Infant reflux and spit up prevention and tips
What are the signs of acid reflux?
Acid reflux is something that can affect many children. In the past there wasn't a treatment for it. Kids that have acid reflux, instead of being what we call happy spitters (because a lot of baby's will spit up), they will have pain when they spit up. So, they will be fussy when they eat, they will often arch, often have challenges when they are laid flat, because when you are upright then gravity helps keep some of it down into the stomach. You don't treat every kid with medication who has acid reflux. Sometimes some simple maneuvers, keeping kids upright, and small frequent feeds is enough. However, if a kids isn't gaining weight, if they're very very irritable with it, or if they have any breathing problems because of it, these are all things that you should consider getting medical treatment for. It's just a medication that is taken every day. There are several different medications - again, it is rare that they will take medication for this. The different medication name brands that people would recognize would include Zantac, Pepcid, Prevacid, Prilosec, are the name brands that people use. The kids that have the most severe reflux - something called "failure to thrive", where they are not able to grow or if they have continual breathing issues from it - actually see a specialist, a gastroenterologist, and there are some procedures that can be done to help. But again, that's very rare.
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