Can someone help me

[Anonymous]

What are the symptoms of silent reflux??

TIA *HUGS* Heidi

[Anonymous]

Some symptoms that can indicate silent reflux are:

• irritability and pain
• poor sleep habits typically with frequent waking*
• arching their necks and back during or after eating*
• frequent hiccups*
• frequent ear infections
• refusing food or accepting only a few bites despite being hungry* or the exact opposite requiring constant small meals or liquid
• food/oral aversions
• anemia
• excessive drooling
• running nose, sinus infections
• sinus congestion
• swallowing problems, gagging, choking
• chronic hoarse voice
• frequent red, sore throat without infection present
• apnea
• respiratory problems—pneumonia, bronchitis, wheezing, asthma, night-time cough, aspiration
• gagging themselves with their fingers or fist (sign of esophagitis)
• poor weight gain, weight loss, failure to thrive*
• erosion of dental enamel
• neck arching (Sandifer’s Syndrome)

[Anonymous]

THANK You!!!

[Anonymous]

How many of those symptoms have to be present in order to diagnose???

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it has to be a certain number. From our experience, most docs just listen to your story and usually if the big ones are there (like frequent reswallowing, arching, feeding issues, irritability etc) they tend to make a guess.

[Anonymous]

What symptoms are you seeing?

[Anonymous]

Seth has/had most of the things on the list. One thing that jumped out at me was the gagging themselves- I think I even posted on here that he does that sometimes. Should I be worried about esophagitis? If he does have it, is there anything other than prescribing a PPI that they can do?? Sorry for hijacking….

[Anonymous]

Katie has started being more difficult to feed

Spitting up with frequent burps

choking/gagging

hiccups

crying after feedings

She isn’t always fussy just becoming a spitter It looks mucousy ???

I am just confused??????

[Anonymous]

sounds like she could really use a PPI and perhaps elimintaing all dairy and soy.

[Anonymous]

She is already on Neocate for MSPA What is PPI???

[hellbennt]

a PPI is a proton pump inhibitor like prilosec, prevacid, nexium, protonix

if you go to the Medicines Forum, there’s a top post/stickied called ‘treating Gerd w/ PPIs’

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