Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 My gerd disappeared once I lost the prednisone weight, however.... I still follow the GERD precautions and take nexium, sleep on a wedge and don't eat or drink 3 hours before bedtime. Once my Presnisone made jelly belly disappeared, my hiatal hernia got better. On another note..... My wife has been having a lot of laryngitis and got a shot of steroids yesterday. Man, I thought I was hyper when taking steroids. She was bouncing off the walls. freecreditreport.com customers are in for one hyper telephone rep today LOL! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Thanks Kristi and , , I agree, I'm not certain what this is. She is three and this has been going on since she is 3 months. Took her to an ENT back then and he scoped and said " mild inflammation " at opening of esophagus. He diagnosed silent GERD. He wanted me to treat with prevacid then but I was not comfortable with that. My daughter has had this " I'm hungry " problem for ever. I agree maybe a food sensitivity or gastritis. She was GFCF for about 8 months and then SCD for about 6 months. The problem persisted though. It funny though, for a child who has so many eliminated foods all she wants to do is eat. Its a full time job just dealing with her want to eat..lol. A few months ago she started complaining after every meal " belly hurts " and she would point to middle of chest and also getting hiccups after every meal. This did coincide with the introduction of a bit of grain back to her diet. We started giving her aloe vera juice before every meal, per our nutritionist and it works but if we do not give it the problem persists. In general we have battled digestive issues since beginning GFCF over a year ago. I just wish I knew how to make her feel better. I am going to try the benadryl test and I will report back. I just cannot wait to get going and see DR. . She is definitely sick and her blood work shows it. > > Hey Jill, > > My youngest son went thru a phase where he couldn't get enough to eat for a few > months while he was in a state of CFS before we were able to restart the > protocol. It was wierd - he was practically skeletal, but he could eat two > over-sized adult plates of food - more than my overeating husband - and still > beg for more. It was nuts - actually spooky because it was so clearly > abnormal. And he didn't even gain weight. It came on suddenly, and it went away > suddenly. It seemed to last months, then it eventually passed - maybe after > starting the protocol? I think before. But he didn't gain weight until he > restarted . Now a year+ later, he's still skinny compared to very healthy > looking kids, but he's getting nicely rounded in the more muscular areas and > showing some pretty muscles. > > Re GERD - the standard treatment (if that's what it is) is usually the meds like > zantac, etc. BUT, depending on his symptoms, you can have mild (or not so mild) > esophagitis or gastritis, and it can look and act just like GERD, except that > the meds won't work. It's more likely to happen soon after eating (whereas GERD > tends to hurt more when the stomach is empty but can do both). > > The best way to test it (in my opinion/experience) would be to try small amounts > of dye-free liquid benedryl - only about 1/4 tsp when he's hurting. If it's > been going on a while, and if there's a food triggering the pain, you may not > see an immediate improvement, but you can usually tell within 20 minutes if the > pain is getting better. You try that a few times to see if it helps more than > zantac or other otc med like that... Then if you do see improvements, post back > here for more info because then you have to start trying to rule out certain > foods. > > If it's GERD, sometimes very acidic foods make it worse, and definitely sugar > substitues do (for me). GERD is the most common diagnosis, but I'd hate for it > to be some kind of inflammatory gastritis/esophagitis and it take 2-3 years to > figure that out when a few trials of liquid benedryl could suggest the other. I > just got free of mine, and most anyone would have treated it with zantac or > other similar meds just like GERD. > > > HTH- > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: " j_v83@... " <j_v83@...> > > Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 9:48:56 AM > Subject: gerd > >  > Hi everyone...new to the group and hopefully my daughter will be seeing > DR. in about a month. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with GERD or > acid reflux with their children and if so how do the doctors (DR. g and DR.r) > treat this? Also, does anyone else have a child who is always hungry, never > satiated? Is this typical? thanks in advance jill > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 forgot to sign off and say thanks jill > > Hey Jill, > > My youngest son went thru a phase where he couldn't get enough to eat for a few > months while he was in a state of CFS before we were able to restart the > protocol. It was wierd - he was practically skeletal, but he could eat two > over-sized adult plates of food - more than my overeating husband - and still > beg for more. It was nuts - actually spooky because it was so clearly > abnormal. And he didn't even gain weight. It came on suddenly, and it went away > suddenly. It seemed to last months, then it eventually passed - maybe after > starting the protocol? I think before. But he didn't gain weight until he > restarted . Now a year+ later, he's still skinny compared to very healthy > looking kids, but he's getting nicely rounded in the more muscular areas and > showing some pretty muscles. > > Re GERD - the standard treatment (if that's