Resolution of suckling intolerance in a 6-month-old chiropractic patient.
OBJECTIVE
To discuss the management and resolution of suckling intolerance in a 6-month-old infant.


METHODS
A 6-month-old boy with a 4(1/2)-month history of aversion to suckling was evaluated in a chiropractic office. Static and motion palpation and observation detected an abnormal inward dishing at the occipitoparietal junction, as well as upper cervical (C1-C2) asymmetry and fixation. These indicated the presence of cranial and upper cervical subluxations.


RESULTS
The patient was treated 5 times through use of cranial adjusting; 4 of these visits included atlas (C1) adjustment. The suckling intolerance resolved immediately after the first office visit and did not return.


CONCLUSIONS
It is possible that in the infant, a relationship between mechanical abnormalities of the cervicocranial junction and suckling dysfunction exists; further research in this area could be beneficial. Possible physiological etiologies of painful suckling are presented.
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D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D002684:Chiropractic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D010173:Palpation; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome