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GERD (Acid Reflux) (Expert Forum)
Does this sound like Gerd?? 2 year child, voimits Constantly
Answered by
Ratnakar Kini, MD - Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, acid reflux, gerd, colitis
Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
India
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Does this sound like Gerd?? 2 year child, voimits Constantly
by ConnorNCadensMom, Jul 01, 2009 12:27PM
My two year oldson has been "diagnosed" with GERD, although he has had no testing. He had an upper GI that was clear. He has vomited since birth, eats very little food, yet is at the 100 percentile for his weight( 45lbs) and 98 percentile for his height(95cm) .Hewas given prevacid, I gave it to him for 10 days and there was no change. I took him back to our doctor, who put him back on it. My son had a spot on his brain in utero that prompted doctor's to think he was a Trisomy 18 baby, after amniocentesis was done and showed he was a normal "healthy" baby, this oh so troublesome spot became a cyst, never to be looked at again. He has a High gag reflex and gags upwards to 10 times a day. he eats no fruit, no meat no vegetable. He lives off toast and soup. Yet he's thriving as the doctors say. When he smells food or even sometimes when he's asks if we wants food he gags. The vomiting lately seem to happen at night, after he chokes and gags, he then continues to choke and scratch feverishly a the back of his head, and slaps the side of his face and grinds his teeth. Does this sound like GERD to you?? I'm so very frustrated. No one seems to listen. Although I bet if it was the doctor's child vomiting day after day after day, they' sure figure it out!!
Doctor's Answer
by Ratnakar Kini, MD, Jul 02, 2009 11:10PM
, Jul 02, 2009 11:10PM
Hi,
Upper GI scopy would be normal in about 70% of the patients with GERD.
Gastroesophageal reflux is a normal phenomenon in newborns. But this physiological phenomenon disappears as the baby becomes older.
It is called a pathological GER disease only when it develops symptoms like cough, recurrent respiratory symptoms, failure to thrive and arching of the body ( Sandifer syndrome).
Upper GI scopy would be normal in about 70% of the patients with GERD.
Gastroesophageal reflux is a normal phenomenon in newborns. But this physiological phenomenon disappears as the baby becomes older.
It is called a pathological GER disease only when it develops symptoms like cough, recurrent respiratory symptoms, failure to thrive and arching of the body ( Sandifer syndrome).
