COMMON AILMENTS IN NEWBORN & INFANTS & HOMEOPATHIC SOLUTIONS

Parenting challenges is to keep your baby healthy and to build up healthy immune system, but even after due efforts of parents infants do fall prey of some routine ailments because of their vulnerability to external influences. Is it something wrong that infants fall ill? No, it is only natural for infants to fall ill which let them test and build their immune system.

Although your baby may be perfectly healthy, there are some common conditions that your baby may experience. Here are some of the few infant ailments that can be treated easily and safely dealt with the help of Homeopathic medicines. The medicines listed below with the specific health conditions are just a few of the commonly used Homeopathic remedies and are mentioned only to create awareness about the effectiveness of Homeopathic medicines in infant ailments. It is not advisable to select remedies as per individuals choice and advice to get in touch with a Homeopath before administering the medications.

BENEFITS OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES

• The Homeopathic pellets can be consumed in the same form as they are or also can be dissolved in water to give an infant baby
• This medicine is a better substitute to any other forms of medicine as it is free from side effects & chemical toxicity
• Best suited medicines for newly born, infants and growing children
• Homeopathy helps in building body resistance in children who habitually have recurring infections due to lowered immune power, as a result of which the child will not fall sick frequently.

Listed below are few routine ailments encountered in infants which can be relieved with Homeopathic remedies with ease.

ABDOMINAL COLIC

It is sharp abdominal pain with intermittent cramping. Colic is most common in the infants for the first few months of birth. Infants with colic are uneasy and cry in pain, especially after feeds. This is routinely found more with bottle fed babies who find difficult to digest milk. They may become constipated or you may notice a change in the color of their stools. In breast-fed babies, colic can be caused by an immature digestive system, air intake while feeding or crying, spicy or acidic food in the mother’s diet. Colic may become worse when baby is lying down.

Homeopathic Solutions:

• Chamomilla:  Indicated in colicky babies who scream, want to be constantly carried. Gaseous distention of abdomen and pain. Stools may be green and smell of rotten eggs.

• Colocynthis: Bloating of Abdomen. Extreme restlessness and want to draw their legs up. Green stools are worse after eating fruits and before a bowel movement.

• Nux vomica: Colicky pains that result when the nursing mother has eaten spicy food, overeaten or overindulged in coffee and other spicy food ingredients.

DIARRHOEA & VOMITING

Loose stools & vomiting are a common encounter in newborn & infants which could create dehydration as they cannot sustain with severe fluid loss. Signs of severe dehydration are fatigue, dry tongue and mouth, sunken eyes and no urination for 4 to 6 hours. Every episode of loose stools cannot be as termed Diarrhoea, breast fed babies can have such complaints but shouldn’t be medicated for every episode. Bottle fed babies encounter such episodes very frequently due to disturbance in digestion.

Vomiting after consuming milk and regurgitation due to excess feed and indigestion can throw up in the form of vomiting. Vomits in the form of curdled milk is a common feature in infants.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Aethusa Cynapium: Infants appear weak, restless, anxious, and weepy. For those who are unable to digest milk, leading to colic, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Regurgitate the milk and other food within one hour of eating or drinking. Yellow or green curd like vomits.

• Arsenicum Album: Food poisoning like diarrhea and vomiting. Stools smell offensive. Thirsty all the time, look tired, weak and extremely restless. Warmth and warm drinks provide temporary relief.

• Ipecac: Diarrhoea with constant nausea is characteristic of this remedy. Drooling salivation and painful urgings to have a stool.

• Nux Vomica: Diarrhea in breast fed babies after mothers have eaten rich or spicy foods. Children feel better after a stool, but will have diarrhea again immediately after eating

DIAPER RASH

Commonest cause of this rash is soiled diaper left for long time which makes the area warm and soaked in ammonia from urine, bacteria from stools. Buttocks, thighs and genitals become sore, red and infected. Allergic reaction to soap or detergent left in fabric diapers due to inadequate rinsing can also cause diaper rash.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Calendula: Local Liniment can be applied to the affected area.
• Sulphur: Indicated when the skin becomes dry, scaly and looks unhealthy between buttocks, on genitals and may extend up the back.
• Mercurius Solubilis: Indicated when the diaper area is very moist and is associated with teething.

COLD & COUGH

It is an inflammatory process that affects the respiratory tract. It is very uncomfortable for an infant as babies cannot suck with its nose blocked or chest congested and has to use its mouth for breathing. Due to blockage of nose the accessory muscles are used for breathing and the baby may also make a wheezing sound when they breathe. This may also affect the Eustachian tube leading to earache.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Aconite: For sudden cold and cough after exposure to cold wind making the baby very restless.
• Belladonna: Indicated for cold with a barking cough, high fever and a red face in a very thirsty baby.
• Mercurius Solubilis: Indicated when baby develops cold and cough with a sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, ear ache and is sensitive to cold weather.
• Hepar Sulph: Indicated in babies who have a dry rattling cough, like wheezing.The baby may not want to eat or may cry while eating due to throat pain on swallowing.

