Patient's question:
Please help translate the following content into English, where"Carriage return and line feed do not need to be translated, return as is, and all other Chinese text should be translated into English: Could you please help, my child is now nine months old and has been waking up frequently at night recently, waking up several times a night. I don’t know what the reason is? One thing is that when he is fed with formula milk, he pretends to vomit.
Doctor's answer:
Hello: The baby cries "for no reason," refuses to be fed, and even when picked up, it continues to cry. This can be very frustrating for young parents. So, what should you do when your baby cries? In fact, infant crying is a common phenomenon in daily life, mostly physiological. In rare cases, it can also be a sign of illness.Crying is an instinctive response in infancy. Infants lack the ability to express themselves verbally, so crying is their way of communicating needs or pain. It is a reaction to adverse stimuli from within or outside the body. Most crying is caused by non-disease factors, while only a few are due to illness. We can categorize infant crying into physiological crying and pathological crying. Physiological crying: In reality, it is a common daily phenomenon. The main reasons include: hunger, thirst, inappropriate temperature, wet diapers, tight clothing, heavy bedding, improper posture, insufficient sleep, dietary changes (such as weaning), excessive burping during feeding, insect bites, sharp pain, increased intestinal peristalsis before a bowel movement, and the development of bad habits like loving to be held or crying during the day and sleeping at night.
Pathological crying: Any disease that causes discomfort or pain in children can lead to crying. The most common causes are abdominal pain, oral pain, and headaches. Common diseases that cause pain and discomfort include: infantile colic, acute abdominal disease, intestinal parasitic diseases, intussusception, inguinal hernia, acute upper respiratory tract infection, nasal congestion, otitis media, intracranial disorders, and skin trauma, etc.
Generally, if the diet is normal and the baby is in good condition, the crying is mostly physiological. If accompanied by obvious restlessness, it may be pathological crying. The accompanying symptoms and signs of crying are key to finding