Crying Child Older Than 3 Months Old (Irritability, Fussiness)

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Symptom Definition

• Excessive crying, irritability or fussiness.
• Child is too young to tell us or show us the cause for his crying.

Causes

• Main cause: coming down with an illness.
• Other common causes: overtired, stressed, whining, tantrums, separation anxiety, or pain. Note: teething generally doesn't cause crying.

See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If

• FEVER or any symptom of illness, see that topic.
• Crying from an injury, see specific INJURY topic.