Acid Reflux & GERD
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Looking for Advice on Acid Reflux
Asked by J.K. from Dallas
on November 29, 2005
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My son was diagnosed with Acid Reflux at 5 weeks old. He is now 3 months old and he still has SO many bad days. He is on 2 different meds, Prevacid AND Zantac. I ha...
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- J., I live in Houston and will be moving to the McKinney area in less than a month. I, personally, can not offer advice. I havea 13, 8 and 4 yr old. I have refulx mys...
- Hi J., I am the mom of 4 kids and also a pediatric RN. I have worked in an office for 13 years and do phone triage. The biggest medical problem w/ reflux is that bab...
- My son has had many problems with adic reflux. Our pediatrician is Dr. Chris Straughn at Forest Lane Pediatrics, and I've been very pleased (he's in MamaSource directo...
Acid reflux...when Medicine Doesn't Work
Asked by K.H. from Chicago
on May 1, 2008
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Hi mammas,
My sweet little five month-old baby boy has been diagnosed with acid reflux. Apparently, he has quite a nasty case of reflux. We're giving him both Prevac...
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- Hi my daughter had it bad and still has some spitting up at 2. It is acid reflux, she has no allgeries. Have you tried uping his meds. Has he gained weight? If yes the...
- Hi! He sounds JUST like my daughter(now 7 months old)--I know the pain you (and he) are going through. We finally went to see a GI specialist(when she was 5 months o...
- If you are into homeopathic remedies, you can try silica 6x. You take it and it gets excreted into your breastmilk. I noticed it worked better then the zantac my twins...
Ear Infections and Acid Reflux
Asked by E.M. from Tampa
on February 23, 2010
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my son who is now 4 has had many ear infections since he was 10 months. He has had tubes and after the ear infections subsided, the constant sinus infections started. ...
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- He sounds just like my son. The reflux is a sign of food allergies. He probably has food allergies so I would take him to an allergist. My son is 3 and still can't ...
- I definitely think it does, my friends that used to live down here went through hell with their daughter tube after tube and then figured out it was reflux and stomach...
- You should consider food allergies. A ped can do IgE testing for allergies and IgG testing for food sensitivies. BTW milk is the most common allergen.
Acid Reflux & Gas--AAAAHHHH!!!!
Asked by B.H. from Charleston
on January 30, 2008
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My 2 1/2 month old has always been fussy in the evening and very gassy. However,lately he's really struggling with breastfeeding as he's constantly pulling off, coughi...
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- Hi B., I was not able to breastfeed my baby but, we tried the formula called Gentle Ease by enfamil, then walmart came out with the generic version----much easier on...
- we just went to a specialist for my 3 1/2 month old son. i feel your pain. the specialist said that at 6 months most babies symptoms go away, and still a few last unti...
- I recently purchased Gripe Water from the pharmacy Rite-Aid at Habersham Square and it is all natural. Better than mylicon, which I've tried as well as she is on zant...
Acid Reflux in a Newborn
Asked by C.T. from Milwaukee
on October 23, 2009
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Hello, I asked a question a few weeks ago regarding how to manage acid reflux in my newborn and got a tremendous response. I just have one more question. My daughter...
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- You are going through what I went through with my first. The good news is, it will get better when she's much older. But if she's like my son, she might always have ...
- Hi C.! I'm sorry to hear about your little one's acid reflux problem! Our child had a small amount of this along with not wanting to breast feed on one side. Rath...
- both my kids had reflux. And we found that zantac didn't do much. Prilosec worked the best for them. And for my son we propped his matress on one end so he was at a...
Does Anyone Have a Baby with Acid Reflux?
Asked by T.P. from Salinas
on January 4, 2010
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I've been on this site several times searching for answers to my baby's fussiness and gas and recently my baby was diagnosed with acid reflux. It is horrible. My baby ...
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- my daughter who is now 4 years old had acid reflux and I know how hard it can be. We had to prop her up as much as possible for nursing. As upright as you can get. ...
- My daughter had severe reflux and is seeing Dr. Yinka Davies with Sutter in Sacramento. The latest medical treatment is using Prevacid. It can be prescribed as a pow...
- my daughter went through this and we used to give her the gripe water that is over the counter worked well for her
Spit up / Acid Reflux
Asked by B.R. from San Francisco
on February 7, 2011
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My newborn is squirming/grunting/crying when she eats and afterward. She also spits up very frequently and at times it comes out of her nose when she's spitting up. My...
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- I have twin boys that are now two. When they were three months old, the same thing happened to one of the twins. There were two things I did that relieved the proble...
- my dd was diagnosed with GURD she was spitting up like crazy. Our pedi had her have a UGI which I am thankful she ordered that while on the table she spit up all of th...
- Not sure about the spit up...my DS was "silent" reflux (he would bring it up but swallow it back down, rarely actually spitting up). To me the tell tale signs though ...
Acid Reflux and Premature Infant?
Asked by K.H. from Joplin
on April 12, 2010
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Hello,
My son was born 7 weeks premature, and was diagnosed with severe acid reflux after birth....While in the NICU they put him on Zantac and started putting Thick ...
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- My daughter was not a preemie but had silent reflux as a baby. It was pretty awful, and no medicines helped. She saw a GI, who tried the adult dose of Nexium and it di...
- 19 years ago my daughter was born and after approximately 2 weeks starting projectile vomiting about 30 minutes to an hour after every bottle. At first the doctors sa...
- I know there are a lot of moms out there who worry about early solids & food allergies.....but all of the children in our family....started solids (in this case- cerea...
Acid Reflux in Newborn and Testing
Asked by J.O. from Orlando
on June 18, 2008
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Hello everyone, thank you for responding to my questions last week about my 5 weeks olds acid reflux! I got several great ideas. She is still having severe trouble t...
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- Hi J., Don't worry. The swallow test sounds horrible, but it isn't. They have you not feed for four hours because they will give your child a bottle with the stuf...
- J., If the "swallow test" is called a Motility test, I had this done. I can't recommend to you one way or another, but be prepared for a lot of discomfort for your ...
- My daughter had the test done when she was your daughters age. We scheduled it first thing in the morning and I never thought she'd be able to go 4 hours but she ate d...
Milk Allergy, Acid Reflux or WHAT???
Asked by J.L. from Charlotte
on January 21, 2009
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I daughter is 6 1/2 weeks old and is having issues with feeding.
Symptoms:
Spitting up - a lot now that on Nutramigen, before it was occasional.
Diarrhea - for a ...
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- Hi J., These sound like a variety of symptons. I was doing a little research for you, but hard to pinpoint. Look at this site. http://www.parents.com/baby/health/...
- J., I would take your child to Dr. Freeman (a GI doctor at UNC) and ask if perhaps your son had EGID (Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease). Tell her that someone...
- Hi J., I am so sorry for your frustration. I have been there myself. My son was breastfed until he was 4 mos old, and honestly, the symptoms were WORSE when breastfed...
