Re: Digest Number 3119

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Dawna,

You might not know if Noah has silent reflux, and the only way you

truly know if he has delayed emptying is either by a gastric emptying

test or if you child has a g-tube, and you can vent the contents of

his/her stomach for something they ate hours earlier. ALl 3 of my

kids have reflux, but they have all been in different ways. My

oldest is almost 12 with RSS. had reflux, delayed emptying,

and could never tolerate large amounts (boluses) of food. He still

has a g-tube, and has had one his whole life.

My 5 year old son has silent reflux. When he was a baby, he would

gag, gap, and gulp constantly when the food was coming up. He rarely

actually vomited, but I could hear the food moving up & down & see

the look of pain in his face. I thought he outgrew this after he was

about a year old. When he started talking, his voice was a bit

hoarse. I never though anything of it, but strangers used to stop me

commenting about his voice. A speech therapist asked me if he had

vocal nodules once, and that is when I made an appointment with an

ENT. Sure enough he did have nodules, and the ENT thought it was due

to reflux. I told him didn't have reflux anymore. We

waited about another year, and went back to the ENT. He recommended

that see a GI doctor (he had never seen one prior). The GI

did an endoscopy and a pH probe on him, and his reflux was severe.

We let it go for almost 3 years without continuing to treat it,

because we didn't know he still had reflux.

I also have a 19 month old daughter. She had the worst reflux of

them all. She has been hospitalized a few times for this, and has

also had a pH probe & gastric emptying scan (but no endoscopy). She

had delayed emptying and severe reflux (384 times in 24 hours

according to the probe). I believe that she has outgrown most of

this, as she rarely ever vomits anymore. However, I worry that she

also has silent reflux after what we went through with .

If you are concerned that Noah may have reflux or delayed emptying,

you should take him to a GI doctor. They will go through a list of

questions with you to determine if further testing is necessary.

Kim C.

On Oct 4, 2005, at 2:38 PM, RSS-Support wrote:

> We do feed Noah alot of cheese and yogurt and peanut butter, just

> like you did thinking that these are the best. Do you have some

> examples of high in complex carbs foods? I do give him juice (not in

> huge amounts) but a maybe 4 ounce glass to help keep him regular. I

> would know, wouldn't I, by him being uncomfortable, if he had acid

> reflux or delayed gastric emptying? He doesn't seem to be

> uncomfortable or in pain except if he's a little constipated.

>