Current views on the functional colic in infants

Abstract

This article deals with the importance of isolating the metabolic syndrome in pediatric gastroenterological practice, since almost all the major components of the metabolic syndrome are already found in childhood. In addition, this condition diagnosed at early stages of the disease is theoretically reversible, that is, with the prescription of an adequate treatment it is possible to reduce the severity of its main manifestations and prevent the development of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. The main predictors for the development of this pathology are obesity, whose growth tends to increase constantly, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, often manifested in adolescence. The advisability of using drugs that affect hepatic metabolism and are able to exert lipid-regulating effects, in particular, essential phospholipids, is discussed.

Keywords

• infants
• functional disorders of the digestive system
• lactase insufficiency
• colic
• diarrhea