign condition that the baby usually outgrows at three to four months of age.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000978.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Pediatric Advisor 2006.2: Colic (The Crying Baby)
Colic is unexplained crying (not due to pain or hunger).
Colic tends to occur in babies with a sensitive temperament.
Colic is also not due to excessive gas, so don't bother with extra burping or special nipples.
www.med.umich.edu /1libr/pa/pa_colic_hhg.htm   (1340 words)

  
 Miniature Horses American Appaloosa Pinto Arabian Mini Miniature Horse
Colic due to visceral pain is displayed by bruxism, grunting/groaning, treading with the hind feet, kicking at the abdomen, and anorexia and depression.
Intestinal causes of colic can often be differentiated from colic associated with other organ systems by physical examination (tachypnea may be present in a horse with pleuritis, but the client may have called you to examine the horse because of colic).
Although colic is generally attributed to lesions of the intestinal tract, disease of the urinary or genital tracts also may present with signs of colic.
www.scottcreek.com /Colic.htm   (8638 words)

  
 Colic Information on Healthline
Colic is persistent, unexplained crying in a healthy baby between two weeks and five months of age.
Colic, which is not a disease, affects 10-20% of all infants.
Symptoms of colic usually appear when a baby is 14-21 days old, reach a crescendo at the age of three months, and disappear within the next eight weeks.
www.healthline.com /galecontent/colic   (917 words)

  
 Colic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Colic has been with us since earliest times and will continue to be with us in future times.
A 1926 study on the horse population of the Prussian Calvary analyzed 71,532 cases of colic in the first study and 98,249 in the second study.
Primarily, colic is the term for a painful dysfunction of the horse's gastro-intestinal (GI) tract which may be based anywhere from in the stomach to the descending colon at the far posterior end.
www.racehorseherbal.com /Racehorse_Injuries/Colic/colic.html   (2328 words)

  
 ICPA - Colic
Colic is defined as an unexplainable and uncontrollable crying in babies from 0 to 3 months old, more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week, for 3 weeks or more, usually in the afternoon and evening hours.
Colic places babies at a high risk for child abuse, including CNS damage or death from shaken baby syndrome.
Colic is a disorder in which an infant has episodes of uncontrollable crying, which often occurs at a predictable times of day or night.
www.icpa4kids.org /research/children/colic.htm   (1362 words)

  
 Infant colic - the causes, symptoms and treatments
Colic is when a baby cries for longer than three hours every day for more than three days a week.
Colic is uncontrollable, extended crying in a baby who is otherwise healthy and well-fed. Every baby cries, but babies who cry for more than three hours a day, three to four days a week, may have colic.
Although colic is not thought to be due to pain, a baby with colic may look uncomfortable or appear to be in pain.
hcd2.bupa.co.uk /fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/infant_colic.html   (1094 words)

  
 ChiroFind.com | tell me about infantile colic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The condition is regarded as self-limiting, disappearing spontaneously at three months of age; however, studies have shown that many cases of colic will persist until six and even 12 months of age, causing considerable distress and frustration for both children and parents.
In fact, the benefit of chiropractic for managing infantile colic was clearly illustrated in a recent study that compared the short-term effects of spinal manipulation vs. drug intervention (a drug called "dimethicone").
Results not only showed that chiropractic adjustments were effective in reducing colic symptoms, most notably the average hours per day spent crying, but also that the use of drugs was not particularly effective, and certainly less effective than chiropractic care.
www.chiroweb.com /find/tellmeabout/colic.html   (479 words)

  
 Colic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Colic is a common problem in infants in which the baby is healthy but has periods of inconsolable crying, apparently caused by abdominal pain.
As a result of this intervention, colic was dramatically (and statistically significantly) reduced, compared with a group of mothers given different instructions.
The symptoms of colic may be linked to mild biomechanical disturbances of the spinal joints and may respond to manipulation.
www.kroger.com /hn/Concern/Colic.htm   (1508 words)

