Why does a newborn baby keep crying?

The crying of newborn babies is something we are all accustomed to. No one would think that the crying of babies may actually be caused by illness. Generally speaking, there are two reasons for babies’ crying: crying without illness and crying with illness. As a parent, it is important to find out the cause of the baby’s crying and make reasonable nutritional adjustments based on the cause. Let’s learn in detail why newborn babies cry all the time.

Common causes of physiological crying include:

(1) Hunger;

(2) Discomfort caused by physical stimulation: such as excessive cold, excessive heat, urinary and fecal stimulation, mosquito bites, etc.;

(3) Habitual crying: such as crying when an adult is holding him or her, before urinating, lack of sleep, or even when the lights are turned off or on;

The causes of pathological crying are more complicated, and it is difficult for parents to identify them, so they must be vigilant. According to the collected data, the most common clinical causes of pathological crying in infants are:

(1) Respiratory system diseases: upper respiratory tract infection, nasal congestion leading to dyspnea, foreign bodies in the nasal cavity, laryngitis, laryngeal obstruction, etc.;

(2) Digestive system diseases: oral ulcers, herpetic pharyngitis, infantile intestinal spasm, intussusception, intestinal torsion, infantile diarrhea, incarcerated hernia, etc.;

(3) Urinary system diseases: urethritis, cystitis, etc.;

(4) Skin diseases: infantile eczema, various dermatitis, urticaria, subcutaneous gangrene, etc.;

(5) Other reasons: otitis media, soft tissue injury, joint dislocation or fracture, tetany, vitamin A or D poisoning, etc. There are also some crying caused by circulatory and nervous system diseases, including congestive heart failure, intracranial hemorrhage, various meningitis and other diseases. If these diseases are not discovered and treated in time, the consequences will be disastrous.

After identifying and diagnosing the disease through a variety of methods, the child should be given symptomatic treatment in a timely manner. Whether it is physiological crying or pathological crying, mothers should eat more fruits and vegetables, regulate their bodies through diet, and eliminate adverse stimuli in order to provide good breast milk to the baby, which can not only help the child to regulate, but also allow the child to grow healthily.