Can I rely on scope results?

[Anonymous]

We had a endoscpoy done and it showed no damage the biopsies all came back normal. Can I ssume my son does not have reflux or do I need a pH probe? Thanks for the info

[hellbennt]

is this about jack or james?
do they seem like they’re refluxing? why did you do the scope?
trying to remember details…

[Anonymous]

i think that what it means is that if he is still refluxing, that it is not causing any damage—but, reflux can still leave an uncomfortable feeling and the only way a very young child can tell you that something doesn’t feel “right” is by fussing or crying. i have reflux and it will leave an uncomfortable sensation sometimes, but it isn’t pain. sometimes it feels like there is something caught in my throat.

i also get a ring in my esophagus and my food gets stuck sometimes when i swallow it. i just recently had to have a scope and have the ring fractured for the second time in 3 years. when the food gets stuck, it is painful, but it usually only lasts several seconds—-although once it lasted about 45 minutes.

however, a ring would have been seen in a scope, so i doubt that is your child’s problem. did they do biopsies into the duodenum, or only the esophagus?

[Anonymous]

The scope was done on Jack because he swallows a lot, still VERY restless and has hiccups a lot. Sometimes he will talk excitedly and then swallow like and it seems to me like hes relfuxing. The GI did the scope because she is sick of me complaining. Maybe I should just accept the diagnosis and move on. I am not sure where they took the biospies from.

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