SKIN RASHES & ECZEMA

Skin rashes can be allergic or due to dryness of the skin. Eczema is an inflammatory skin disease and is known as infantile seborrhoeic eczema in infants. It usually starts on the scalp or the diaper area and quickly spreads to the face, elbows, knees, neck, wrists and ankles. Although this type of eczema looks unpleasant, it is not sore or itchy and does not cause the baby any discomfort.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Graphites: Indicated when the skin looks cracked and oozing.
• Rhus Tox: Indicated when the skin looks blistered and gets worse in damp conditions.
• Petroleum: Indicated when the skin erupts with yellow crusts and is worse at night.
• Calendula: Ointment and olive oil can also help as local application.
• Sulphur: Best indicated when the skin looks very unhealthy and gets dry and red in bed or after a bath. Should be administered only with prescription of Homeopath

HARD STOOLS OR CONSTIPATION

Constipation is a common problem for children. If a child passes less than 3 stools per week and there is associated difficulty in passing them, then it is called constipation.

A child may pass stool daily but if there is accompanying difficulty in passing it then also it is called constipation.

The first step to correct constipation in your child is making sure that he or she gets enough fiber.

Fiber is bulky and holds water in the stool, making it softer and easier to pass.

Eating more fruits, raw vegetables, bran and whole-grain breads and cereals can help and so can drinking plenty of water.

Regular physical activity is also a great remedy.

Toilet training is another step that should be taken to form a habit of passing stools regularly in children.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Alumina: Indicated when the child is not able to expel the stool due to inactivity of the rectum.Child has to strain a lot even when stool is soft. He has abnormal cravings for chalk, charcoal and other indigestible things. Very useful for treating constipation in the bottle-fed babies.

• Nux Vomica: Indicated when the child complains of a constant, but ineffectual urge for passing stool. Even after trying hard, the child is able to pass only a small quantity each time. The stools are unsatisfactory and unrefreshing. The child usually has an irritable mood and gets easily angered.

• Bryonia Alba: For constipation in children, with hard and dry stools. The stool is thick, sometimes even bloody due to excessive straining.

• Opium: Opium is often used when there is an absolute inaction of rectum, with no desire for stool. The child passes stools infrequently, which are round, hard, black and ball like in shape.

DENTITION

Dentition, even though an important milestone of growth, can lead to a variety of problems in children.

Ideally it is a Physiological process and should not be intervened, but only in cases when infants start throwing up what they consume, pass watery stools & irritation in gums must be looked in to.

Most babies suffer gum discomfort and gastric troubles while cutting teeth

The irritation in gums, which is an associated feature of dentition, compels them to put everything in mouth.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Belladonna: Child has a flushed face, is irritable, restless and feverish giving. Indication is that the child strikes or bites others in his delirium.

• Chamomilla: Child is going through a very painful dentition and gets irritable, especially at night, The child cries excessively and nothing seems to please him and wants to be carried all the time. Very strongly indicated in swollen gums. Stools passed by the child are greenish and give an offensive smell.

• Calcarea Carb: The child sweats profusely, especially on heat and smells sour. This medicine also effectively checks abnormal cravings for chalk, pencil, lime and other indigestible things.

• Calcarea Phos: Child develops diarrhoea during dentition and has a cranky mood. Delayed or difficult teething, as well as colic frequently associated with teething.

INJURIES

Newborn and infants are more susceptible to injuries since they keep moving as they grow and tend to attempt to do new activities. Unknowingly they have certain injuries due to direct falls, slip and they are hit by some objects during the course of their activities.

Homeopathic Solutions

• Arnica: Indicated for injuries due to blunt objects. It also takes care of the injuries to soft parts or sprains that cause black or blue appearance of the sprained areas. Arnica also relieves the soreness all over the body.

• Hypericum: Very effective for injuries to parts rich in nerves (eg toe, finger tips),spine and coccyx.

• Symphytum: It is usually given for injuries due to blow with blunt objects and fracture of bones.

• Ledum Pal: Indicated in punctured wounds from pointed objects. Prescribed for scanty bleeding with pain in the wound, accompanied by puffiness and coldness of the part.

• Calendula: Very good medicine for lacerated wounds. Its tincture (Calendula Q) is also useful for cleaning and dressing of the wounds to prevent suppuration.

 General Instructions

• Medicine should be taken after rinsing the mouth and preferably in empty stomach.
• If improvement occurs within 2 days, then medicine should be stopped.
• If your child doesn’t improve within 48 hours or becomes worse at anytime, then a homeopathic doctor should be consulted immediately.
• During homeopathic treatment, no other medicines should be taken, unless suggested by a homeopathic doctor.
• Keep the medicines away from strong smelling substances like camphor, menthol etc. and in a cool, dry place away from direct exposure to sunlight. Specially from the reach of children.

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