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Looking for Advice on Taking Seasonique, the Pill Where You Get 4 Periods a Year
Here's an example: Zantac (ranitidine) and Prevacid (lansoprazole) are two different types of medications that people take for gastroesophageal reflux ...
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- K.-You can do this all naturally. ALL drugs have toxicity and are acidic to some degree. Most of these pills if not all are made with the by-products of other animal...
- I tried taking it and it made me feel horrible! I took it for about 3 weeks and had to stop. I had horrible headaches and just felt very worn down like my body was f...
- I know many people who have dealt with your symptoms by taking a nutritional approach. I have been doing blood testing yearly through a company called "Your Future Hea...
Prevacid Vs. Nexium
A little history: my 5 month old has been on Prevacid for gastroesophageal reflux since she was less than 1 month old, and her dose was increased to 15 mg ...
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- Prevacid Solutabs are bay far the best thing out there!!! Believe me...I've done TONS of research and it is the best. Hope this helps! C.
- E. I think if something is working, leave it alone. My daughter who is 12 takes Prevacid from time to time and it works great.I take Protonix daily and it works for ...
- E., I have a son with GERD and work with a lot of families who are experiencing similar situations. Regarding using Nexium, please please please be sure that th...
2 1/2 Yr Old Coughing During the Night...
Until you mentioned the fever, I was thinking you might want to consider GERD: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Basically, it's acid reflux that causes a ...
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- Bronchitis can last for weeks before it resolves completely. But fever and lethargy should improve on antibiotics in a short time. If her child is acting normally bu...
- If a fever lasts more then five days then you need to take her in as the meds are working and you want to make sure it isn't pneumonia. Try Vicks Vapor Plugs at night...
- Your daughter is definitely fighting an infection. She has a temperature because her body is battling. She is coughing at night because of the mucous draining down t...
Advice on How Much to Feed 11 Week Old Infant
My neice had reflux, and the dr. kept telling my sister to add cereal to the bottle until it became sludge. ... Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants ...
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- Have you thought about a 2nd opinion? The majority of literature today refutes putting cereal in a bottle. My son has acid reflux as well, but we never added anything ...
- S., It is hard when you are a new mom. I have three kids. The first one ate all the time but didn't gain weight easily. The doctors were shocked at how much she a...
- Hi. We have/had similar experiences, as I'm also a first time mom (to a 4 month old girl) who could only produce 1-2 ounces of breastmilk and she also has reflux. I ...
Trouble with Formula After a Recent Switch
We used Enfamil Gentlease due to a little reflux he had as a newborn. We recently..." ... Next question: Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants ...
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- Hi B., my name is L.. I am the mom to 5 yr old and 2 yr old boys. Boy, does your situation sound all to formiliar. We went through something pretty similar with my...
- I am in the exact same situation. Jake is almost 6 mo. and I put 1-2 Tbls. prune juice in his 1st bottle every morning. If I skip any, he doesn't have a movement. Then...
- My daughter was on the Enfamil since her birth and also had constipation issues. I asked my pediatrician about it and she told me that the reason was the high amount ...
Strange Recurring Stomach Flu, Unrelated to Food
Although I am NOT a doctor, it sounds like Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. I've had it for several years now. Once diagnosed, I manage/prevent it by ...
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- I also think it might be migraine headaches. The pounding headache, followed by vomitting is what happens to me. I also get light sensitive, but not always. Go to a...
- Hi K., It sounds like you are having a really rough time. It's hard to be sick and take care of a child, and I hope that you feel better soon. I would suggest that yo...
- Go to the doctor. If you contact Erie Family Health Care they can give you medical help on a sliding scale based on your income. They have three or four of them thro...
15 Month Old Fighting Sleep
... for example GER-or Gastroesophageal reflux, there may even be problems related to ADD. Or she simply is just not tiard enough to fall asleep. ...
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- I think it is time to face facts and balance your child's need for comfort with her need for a healthy mom and a stable routine. You are at the end of your rope and it...
- My daughter did something similar around that age. I started her on a set schedule of bath (using the lavender/chamomile soap), read her a story while she was in her b...
- Maybe try getting into a bedtime routine like give her a warm bath and then lay her down in her crib and read some stories or put on some soft music and see if that he...
Can't Breathe!
Aug 11, 2009 ... Gastroesophageal reflux diseaseGERD is the back flow of stomach contents including digestive juices into the esophagus or food tube This is ...
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- There are so many possibilities that it can't really be narrowed down online. One poster mentioned growths in the throat - I would guess she was talking about polyps. ...
- My dad has a similar issue...have your husband ask the doctor about Schatzki's Ring. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schatzki_ring Constricting of the ring can happ...
- HI A.! Experiencing this is a very scary thing! I go through this with my husband all the time and each time it scares me just as much as it did the first time! My hus...
Need Information on Spitting Up
Sounds like your daughter has a case of gastroesophageal reflux. Which sometimes you don't even have to change the formula but I'm not sure what all your ...
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- I would suggest putting her on a soy formula. (we use Similac Isomil Our son did great on soy and still uses it. At one point, we tried to switch back to a milk based...
- My son did the same thing when he was little. My doctor told me it was reflux and put him on Enfamil AR formula. it has rice starch in it which thickens in the stomach...
- hi my name is N. and it sounds like both of my sons and they both have reflux
Suggestions for 16Month Old Who Alway Seems to Be Coughing
From your description it sounds like post-nasal drip due to an allergy or to ( GER) gastroesophageal reflux, both conditions are easy to treat under the ...
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- I went through 3 years of my oldest daughter coughing and also vomitting. She would cough so hard that she would vomit all the mucous out. This would happen within 3...
- My son had a cough for 3 weeks. I finally took him to the doctor and he had an ear infection which was draining and making him cough. He had no other symptoms of bein...
- This sounds similar to what my son went through except at a much younger age. My son began this as an infant & I took him in about 4 times by the time he was 4 months...
