Patient's question:
My son has been having digestive problems recently. He has a bowel movement once a day, and it's in a watery consistency. We started giving him Mimi Ai, but it didn't help. Later, he got better after taking traditional Chinese medicine. Now he has fewer bowel movements every other day. The past two days, he has been crying uncontrollably for ten minutes without any apparent reason. Last night, he kept asking for breast milk, but I didn't have much left. I'm wondering if he's hungry or if he has a stomachache?Doctor's answer:
Hello, crying can be divided into two situations: one is physiological crying. This is an instinctive response and a way for babies to express their emotions and needs. It may be caused by hunger, temperature changes, being startled, or having nightmares. In this case, parents only need to calmly comfort the baby to help it regain calm. The other type is pathological crying, which should be taken seriously. Any disease that causes pain, itching, or discomfort to the baby can make it cry uncontrollably, such as calcium deficiency, fever, eczema, rickets, oral herpes, pinworm infection, and intussusception. When a baby cries without apparent reason at night, parents should first consider physiological causes, then think about pathological factors, and seek medical attention promptly if necessary.