Colic & food allergies

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Colic and food allergies

Teams from the Royal Women's Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital are working on a study to discover the major causes of colic in babies. The Melbourne Colic Study is recruiting mothers and babies for a two week program to assess whether diet and family dynamics have any effect on the development of colic.

A baby with colic is by definition one who cries for more than three hours a day for three days of the week for more than three weeks. The cause of colic is unknown at present and the use of anti-colic mixtures have now been stopped because of concerns about side effects.

The two main theories of the causes of colic are a disturbance of family dynamics or a hypersensitivity to antigens excreted in breast milk or formula. This study will investigate whether these two theoretical causes are linked.

For more information about the Melbourne Colic Study, phone Bernadette Speirs at the Royal Women's Hospital on (03) 9344 2589, or Jennifer Brown at the Royal Children's Hospital's allergy department on (03) 9345 5701.

Reference: The Age Study links colic to food allergies. 8/12/99

Last Updated: April 5, 2001.