FDA issues Warning on Baby Tummy Pain Medication

Baby TummyWashington: The Federal health agency has cautioned parents not to give infants a liquid herbal supplement promoted as a curative for colic and teething pain because various bottles proved positive for a parasite, which may have sickened a 6-week-old baby in Minnesota.

The laboratory examinations carried out by the FDA affirmed the existence of Cryptosporidium, a parasite, which can cause diarrhea and intestinal infections, in sealed containers of apple-flavored Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water.

The supplement’s marketer, MOM Enterprises of San Rafael, Calif., stated that it had called back nearly 17,600 bottles of the product, which were being sold online and at retail outlets across the nation.

Thus far, the Minnesota baby is the only person with a reported sickness probably associated to the product that is sold in 4-ounce bottles with the code 26952V, and has an expiry date of October 2008.

The FDA stated that people infected with Cryptosporidium normally show indicants within two to 10 days. The common fallouts include diarrhea, dehydration, weight loss, stomach cramps or pain, fever, nausea and vomiting.

Health functionaries suggested consumers to throw away any of the product they contain and to discuss with a baby doctor if it was consumed by a child who seems sick.

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