Acid Reflux in Baby and how to
help
Acid reflux in baby is one of the most common
ailments among new borns and small
children.
Both of our children were diagnose with the condition and it of
course was hard news to hear the first time. Your brain
immediately goes into parent mode because you don’t want
your child to have any pain or discomfort.
You most certainly don’t want to hear that your child or
children are diagnosed with a condition. However, our
paediatrician reassured us that acid reflux in infants is quite
a common condition among babies and with some treatment
thecondition would improve and eventually
subside.
Acid reflux in infants is a condition where the contents of the
stomach, including both acid and food, work back up
into the oesophagus sometimes causing pain and discomfort.
It is a medical fact that acid reflux in infants is common,
mainly because their muscle closing off the stomach from the
oesophagus is often not completely formed yet and allows
for acid and food to back up quite often, mostly after
eating.
In babies,
it is difficult to tell they have acid reflux, as it is
quite common for babies to spit up. If a child spits up or
vomits often, and it is accompanied by crying, arching of
the back or poor sleeping habits then the child most
often is diagnosed with acid reflux.
Acid reflux in
infants is usually treated with some medication.
Paediatricians' often prescribe acid reducers such
as Prevacid or Zantac, which reduce the production of acid
in the stomach. Since acid reflux in infants is so
common, these now come in water soluble forms which can
either be mixed with their formula or breast milk, or it also
dissolves almost immediately after hitting the mouth of an
infant.
This makes giving this medication much easier, and it is
effective almost immediately. I personally would always
discuss any medicines that I read or are told about with my
Doctor before considering its usage. You may well assume this
to be a normal reaction but there are many cases where
young mothers' buy or ask pharmacists for medicines having
read about them or being told about them by a friend.
Our children were treated with Prevacid as well as taking over
the counter Mylanta. This is also commonly used to treat
acid reflux in infants because it immediately soothes the
oesophagus and stomach lining, reducing the
burning sensation and discomfort. By the time they reached
one year of age, neither was taking medication for their acid
reflux and are now normal healthy toddlers.
There were absolutely no ill side effects from taking the
medication prescribed, and our lives were almost immediately
improved during treatment. The medication helped them to sleep
better, spit up less and be more comfortable, leading to a much
happier babyhood.
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