Can neonatal colic be treated with acupuncture?
Colic is a frustrating condition characterized by predictable periods of annoying discomfort in healthy and well-fed infants. Children with colic cry more than 3 hours a day, three days a week, or even more. There seems to be no action to relieve the child in these situations. It is true that a baby cries normally, but how do we know that his crying is due to colic? In the end, the baby defecates or gasps cries for no apparent reason!
Colic is bothersome for both baby and mother. But do not worry, because the life of colic is relatively short. In a few weeks or months, the colic will go away and you will have the first big challenge.
Cause and treatment of neonatal colic
Cause of neonatal colic
The cause of colic is unknown. Researchers have found that some conditions, such as allergies, lactose intolerance, changes in normal bacteria in the digestive system, immature digestive system, anxious parents, and differences in feeding or calming the baby, can all contribute to colic. However, it is not yet clear why some children have colic and some do not.
Acupuncture treatment
When a baby cries for a long time, this condition is called neonatal colic. When a baby has colic, he cries for more than 3 hours a day and more than 3 days a week. According to the latest studies, one option Acupuncture is effective in treating neonatal colic (persistent crying of infants).
This is a benign disorder that affects one in five families. Colic is painful for children and stressful for parents.
Researchers at Lund University studied 147 children between the ages of two and 10 months. They performed acupuncture on these babies in two ways.
Cause and treatment of neonatal colic
The researchers divided the children into three groups for this study. Among the children in the first group, acupuncture was performed minimally, while among the children in the second group, it was performed five times in each session for 30 seconds, and in the third group, nothing was done.
They found that children who used the technique at a standard rate had a 49 percent reduction in crying in the second week after starting treatment, but children who did not receive treatment had no change in their crying routine.
Acupuncture is associated with pain relief, restoration of bowel function, and induction of relaxation.
The findings are published in the British Journal of Acupuncture in Medicine.
