Abstract

Annamaria Staiano and Erasmo Miele speak to Francesca Lake, Managing Editor: Following the presentation of the results from an Italian trial on the treatment of infantile colic through the combination of herbal agents and probiotics, Annamaria Staiano (Professor of Paediatrics) and Erasmo Miele (Assistant Professor of Paediatrics; both Naples University, Italy) discuss childhood gastrointestinal disorders. With an introduction to the topic written by Staiano, Miele proceeds to further discuss the topic.

Highlights

  • Professor Staiano Gastrointestinal disorders are a very common – affecting up to 10% of the pediatric population – and stressful situation for children, and, and especially, for their parents and pediatricians who see a large number of these patients on a daily basis

  • Physicians are called upon to prescribe a remedy for Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), even if the condition spontaneously resolves, suggesting therapeutic aids effective and free from effects: what better products are there than a ‘natural’ one, especially for colic disorders?

  • Professor Miele QQ During your speech at the 7th European Pediatric GI Motility Meeting (October 2015 Naples, Italy), you showed an in-press study [1] in which the incidence of colic was linked to disorders such as constipation, vomiting & others

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Summary

Introduction

Professor Staiano Gastrointestinal disorders are a very common – affecting up to 10% of the pediatric population – and stressful situation for children, and, and especially, for their parents and pediatricians who see a large number of these patients on a daily basis. Physicians are called upon to prescribe a remedy for FGIDs, even if the condition spontaneously resolves, suggesting therapeutic aids effective and free from effects: what better products are there than a ‘natural’ one, especially for colic disorders?

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