Its getting WORSE please HELP

Hi there. Sorry to hear he’s still having problems.

Firstly, if you think he has a cold, then it’s quite possible that the reflux is flaring up. All the excess mucous certainly makes it worse. Also, some refluxers have hypersensitive gags. Hailey’s is awful. So when they feel something (like post nasal drip) at the back of the throat, then it can trigger the gag reflex which causes the vomitting to be worse.

When Hailey has a cough and cold, we can expect to be covered in vomit everywhere. Our ped said that some kids don’t outgrow the gag until they’re much older. Reflux causes it to be heightened.

You mentioned that the doc said that the cough isn’t due to reflux. Given the vomitting, your son clearly has reflux. If he’s still coughing all the time in the absence of other cold symptoms, then I’d bet that it is the reflux.

Either way, the most important question is whether or not HE is bothered by the vomitting. Does he cry, or arch, or thrash around after vomitting, or does he just pick up and continue on with what he’s doing- which I guess isn’t much at his age? If he vomits and doesn’t seem to be in pain, and isn’t having any other complications (is gaining well, no respiratory infections, no damage, no feeding problems, sleep problems), then I’d say that as annoying as the vomitting is, then I wouln’t worry about it.

As for an upper GI, that test is not intended to diagnose reflux. It’s intended to diagnose structural abnormalities along the GI tract that might cause symptoms of vomitting. (Given the fact that he vomits after every feed, sounds like you already know he has reflux anyways.) Has he been checked for pyloric stenosis? I know that was something that our doc looked into for Hailey due to projectile vomitting.

If the vomitting is causing other problems, then you might want to look into a motility med. Unfortunately, I don’t know if you have very many good choices available to you in the US. I know that reglan can have some scary neurological side effects. We have access to domperidone here, which is a good option.

Good luck.