Feeding

• Breastfeeding problems / oral thrush: Breastfeeding problems (CKS)​, Oral thrush in babies (patient.info), Candida - oral (CKS)

• Breastfeeding & HIV: not recommended in the UK. Cabergoline to suppress lactation. 

• GORD in children: Reflux in babies (NHS Choices), GORD in children (CKS)

• Nausea & Vomiting: Vomiting in children and babies (NHS Choices)

• Colic: Colic - infantile (CKS) / Baby colic (patient.info)

• Constipation: see gastroenterology

• Teething: Teething (CKS)​

• Food allergies (Cow's milk, lactose, Wheat, Coeliac): see gastroenterology

• ​Neonatal jaundice

• Nappy rash: Nappy rash (CKS), ​Nappy rash (patient.info)

• Hirschsprung's disease: Hirschsprung's disease (NHS Choices)

• ​Intussusception: Intussusception (GOSH): most commonly occurs in infants 3-12M (peak at 9M).

• Ischaemic damage and bacterial overgrowth can result in necrotising enterocolitis (NE): abdominal distension and blood in the stool. Progression to bowel perforation and clinical shock can occur. Treatment requires cessation of oral feeding, parenteral nutrition, circulatory and respiratory support. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are also often administered but despite intensive treatment, NE carries a high morbidity and mortality. Occurs earlier than interssuception.