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| How exactly to they check to see if a baby has reflux? I think my daughter might have it and i just want to be prepared if they have to do some sort of extensive test. It kills me when i have to take her to the dr and they have to do something that hurts her. |
| Posted by Amanda on 07/20/2007 03:16 PM
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| they did what was called a barium swallow on my daughter. She had to drink a bottle of think liquid and then they move here around and see if she spits up.and they take xrays while she is drinking and after to see how much, it wasnt painful but i couldnt stand it either. |
| posted by Natasha on 07/20/2007 04:39 PM
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| It is very scary. My son has severe reflux, it was so bad that he was actually choking on his vomit and would stop breathing we went to the hospital 3 different times each time for about a week, it was only after the last hospital trip and a week full of tests did we found a Dr who said he has reflux, all we need to do is weight his formula with ceral and after he is done eating make sure to keep him upright for an hour, and he needs to sleep elevated. I am happy to say that he was 1 month when he was diagnosed, he is now 6 and 1/2 months and doing wonderfully. We never had to do the swallow test instead they called in a speech therapist, which I know sounds weird but we were at an excellent hospital, and the therapist observed him and how he ate and then consulted with the Dr. they just took in to consideration all of his symptoms and had us try a few different things. The Dr wanted to avoid any invasive tests if she could. I tell you this not to scare you but to let you know that it is a very common and managaeble condition and that if you find the right Dr, you may not need to do the swallow test. He still has reflux, we just no how to deal with it and he does not have to take any medicine. If you have any more questions I am more than happy to answer them. I have learned a lot in the past few months and I know how scary it can be. |
| posted by Christy on 07/20/2007 05:05 PM
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| I would have to say from the other replies that it probably depends on the doctor as well. My son has reflux as well, but his pediatrician did not run any test on him. She basically went by what I told her he was doing. He would start out nursing just fine, and then all of a sudden he would just start crying non-stop. He would then spit up all the time as well. She started him on a small dose of Zantac and that seems to have helped him tremendously. He is now 27 weeks old and still nursing just fine and not spitting up anywhere near as much as he use to. It was determined that he had reflux when he was about 2 months old. |
| posted by Toni on 07/20/2007 05:55 PM
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Hi Amanda,
My son also had reflux since he was a month old. I could tell he was extremely hungry, but when we tried to feed him, he would cry and arch his back. He cried pretty much with every feeding and it would take about 1 hr to feed him a bottle. He also spitted up a lot. At first, his doctor prescribed him zantac based on his symptoms. He did well for about a month and then the symtpoms started to get worse. She increased the dose of the zantac, but that didn't work. At two months, he was started on prevacid. He did a lot better, but he still had some symptoms. When he was about 3 months old, we took him in to do the swallowing test. They wanted me to feed him this really thick formula while he was strapped down to a table. They wanted to take x-ray images while he was eating. However, they need to have him on his side, so when they turned the table he moved and hit his head. After that he would stop crying, so they had to unstrap him so I could feed him on my lap. He was so upset that he didn't eat very much so they just took some x-ray pictures. I felt bad for him but I knew that it was necessary to do the test to make sure nothing is wrong with him. My son now is almost 6 months and he has greatly improved since he started eating solids. He started eating solids at 4 months and he loves it more than formula. Good luck to you!! |
| posted by Monique on 07/21/2007 01:44 AM
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| Another reason my dr chose to do the test was because my daughter was not fussy with her reflux, so when i told the pedi. how much she was spitting up she wanted to see for her self, because me being a first time mom alot to me may not really have been. i am glad we done the test.she ended up on prevacid, which we had to have compounde and was really expensive but it was the only thing that worked, she out grew it when she was about 9 or10 months old we got to take her off the med. |
| posted by Natasha on 07/21/2007 10:05 AM
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My daughter is currently seeing a Pediatric Gastroenterologist for both severe reflux and Milk/Soy Protein Sensitivity. They did an ultrasound (to rule out plyoric stenosis-narrowing of the LES Valve) & a barium swallow test (had her drink the barium through a bottle and watched as it flowed through her digestive system to make sure her plumbing was working properly). Some doctors will perform an fundoscopy (but my doc prefers to avoid this invasive procedure, unless absolutely necessary). He placed her Prilosec (twice daily) and changed her formula. Hope this is helpful. Good luck and keep us posted.
Kelley |
| posted by KJ on 07/22/2007 10:53 AM
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