Sarah P asked:


Took my 5 week old son for an x-ray of the upper GI today and he was diagnosed with severe acid reflux. He has every symptom listed below. The doctor said that I need to stop breastfeeding and start giving him breast milk thickened with rice cereal, which will be harder for him to reflux. Something seems ‘off’ about giving my 5 week old rice cereal. The other option is medication, which I was told will not stop the reflux but will lessen the burning sensation. Obviously, I’d rather not do that either.
My poor baby is really uncomfortable and I’m at a loss. Nursing is so comforting to him but he refluxes like crazy and he’s in pain. Also, it may seem selfish, but I’m finally getting through the most PAINFUL period of breastfeeding and now I have to quit??
I’ve tried holding him at an angle and even keeping him upright but nothing has helped. I guess I should just pump & thicken it with rice cereal…??
SYMPTOMS:
* Frequent spitting up or vomiting
* Frequent blasts of crying that are painful cries, not just baby cries
* Your gut feeling tells you that your baby “hurts somewhere”
* Bursts of nightwaking “as if in pain”
* Colicky, abdominal pain after eating, even as long as one hour afterwards
* Poor sleep habits, restless
* Writhing as if in pain: drawing up legs, arching back
* Erratic feeding patterns. Refuses to feed or wants to breast or bottlefeed all the time.
* Frequent “wet burps” or “wet hiccups”
* Throaty noises: swallowing noises, choking, gagging
* Stop-breathing episodes
* Spits up like a “volcano”

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Antonio asked:


in may 2007 i noticed i was very fatigued. when i moved around my joints got very weak and i had to sit down. 1 night i got very weak and my face got numb and i had trouble breathing i wen 2 the ER and they just did i BP test and it was normal and told me 2 go home. I went 2 my doc the next day and noticed i was a little stiff in my ankles and spine, but i streched and it went away. the doc did a thyroid and mono test, all negative. Then my other joints were stiff, wristis,fingers,elbow,ankle,knees,toes,n… spine. also i was experincing tingling in hands and feet. i went 2 a neurologist and did a MRI of brain, it was normal. i saw all the M.D’s at my docs office they didnt no. i was getting stomach infections like GERD,gastritis. i still get nause when i eat. i finally saw a rumotologist and did some exams and he thinks i my have sernegative spondylarthopthy he gave me some anti-inflamitories and order a spine x-ray and a HLA B27 blood work. plzz i am only 14i want some answer

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Not your real name asked:


When I was about 11, I was diagnosed with Acid Reflux and a Hiatul Hernia.

That was some time ago. It calmed down, so I took myself off Nexium, put myself onto some Prilosec OTC, and eventually took myself off of the OTC meds.

This week, I’ve began to feel the same symptoms as I did when I was 11. Does Acid Reflux come back? Does it heal itself? Should I make an appointment with my gastroenterologist?

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xx_fanged_orchid_xx asked:


i enjoy an occasional night of partying w/friends & family but i have gerd … is there a way to decrease the extreme pain & misery i get the day after? a little relief would help.

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Antonio asked:


ok the last week in may 2007 i noticed i was extreamly tired. The after a couple days went by 1 night i got very weak and could barely breath, so i went to the ER and waited and when i got called back they said i dont no your doctor should handle this. So the next day we went to the doctor and did a thyroid test a mono test and a sedrate test. But that moring i noticed my joints were a little stiff. but i streched and it went away. the blood test were fine but my sedrate was a little high, witch the doctor said could be inflamation in the body. so we left and my joints got extreamly stiff. the i kept getting stomach in fections like GERD, Gastritis and stomach virus. But i would get better and it would get worse. my doctor wanted to send me to a rumotalogist but the doctor thinks i need physical therepy. also pain in ears sometimes extream jointbut NOT ALL THE TIME. weird headaches. Also i have been to see a physcoligst but she said i wasnt depressed. Plzzzz i cant keep liven plzz help
i have seen a neuroligist and he didnt feel there was anything wrong so he sent me back to my doctor. Its manily my joints there are so stiff during the day. If i am in school if i have to write a lot my hand tends to cramp a lot and it feels werid so it effects my school. also when i run i was told i run flat footed and i noticed it my self as well. but no doctor knows so plzzz i need doctors help who acually cares for there patient.. I was getting refered to a reumotoligoist but he just sent test to my regular doc since it was so far away. the test were two lyme disease, sedrate,CBC,Vitaman panel, rumoitiode panel, and a lot more. i do need sleep medications becasue the severe stiffness keeps me awake. but i needed to get a pulmanry function test and a EKG be4 it is perscribed. plz what could the doctors be testing 4 i need answers. and just 5 minutes ago i yand and my jaw was in pain after a minute went by the organs in my throat are stiff and a tingly feeling when i move my neck

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Babydaddy asked:


First off I will tell you a little about me. I am 20 years old and live a very stressful life. I had my 1st child at the age of 15 and raised her pretty much on my own. I went to school, worked full time, and then came home to take care of my baby. Then when I was 19 and already graduated from high school I decided to go back to school. So at this point I have a 4 year old daughter who together with my girlfriend take care of and I work 40 hours a week and going to school 20 hours a week. Then in April is when the problem started, we found out that my girlfriend was pregnant. Within a week or two of that I started getting this feeling in my throat like there was something stuck in it or it was closing up. I went to a ENT and he told me that he thought it was acid reflux due to stress. He put me on a medicine called Zegerid and told me take it once a day. I took it once a day for about 3 months and noticed it didn’t do to much so I stopped. The throat problems don’t seemed to be triggered by anything, sometimes it’s there and sometimes it’s not. Now keep in mind that I never get any heatburn or anything like that. I do have a constant slight burning pain in my chest during the day but it’s not heartburn. So my question, from what you’ve heard do you really think I have Acid Reflux or could my throat symptoms be caused by something else?

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