  
 Childrens Medical Office -  of North Andover, P.C.
The idea that colic must be in some way related to gas comes from the nearly universal observation that infants with colic pass a lot of it.
Babies initially thought to have colic sometimes turn out to have not only food allergies later (proven by the development of diarrhea, blood in the stool and growth difficulties) but sometimes they have something as simple as an ear infection which can be easily treated.
Infant Colic tends to start at a few weeks of age and builds to a crescendo between 2-3 months and then subsides and is almost always gone by 4-5 months of age.
www.chmed.com /colic.htm   (2635 words)

  
 UM Extension: Horse Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Often unpredictable and frequently not preventable, colic is a continual concern for all horse owners and is a frightening concept when it is your horse that is colicking.
It is very unusual to be able to diagnose the exact cause of colic, but she may be able to determine if it is more likely to be an impaction or gas colic or if it may involve damaged bowel or toxemia.
If the colic is more severe, requires intensive treatment, or does not resolve with on-farm treatment, the veterinarian may recommend you take the horse to an equine hospital equipped for abdominal surgery and intensive care.
www.extension.umn.edu /horse/components/factsheets/colic.htm   (2367 words)

  
 Your Child | Colic
Colic is when an otherwise healthy baby cries more that three hours a day, for more than three days a week, between ages three weeks and three months.
Colic is perfectly normal, and does not mean there is anything wrong with either baby or parents.
Colic usually starts to improve at about six weeks of age, and is generally gone by the time your baby is 12 weeks old.
www.med.umich.edu /1libr/yourchild/colic.htm   (2156 words)

  
 Equusite.com - Colic in horses - Colic facts
One of the problems with equine colic is that it can be very difficult in the early stages to distinguish the mild from the potentially fatal.
Gas colics usually resolve fairly easily with appropriate treatment, although it is essential to ensure that there is no underlying reason for the problem.
In the early stages of a displacement/torsion colic, the signs may be similar to those of a horse with one of the more benign causes of colic.
www.equusite.com /articles/health/healthColicFacts.shtml   (1524 words)

  
 Colic (Crying Baby < 3 Months Old) | Child Health & Safety | Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Colic is the normal fussy crying seen in healthy babies.
Remind yourself that colic is part of your baby's "personality" (temperament) and has nothing to do with your parenting or any disease.
Colic improves after 2 months of age and is gone by 3 months.
www.seattlechildrens.org /child_health_safety/health_advice/colic.asp   (590 words)

  
 Eclectic Horseman: Colic by Sue Stuska, Ed.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Colic pain can be due to gas distention, a partial or full blockage of the intestine, a damaged portion of the gut tube, or spasms of the digestive tract.
Colic may affect more than one horse at a time if they are all reacting to the same situation, but most often it will strike one horse.
A leading cause of colic is eating but not drinking enough to lubricate the feed; this often happens when the water is too cold in the winter.
www.eclectic-horseman.com /newsletter/colic.php   (2165 words)

  
 eMedicine - Colic : Article by Prashant G Deshpande, MD, FAAP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Colic is most likely to occur in the evenings, and it occurs without any identifiable cause.
Colic is one of the common reasons parents seek the advice of a pediatrician or family practitioner during their child's first 3 months of life.
Note that colic is not limited to the first-born child, casting doubt on the theory about inexperienced parenting as the etiologic factor.
www.emedicine.com /ped/topic434.htm   (2025 words)

  
 Child Health Library - Digestive and Liver Disorders - Colic
If a baby with colic seems to pass more gas than other babies do, it is probably due to swallowing more air while crying for prolonged periods of time.
Also, babies with colic may burp frequently or pass a significant amount of gas, but this is thought to be due to swallowing air while crying, and is not a cause of colic.
The symptoms of colic usually resolve by the time a baby is about 4 months of age.
www.chp.edu /greystone/digest/colic.php   (1037 words)

  
 Colic
Colic usually starts a few weeks after birth, peaks at about 6 weeks of age and usually improves markedly by your baby's third to fifth month.
Colic episodes may last anywhere from a few minutes to three hours or more on any given day, although babies with colic are likely to cry as long as two to three hours several days a week.
Colic crying is intense, not weak or sickly.
www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00058.html   (2294 words)

