Posts Tagged ‘stomach pain’

Pyloric stenosis (also called infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis or gastric outlet obstruction) is a narrowing of the pylorus – the passage leading from the stomach to the small intestine. When a baby has pyloric stenosis, the muscles in the pylorus have become so thickened and enlarged that food or milk are prevented from emptying out of the stomach into the small intestine. This usually happens in the first six weeks after birth. In this article you will read all the information about Pyloric stenosis. Read the rest of this entry »

 Coping with stomach colic  or stomach pain  :

Colic means stomach is full of wind or gases which leads to the stomach pain. Babies with colic often pass a lot of wind; this may be due to extra inhalation of air during breast feeding. But no one sure what causes colic, although many Read the rest of this entry »