Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 , I don't know if reflux symptoms present themselves differently in young children than in adults, but I was diagnosed with GERD a year ago and the reason I went to the doctor in the first place was because I was having trouble breathing. Asthma runs in my family and I had just relocated to a new climate (Denver to Seattle) with new allergens, etc. and I thought maybe I developed a case BUT it turns out that feeling as though you are not getting enough air in your lungs can be one of the symptoms of reflux. The fact that Dasia is gulping air may mean that the reflux is not completely contained. Like I said, I'm not sure if the symptoms are different for young children, but it is one of the symptoms for adult reflux. You might want to mention it to her doctor and see what he/she says about it. ~Hillary 23, RSS --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi remeber with reflux medication, all it does is neutralize the acid in the stomach, it does not stop whats in the stomach coming up into the throat. Although you may have stopped the acid burning Dasia, it will still be coming up. This may be the cause of her deep breaths and swallowing. Liam does exactly the same thing, he is on prilosec and zantac. We have worked very hard to get his rate of feed to a point where he does not show these symptoms eg his pump can only go at 55mls overnight and he can only have 150mls in an hour 3 x a day during the day, if we try more he doesnt tolerate it. The surgery Dasia had was that for a gtube because the gtube can often exaserbate reflux. Also how are her bowels, if Liam is constipated his reflux is worse everything is slower stomach doesnt empty, more reflux. Hope all this helps Jody(mum to Liam RSS 4 12kg 91cm gtube losec zantac ght movicol) > > Hi Everyone. Sorry it's been so long. There has been so much going > on, and I'm just barely hangin in there, hopefully all I have to say > is 1st trimester and you'll all understand! On top of that I've had > complications with Dasia. After surgery, she developed what seemed > to be pretty severe reflux. She began vomiting her feedings about > once a day, usually in the morning, she'd start coughing halfway > through her feedings, and I'd know to stop it, that she was going to > vomit. One time in between feedings she spit up plain stomach acid, > it was on her clothes strong, but you couldn't see it, and she would > touch her cheeks and say owe. After I described her symptoms to the > Dr., of course he prescribed prevacid. She's been on it for 4 days, > and most of the symptoms have gone away, but I sometimes see her > taking deep breaths and swallowing. But I don't know if that is from > feeling so full from her feedings or she's still experiencing > reflux. Now I'm worried the reflux is bad enough that the medicine > will not be enough, that she'll need the nissen procedure. So that's > my question, did her symptoms seem so severe, that medicine may not > take care of the problem? Any input will be greatly appreciated! > Thanks Everyone! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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