laughing/crying and reflux

[Anonymous]

hey everyone.. i was wondering if shane is alone with this.. or if anyone else has seen their “past” refluxer do this. whenever he laughs hard or cries ..he seems to reflux a little. i can hear it come up as he is crying or laughing. is this normal? does this mean he still has reflux? its the only time i really see/hear anything that reminds me of the old days..

just curious.

thanks:)

[Anonymous]

I haven’t noticed Sarah do that, but biologically I guess it would make sense! Both laughing and crying can be pretty intense and I can see how it would cause reflux to flare! Does he seemed bothered by it?

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[Anonymous]

Evie almost always hiccups when she laughs hard, so I suppose it’s along the same lines. I was actually wondering about that myself though, so I am curious to see what others say.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed it when Landen cries hard. Even last week he fell on concrete and scraped his knees really bad and he was refluxing while crying. That same glerping/hiccuping sound (like a silent reflux). I’ve always noticed this with him when he cries. It always stops when he finally calms down. I think it’s just an anotomical thing…..when they are that worked up and their stomach is spasming from the hard crying I guess it’s pushing everything up. that is always how I justified it to myself anyway!! If it happens close to bedtime, I give him half a pepcid complete to chew up. I HATE the sound of it though, there is always a panic in me when I hear it.

[Anonymous]

You know I never actually thought about it. I will have to pay more attention. I will say that when Cooper laughs allot he does get the hiccups. We are fortunate that Cooper doesn’t cry often and if he does it is for a BIG reason so I will have to be more attentive with that to see if he hiccups or refluxes after. He did spit up several times yesterday but I think he had an upset tummy… I gave a 1/2 of a kids tums and no more spit up!… makes you wonder.

[Anonymous]

We have that here. Especially with crying, but hard laughing too. Our doc told us that it’s typical for a refluxer even once it’s not an issue anymore… pretty much that it’s always their weak point and typically are the kids that vomit from too much crying as well.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I definitely hear it when she gets herself worked up crying. It’s the old glurp sound I remember from her baby days. I can’t tell if it hurts her or not though.

As for laughing, I never really noticed.

[Anonymous]

i would think that both laughing and crying could cause reflux in a former refluxer. a couple of years ago kassie would have trouble with her normally controlled reflux when she would play soccer. i think it is just the extra jostling around that laughing, crying, running, etc. can cause. the gi suggested to kassie that she take a swig of liquid antacid before practice. (yuck!!!) kevieb2008-08-26 16:14:09

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