Patient's question:
My son has been experiencing digestive issues recently. He has been having one bowel movement a day, which is in a watery consistency. We started giving him Mamia, but it didn't help. Later, he improved after taking traditional Chinese medicine. Now he has fewer bowel movements, about once every other day. Over the past two days, he has been crying uncontrollably for about ten minutes without any apparent reason. Last night, he kept asking for breast milk, and 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, possibly due to hunger, temperature changes, being startled, or having nightmares. In this case, parents only need to calmly comfort the baby to help it regain composure. The other type is pathological crying, which should be taken seriously. Any illness 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, or intussusception. When a baby cries without apparent reason at night, parents should first consider physiological causes, then gradually think about pathological factors, and seek medical attention promptly if necessary.