Possible causes of Cranky, crying, fussy, irritable child
32 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Child abuse Common Urgent Pediatric
- Colic (pediatric intestinal pain) Common Pediatric
- Dental eruptions Common
- Gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestinal lining) Common Pediatric
- Intussusception (telescoping intestine) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Otitis media (middle ear infection) Common Pediatric
- Sepsis (severe infection) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Upper respiratory tract infection (URI) Common Pediatric
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) Pediatric
- Acidosis (abnormal blood chemistry) Urgent
- Aphthous ulcers (oral ulcers, aphthous stomatitis)
- Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) Urgent
- Bronchiolitis (bronchial tube inflammation)
- Constipation
- Contact dermatitis (contact skin irritation)
- Croup (upper airway inflammation) Urgent
- Fracture (broken bone)
- Gastritis (stomach inflammation)
- Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
- Impetigo
- Malabsorption syndrome
- Meningitis (brain spine infection) Urgent
- Oral candidiasis (yeast mouth infection)
- Pharyngitis (throat infection)
- Scabies
- Serum sickness
- Strangulation of genitalia Urgent
- Subdural hematoma (bleeding on brain) Urgent
- Teething
- Torticollis, spasmodic (neck muscle spasm)
- Vaginal yeast (fungal) infection
- Viral infections