BABY AND CHILDHOOD DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS: DIARRHOEAS
Some forms of diarrhoea are emotionally based. The intestine is a good barometer of the body’s inner feelings and of the brain in particular. These are called ‘non specific diarrhoea’.
‘Most of the young children whose mothers say they have loose, frequent or bulky stools do not suffer from malabsorption. Their physical growth is normal and the abdomen is not distended,’ paediatrician Dr John Apley says in his book Paediatrics. ‘The symptoms are not primarily in the child’s intestine, but in the mother’s cerebrum (mind).’
Dr Apley is not being unkind, nor is he being funny. He is stating the truth. However, if any parent is worried about his or her child’s bowel actions, it is best to have the patient properly checked out, to make doubly certain there is no underlying basis. Most cases are not serious. Some are. Sometimes if emotional stresses and family tensions are solved, then the diarrhoea may also be cured.
Some infants and children have an intolerance to sugar in the diet. It may occur in young babies. This intolerance is built up, and may apply to certain sugars only. It may follow from a surgical operation or from gastro-enteritis. If the sugar is identified and withdrawn from the diet, a magical cure may follow
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