Re: /all-Dumping syndrome?

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I have been doing research this morning on the issue and found

some helpful information. I think Zipporrah does display the

symptoms of late gastric emptying and possibly even the early gastric

dumping. I know one person on this list suggested that was a

possibility for Zipporrah a month or so ago and mentioned how the

slowness of the emptying caused problems when her child (and mine)

lay on their stomachs and backs; they gag and/or vomit.

The research I found said that if the stomach empties too fast

you may see(during or just following the meal):

nausea

cramps

vomiting

belching

headache

diarrhea

bloating

shortness of breath (the bloating causes the stomach

to press on the lungs.)

If the stomach empties too slowly you may see (1-3 hrs. after a meal):

weakness

sweating

dizziness

shakiness

hunger

decreased consciousness

difficulty concentrating

To help your child you can:

eat frequent small meals

low carbohydrate intake

high fat and protein intake

drink liquids between meals NOT during them

I am doing a trial blood sugar check for the next few hours to

see if it shows anything. The had a feeding and during it was 127.

then at the end she had dry heaves and very sweaty so needed to use

burp tube. She had lots of burp bubbles with tons of phlegm and

liquid. Will update later if anything significant happens.

Darla

> has dumping syndrome, due to her fundoplication and the

pyloric

> surgery done at the same time, along with the dysautonomic features

that she

> presents with. In order to help with her dumping, we feed her

continually.

> (She has a g-tube.) She is on around the clock feeds of Alimentum

and

> Compleat Pediatric at 50 ccs per hour for 20 hours per day, plus

whatever

> oral intake we can give her. In order to help to regulate her

crazy glucose

> levels, almost the entire time that she is off of the g-tube

feedings we let

> her " snack " on Cheerios, etc. She doesn't handle solids well-her

body doesn

> 't digest them (part of the dumping syndrome, where the food passes

too

> quickly through her intestines) and she doesn't handle some complex

foods,

> and some vegetables, fruits, and sometimes dairy are verboten.

>

> I hope that I have helped a little.

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> Re: Dumping syndrome?

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> I have never heard this term used before for, sorry. Isn't she

still on

> only formula? If so there is probally nothing you would want to

add to her

> diet, it may just make her other issues worse. One good way to help

maintain

> her sugar is peanut butter, but with Zipporrah's swallowing issues

I would

> not reccomend it.

> Grace has always had issues with blood sugar, and they seem to be

getting

> worse lately. She usually only gets night sweats, but you can tell

if her

> sugar gets low during the day also. Grace will usually get very

crabby,

> sometimes pale and shaky. We had to stop cornstarch at night

because she is

> so constipated already, we did not want any more fuel to that fire.

Dr.

> Cohen has put her on a diet high in complex carbs and fiber to help

maintain

> her BS all day, then we are to add a night snack that includes

chuncky

> peanut butter. We have only done this for a day or so now, and

have noticed

> some results. She is only waking about once a night now instead of

three to

> four.

> I would call Dr.Whiteman and see if he has any ideas. Sometimes

Dr.Cohen

> amazes me with tips on how to do things much easier. Best wishes

for your

> little one. Hope you can help her feel better.

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questions.

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