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Selected identifiable causes of prolonged/excessive crying in an infant younger than four months of age

Selected identifiable causes of prolonged/excessive crying in an infant younger than four months of age
Condition Clinical features
General
Drug ingestion or overdosage (eg, pseudoephedrine) History of medication administration
Hunger/inadequate feeding Signs of hypovolemia or undernutrition (eg, sunken fontanelle, dry mucous membranes, decreased subcutaneous fat, etc)
Neonatal abstinence syndrome Maternal history of prenatal substance use or positive urine screen (maternal or infant)
Skin
Hair tourniquet of digit or penis Apparent on physical examination
Open diaper pin poking the skin, diaper rash Apparent on physical examination
Trauma (abusive or nonabusive) Bruising, laceration
Eyes
Corneal abrasion or foreign body May have photophobia, positive fluorescein examination
Glaucoma Chronic or intermittent tearing, photophobia, corneal enlargement, corneal clouding, optic nerve cupping, ocular enlargement
Ears, nose, oropharynx
Otitis media Bulging tympanic membrane
Thrush White plaques on the buccal mucosa, tongue, or palate
Cardiovascular
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery Cardiomegaly, heart failure
Heart failure Feeding intolerance, tachycardia, poor perfusion, tachypnea
Supraventricular tachycardia Pallor, irritability, poor feeding, cyanosis, restlessness
Gastrointestinal
Anal fissures Apparent on physical examination
Constipation Passage of hard stools
Gastroenteritis Vomiting, diarrhea
Gastroesophageal reflux Vomiting, poor weight gain, feeding refusal, gross or occult blood in the stool
Gastrointestinal obstruction (eg, pyloric stenosis, intussusception, volvulus) Vomiting (may or may not be bilious or forceful), gastrointestinal bleeding, forceful vomiting, abdominal tenderness, distension, right-sided sausage-shaped abdominal mass (intussusception), palpable "olive" (pyloric stenosis)
Inguinal hernia Bulge in the groin area (may be intermittent), vomiting and abdominal distension may indicate incarceration
Genitourinary
Meatal ulcer Apparent on examination
Ovarian torsion Feeding intolerance, vomiting, abdominal distension, fussiness/irritability
Testicular torsion Acute testicular swelling and tenderness
Urinary tract infection Fever, suprapubic tenderness, poor feeding, poor weight gain
Urinary tract obstruction Abdominal distension (due to enlarged bladder), difficulty voiding, poor urinary stream, straining or grunting during voiding
Skeletal
Fracture Decreased movement of extremity, asymmetric Moro reflex, localized swelling and crepitation, increased pain response with movement of the extremity
Osteomyelitis or septic arthritis Fever, decreased movement of extremity, asymmetric Moro reflex, increased pain response with movement of the extremity
Neurologic
Abusive head trauma Seizures, respiratory difficulty or apnea, retinal hemorrhages, cutaneous bruising, associated injuries
Meningitis Fever, bulging fontanelle, lethargy, irritability, meningismus (often not present in infants)
Neuromuscular disease, CNS disorder, metabolic disease Abnormal tone, muscular weakness
CNS: central nervous system.
Data from:
  1. Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. Management of infantile colic. BMJ 2013; 347:f4102.
  2. Parker S, Magee T. Colic. In: The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care, 3rd ed, Augustyn M, Zuckerman B, Caronna EB (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2011. p.182.
  3. Roberts DM, Ostapchuk M, O'Brien JG. Infantile colic. Am Fam Physician 2004; 70:735.
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