Complementary and alternative therapies for the treatment of abdominal pain in infants

researchers' review of evidence of the use of complementary and alternative therapies to treat intestinal colic in infants shows that some treatments, including probiotics, musk extracts and spinal operations, do help, but overall, the evidence for using these therapies is limited and should be treated with caution.at the University of Bristol and the National Institutes of Health (nihr) at the University of Manchester reviewed published "systematic reviews" of the use of computer-aided therapies to treat infant hernia. The system overview brings together all the studies on a topic to understand all available evidence. Hernia is painful for both babies and parents, but it is not clear what caused it. This makes treatment difficult, and many parents turn to cam therapy for lack of routine treatment.review includes 16 systematic reviews of various therapies, including probiotics, herbs, acupuncture, and push-and-hold, such as massage therapy. The researchers found that while probiotics, musk extracts and spinal surgery all showed therapeutic prospects, these results should be treated with caution due to problems in the study. These include small sample sizes, possible bias in the results of research, the subjective measurement of results through parental journals, and the inability to get therapists to perform many treatments, especially those involving infant manipulation. Research on the use of probiotics in infants fed formula is also lacking, which is important because formula already contains probiotics. The team, which includes researchers from the Nihr Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and nihr Applied Research Collaboration West, also concluded that acupuncture and soy are not recommended for the treatment of colic.many parents know how painful it can be to look after a colic baby, says Dr Rachel Perry, senior research assistant at the University of Bristol's Nihr Bristol Brc Nutrition. But doctors don't really understand what's causing it, which makes treatment difficult. This gap in traditional medical knowledge has led many parents to try complementary and alternative therapies. "Our review does show that some treatments - probiotics, musk extracts, and spinal surgery - do help, although studies have shown that these treatments are not large enough or well-designed to determine results. This is especially true for probiotics, some of the findings of early studies of poor quality have been exaggerated. But our findings do point to the focus of future research. ”（cyy123.com）