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my child has silent reflux? Help!
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Robyn Kozierok wrote: *In article .net, *CBI wrote: * * Yes, and the "normal baby reflux" was the first (and only painful) * symptom. * *"Normal baby reflux" isn't painful. * * *The gastric juices that are brought up can burn the esophagus. At *least that is what was going on with my son -- I had him medicted for *the pain he was in, until we figured out the root cause (allergies). If he was in pain, it wasn't "normal baby reflux." It was pathologic baby reflux, which you figured out because you noticed his pain, and you got treatment for. THis is probably a matter of you guys talking at cross purposes. Almost all babies have reflux. You might call it "silent" reflux, because there are no clinical signs associated with it. These babies are not in pain. They aren't suffering long-term complications. They aren't acting like anything but normal babies. They reflux because their lower esophageal sphincters are incompetent. This is NORMAL and EXPECTED in babies. Some few babies have a problem resulting in pain associated with reflux. These babies do not have "normal baby reflux." They have a problem which requires treatment. This is where your baby fits in. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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my child has silent reflux? Help!
"PF Riley" wrote in message ... Yes, and the "normal baby reflux" was the first (and only painful) symptom. "Normal baby reflux" isn't painful. The gastric juices that are brought up can burn the esophagus. At least that is what was going on with my son -- I had him medicted for the pain he was in, until we figured out the root cause (allergies). He never spit up, so it wasn't a laundry issue for me. He just brought up his stomach contents partway and then swallowed them back down. The OP said she thought her child had "silent reflux" which is a term I'm not familiar with but which I guessed to mean the same symptoms my son had. I would agree with CBI, then, that this was not "normal baby reflux." A baby with normal reflux is "the happy spitter" where the baby spits up part of his feeding, it doesn't bother him or cause other health problems, and it's not caused by underlying pathology. What you describe is gastroesophageal reflux caused by a food intolerance resulting in reflux esophagitis. This is not "normal baby reflux." What he said. -- CBI, MD |
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