Crying - Excessive (0-6 Months)

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What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office

The health care provider will perform a physical examination and ask questions like the following:

• Is the child teething?
• Is the child bored, lonely, hungry, thirsty?
• Does the child seem to have a lot of gas (flatus)?
• Are the parents nervous or anxious?
• What other symptoms are also present?
  • Is the child irritable?
  • Is the child hard to arouse?
  • Does the child have a poor appetite?
  • Does the child have a fever?
  • Is the child vomiting?

For bacterial infections, antibiotics may be prescribed. The health care provider will assess the infant's growth and development.

After seeing your health care provider, you may want to add a diagnosis related to excessive crying to your child's personal medical record.