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Functional Gut Disease in Infants – Colic, Constipation, Reflux

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Functional Gut Disease in Infants – Colic, Constipation, Reflux is a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course designed for healthcare professionals involved in paediatric, neonatal, community, and primary healthcare settings. The course provides evidence-based guidance on the assessment, diagnosis, management, and referral of common Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs) in infants, including infantile colic, constipation, and gastro-oesophageal reflux. Functional gastrointestinal disorders are among the most common reasons infants are presented to healthcare providers during early life. Although most cases are benign and self-limiting, symptoms such as excessive crying, vomiting, regurgitation, feeding difficulties, and constipation can cause significant parental anxiety and may occasionally indicate serious underlying pathology.

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Learning Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Classify the common presentations of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs) in infants.
  • Distinguish self-limiting functional disorders from pathological gastrointestinal conditions.
  • Recognise warning signs and red flag symptoms associated with serious illness in infants presenting with colic, reflux, or constipation.
  • Explain evidence-based management approaches for infantile colic, constipation, and gastro-oesophageal reflux.
  • Plan timely referral for infants at risk of serious illness requiring prompt investigation and treatment.
  • Support and reassure families of infants with FGIDs using compassionate communication and education.
  • Discuss the risks and implications of overtreatment and unnecessary medication use in infancy.
  • Promote safe, family-centred approaches to infant gastrointestinal care.

Modules

Module 1

Understanding Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Infants

Module 2

Infantile Colic – Presentation and Management

Module 3

Constipation in Infants – Recognition and Assessment

Module 4

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux and Regurgitation

Module 5

Red Flags, Referral, and Avoiding Overtreatment

Module 6

Family Support, Communication, and Holistic Care

Module 7

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Frequently Asked Questions

FGIDs are common gastrointestinal conditions causing symptoms without identifiable structural or inflammatory disease. In infants, common FGIDs include colic, constipation, and reflux.

No. Mild reflux and regurgitation are common developmental phenomena in healthy infants and usually resolve naturally with age.

Urgent assessment is needed if constipation is associated with poor growth, severe abdominal distension, delayed meconium passage, bilious vomiting, or blood in stools.

Management primarily involves parental reassurance, soothing techniques, feeding assessment, and emotional support rather than medication.

Unnecessary medications, investigations, and formula changes may expose infants to side effects, increase parental anxiety, and provide little clinical benefit.

Projectile vomiting, bilious vomiting, feeding refusal, respiratory distress, poor weight gain, and blood in vomit require prompt medical evaluation.