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Excessive Sucking

MedGen UID:
443663
•Concept ID:
C2828158
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Finding

Definition

A symptom of gastrointestinal dysfunction seen in neonates who have been exposed to drugs during pregnancy; often accompanied by excessive sucking of fists, fingers and thumbs. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVExcessive Sucking

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents about Oral Health in the Primary Dentition Stage in a Peruvian High Andean City.
Rojas-Briceño NB, Oc Carrasco OJ, Silva Díaz YA, Ordinola Ramírez CM, Pizarro Salazar O, Tuesta-Mendoza SJ, Silva-López JO
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2024 Jan 30;21(2) doi: 10.3390/ijerph21020154. PMID: 38397645Free PMC Article
Treatment of the sensory and motor components of urges to eat (eating addiction?): a mobile-health pilot study for obesity in young people.
Pretlow RA, Stock CM, Roeger L, Allison S
Eat Weight Disord 2020 Dec;25(6):1779-1787. Epub 2020 Jan 14 doi: 10.1007/s40519-019-00836-z. PMID: 31939105Free PMC Article
The pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of excessive belching symptoms.
Kessing BF, Bredenoord AJ, Smout AJ
Am J Gastroenterol 2014 Aug;109(8):1196-203); (Quiz) 1204. Epub 2014 Jul 8 doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.165. PMID: 25001253

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Hyperexcitability syndrome in a newborn infant of chocoholic mother.
Cambria S, Manganaro R, Mamì C, Marseglia L, Gemelli M
Am J Perinatol 2006 Oct;23(7):421-2. Epub 2006 Sep 28 doi: 10.1055/s-2006-951291. PMID: 17009197

Therapy

Hyperexcitability syndrome in a newborn infant of chocoholic mother.
Cambria S, Manganaro R, Mamì C, Marseglia L, Gemelli M
Am J Perinatol 2006 Oct;23(7):421-2. Epub 2006 Sep 28 doi: 10.1055/s-2006-951291. PMID: 17009197
Symptoms of neonatal ethanol withdrawal.
Robe LB, Gromisch DS, Iosub S
Curr Alcohol 1981;8:485-93. PMID: 7343193

Clinical prediction guides

Hyperexcitability syndrome in a newborn infant of chocoholic mother.
Cambria S, Manganaro R, Mamì C, Marseglia L, Gemelli M
Am J Perinatol 2006 Oct;23(7):421-2. Epub 2006 Sep 28 doi: 10.1055/s-2006-951291. PMID: 17009197

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