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Colic in babies

How common is colic in babies?

It's not easy to say how common colic is.

Different studies say different things. Anywhere from 5 in 100 to 20 in 100 babies get colic at some point.

Source:
Lucassen PL, Assendelft WJ, van Eijk JT,et al.
Systematic review of the occurrence of infantile colic in the community.
Archive of Disease in Childhood. 2001; 84: 398-403.

About 16 in 100 families will take their baby to see their doctor or another health professional for colic, but not all these babies will have colic.

Source:
Lucassen PL, Assendelft WJ, van Eijk JT,et al.
Systematic review of the occurrence of infantile colic in the community.
Archive of Disease in Childhood. 2001; 84: 398-403.

Sources for the information on this page:

Lucassen PL, Assendelft WJ, van Eijk JT,et al.Systematic review of the occurrence of infantile colic in the community.Archive of Disease in Childhood. 2001; 84: 398-403.

This information was last updated on Jul 10, 2009

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