  
 Colic
Colic is a problem that affects some babies during the first three to four months of life.
Colic usually begins suddenly, with loud and mostly continuous crying.
Physicians do not think that babies with colic produce more gas than others, but simply that the normal amount of gas that is produced as food is digested is uncomfortable for some babies.
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_pediatrics/colic.cfm   (1044 words)

  
 Colic definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
Colic: An attack of crying and apparent abdominal pain in early infancy.
Colic is characterized by episodes of irritability, loud crying, and what appears to be abdominal pain with the legs drawn up and the abdomen feeling rigid.
Colic usually lasts from several weeks of age to 3 to 4 months of age.
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2779   (316 words)

  
 Gripe Water by Colic Calm, Product Information and Ingredients
They have proven beneficial for infant colic related symptoms in numerous studies and have been selected for their gentle effectiveness and safety - namely chamomile, fennel, caraway, ginger, peppermint, lemon balm, aloe, and vegetable carbon.
Colic Calm has everything natural to calm the nervous system (Chamomile, Fennel, Caraway, Aloe) and eveything natural to calm the little belly (Peppermint, Ginger, Lemon Balm, and Vegetable grade medicinal charcoal).
Colic Calm gripe water and its logo are trade marks of TJ Enterprises LLC.
www.coliccalm.com /gripe-water.htm   (2391 words)

  
 Colic: Strategies to cope with your baby's colic
We've been told that this is colic, but no one can tell us what we can do to keep her and ourselves from being miserable.
As you've probably been told, colic is a label for a pattern of crying in a healthy, well-fed infant under 3 months of age that has no explanation.
Colic means that even though your baby is healthy, your life for the next couple of weeks is going to be pretty tough.
www.babycenter.com /expert/baby/babyills/colic/3160.html   (1246 words)

  
 Colic - DrGreene.com
When crying lasts for longer than three hours a day, and is not caused by a medical problem (such as a hernia or an infection), it is called colic.
Colic is a powerful rite of passage, a postnatal labor pain where new patterns of family life are born.
Colic is not contagious, but babies do respond to the emotions of those around them.
www.drgreene.com /21_1051.html   (1270 words)

  
 Baby colic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infant colic (also known as baby colic and three month colic) is a condition in which an otherwise healthy baby cries or screams frequently and for extended periods, without any discernible reason.
Traditionally, colic was ascribed to abdominal pain resulting from trapped gas in the digestive tract.
New studies at the Colic Clinic at Brown University demonstrate that nearly half of babies with colic have mild gastroesophageal reflux.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baby_colic   (856 words)

  
 COPING WITH COLIC
My perspective on colic changed years ago when a mother brought her baby in and wanted me to find out why he was crying so much.
After I diagnosed her baby with colic, she challenged me. "Do pediatricians call it colic when they don't know why a baby is hurting?" she asked bluntly.
Traditionally, colic has been "treated" by laying a reassuring hand on the tummy of the baby and the shoulders of the parents and temporizing, "Oh, he'll grow out of it!" Most approaches to colic are aimed more at helping parents cope than at relieving baby's pain.
www.askdrsears.com /html/5/T051300.asp   (4929 words)

  
 Colic: Why is your baby crying so much?
If your baby is under 5 months old and cries for more than three hours in a row on three or more days a week for at least three weeks, and there's no medical explanation for his distress, chances are he's colicky.
Colic is one of the great mysteries of baby life.
I've heard that colic in breastfed babies is caused by the mother's diet.
www.babycenter.com /refcap/baby/babyills/colic/77.html   (1537 words)

  
 Colic - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Physicians have defined colic as prolonged or excessive crying in an infant who is otherwise well.
Colic may be related to a baby's termperament and personality, and those traits are known to be inherited.
The symptoms of colic usually resolve by the time a baby is about four months of age.
www.chop.edu /consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?id=-8610   (959 words)

  
 Colic - WrongDiagnosis.com
However, infant colic is also known as "colic" and is not necessarily caused by abdominal spasms (in fact, no cause is found in many cases).
Detailed information about the causes of Colic including medication causes and drug interaction causes can be found in our causes pages.
With a diagnosis of Colic, it is also important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Colic.
www.wrongdiagnosis.com /c/colic/intro.htm   (546 words)

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