Is It True That Flatulence Is More Common in Male Infants?

Johannes Heymer, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Journal of Unsolved Questions, 1, 1, Open Questions, 3-4 (2011) (Received August 4th 2010, Published Online August 6th 2010)

Eric Prochnow raised the question why male infants suffer more from flatulence than female infants. This article implicated the following hypotheses, which are equivalent to the public opinion on excessive crying in infants: 1. There is an organic cause (flatulence)for excessive crying. 2. Flatulence is more common in male infants…