what it is) is usually the meds like > zantac, etc. BUT, depending on his symptoms, you can have mild (or not so mild) > esophagitis or gastritis, and it can look and act just like GERD, except that > the meds won't work. It's more likely to happen soon after eating (whereas GERD > tends to hurt more when the stomach is empty but can do both). > > The best way to test it (in my opinion/experience) would be to try small amounts > of dye-free liquid benedryl - only about 1/4 tsp when he's hurting. If it's > been going on a while, and if there's a food triggering the pain, you may not > see an immediate improvement, but you can usually tell within 20 minutes if the > pain is getting better. You try that a few times to see if it helps more than > zantac or other otc med like that... Then if you do see improvements, post back > here for more info because then you have to start trying to rule out certain > foods. > > If it's GERD, sometimes very acidic foods make it worse, and definitely sugar > substitues do (for me). GERD is the most common diagnosis, but I'd hate for it > to be some kind of inflammatory gastritis/esophagitis and it take 2-3 years to > figure that out when a few trials of liquid benedryl could suggest the other. I > just got free of mine, and most anyone would have treated it with zantac or > other similar meds just like GERD. > > > HTH- > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: " j_v83@... " <j_v83@...> > > Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 9:48:56 AM > Subject: gerd > >  > Hi everyone...new to the group and hopefully my daughter will be seeing > DR. in about a month. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with GERD or > acid reflux with their children and if so how do the doctors (DR. g and DR.r) > treat this? Also, does anyone else have a child who is always hungry, never > satiated? Is this typical? thanks in advance jill > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Hi, My daughter has always had reflux since she was very young. We recently found out that she has a milk allergy. We took her off of all milk and it stopped for about a week and returned for about 2 days. Only thing I can think of is she is on week 2 of Valtrex and this may be a sign of viruses being stirred up. We are planning to see Dr. Russel in June. I think Cynthina is dead on w/ the benadryl. When I found out about her allergy to mlik I immediately started benadryl 12.5mg in the am and 25mg at nite until it got out of her system for the MD scared me saying her IgE level was very high and she could have whelps in her esophagus, stomach and intestines. I hope it gets better for her.  Petra From: j_v83@... <j_v83@...> Subject: Re: gerd Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 3:17 PM  forgot to sign off and say thanks jill > > Hey Jill, > > My youngest son went thru a phase where he couldn't get enough to eat for a few > months while he was in a state of CFS before we were able to restart the > protocol. It was wierd - he was practically skeletal, but he could eat two > over-sized adult plates of food - more than my overeating husband - and still > beg for more. It was nuts - actually spooky because it was so clearly > abnormal. And he didn't even gain weight. It came on suddenly, and it went away > suddenly. It seemed to last months, then it eventually passed - maybe after > starting the protocol? I think before. But he didn't gain weight until he > restarted . Now a year+ later, he's still skinny compared to very healthy > looking kids, but he's getting nicely rounded in the more muscular areas and > showing some pretty muscles. > > Re GERD - the standard treatment (if that's what it is) is usually the meds like > zantac, etc. BUT, depending on his symptoms, you can have mild (or not so mild) > esophagitis or gastritis, and it can look and act just like GERD, except that > the meds won't work. It's more likely to happen soon after eating (whereas GERD > tends to hurt more when the stomach is empty but can do both). > > The best way to test it (in my opinion/experience) would be to try small amounts > of dye-free liquid benedryl - only about 1/4 tsp when he's hurting. If it's > been going on a while, and if there's a food triggering the pain, you may not > see an immediate improvement, but you can usually tell within 20 minutes if the > pain is getting better. You try that a few times to see if it helps more than > zantac or other otc med like that... Then if you do see improvements, post back > here for more info because then you have to start trying to rule out certain > foods. > > If it's GERD, sometimes very acidic foods make it worse, and definitely sugar > substitues do (for me). GERD is the most common diagnosis, but I'd hate for it > to be some kind of inflammatory gastritis/esophagitis and it take 2-3 years to > figure that out when a few trials of liquid benedryl could suggest the other. I > just got free of mine, and most anyone would have treated it with zantac or > other similar meds just like GERD. > > > HTH- > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: " j_v83@... " <j_v83@...> > > Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 9:48:56 AM > Subject: gerd > >  > Hi everyone...new to the group and hopefully my daughter will be seeing > DR. in about a month. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with GERD or > acid reflux with their children and if so how do the doctors (DR. g and DR.r) > treat this? Also, does anyone else have a child who is always hungry, never > satiated? Is this typical? thanks in advance jill > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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