Acid RefluxDr. Mike, My 6 month old son (as of 2/24/02) has been diagnosed with a pylorus spasm and reflux. The ped. gastroenterologist also added that his esophagus and stomach do not empty as quickly as they should thus causing additional discomfort. He is on 0.8 ml of Reglan 4 x’s/day, Prevacid 2.5ml 2 x’s/day and now Carafate at bedtime 1 tsp. The last few days he hasn’t been eating well and has sounded a little raspy so I thought maybe he was getting a cold. So far he hasn’t “caught” a cold, but today he wouldn’t eat more than 3 oz. of formula at a time and didn’t even increase the number of feedings to compensate. I don.... |
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