Bad Acid Reflux In Babies

The most common symptom of gerd in children 12 years and older is regular heartburn a painful burning feeling in the middle of the chest behind the breastbone and in the middle of the abdomen.

Bad acid reflux in babies.

A valve between the stomach and the small intestine is narrowed preventing stomach contents from. It isn t just an adult illness. Irritability during feeding wet burps or hiccups abnormal arching and failure to gain weight can be an. Other common gerd symptoms include.

Other problems seen in young children and infants that may be blamed on the condition include. Infants can experience it too. In many cases children with gerd who are younger than 12 don t have heartburn. Colic poor growth breathing problems or wheezing recurrent pneumonia.

The reflux has enough acid to irritate and damage the lining of the esophagus. Poor weight gain weight loss and failure to thrive feeding refusal or lengthy feedings irritability after eating difficulty swallowing or pain when swallowing frequent vomiting stomach pain chest pain and pain in other abdominal areas. Rarely the lower esophageal sphincter is surgically tightened to prevent acid from flowing back into the esophagus. An infant with ger.

Occasionally infant reflux can be caused by more serious conditions such as. However in contrast symptoms of gerd in infants include. This procedure fundoplication is usually done only when reflux is severe enough to prevent growth or to interfere with your baby s breathing.