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Food caught in esophagus, should I be worried?
Hungry Girl, now 14 months old, has more trouble swallowing food than her older brother did at that age. I don't know if it is that she does not chew food as well before she swallows, or if she could have a morphological problem. Basically, she swallows a piece of food that is a little too big, and it gets stuck in her esophagus, between the larynx and the stomach. This hurts! She gags and cries and panics, then reverse peristalis kicks in and ejects the piece of food. Did any of your kids have similar trouble? Pologirl |
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Food caught in esophagus, should I be worried?
"Pologirl" wrote in message
Hungry Girl, now 14 months old, has more trouble swallowing food than her older brother did at that age. Did any of your kids have similar trouble? Not with my kids, but my nephew had a hard time with solids because of a gag reflux that would do the same thing. Basically, we just kept foods real smooth for a long time until he grew out of it. We would also cut up the food small and only give him 1-2 pieces on the tray so he wouldn't shove so much into his mouth. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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Food caught in esophagus, should I be worried?
Pologirl wrote:
Hungry Girl, now 14 months old, has more trouble swallowing food than her older brother did at that age. I don't know if it is that she does not chew food as well before she swallows, or if she could have a morphological problem. Basically, she swallows a piece of food that is a little too big, and it gets stuck in her esophagus, between the larynx and the stomach. This hurts! She gags and cries and panics, then reverse peristalis kicks in and ejects the piece of food. Did any of your kids have similar trouble? Pologirl It sounds like she needs her food cut into small pieces for a while. I wouldn't count on her clearing it on her own. Sooner or later, it will end up in her trachea. When that happens, the nice folks from the emergency squad will clear it for her. If she's lucky. If she is 14 months old, she should be having a well child check in the nest few weeks. I would ask the pediatrician, too. Jeff |
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