GERD shows no respect to any age. Here is an article on reflux in
kids to get you started:
http://www.diagnosishealth.com/heartburnkids.htm



--- In gerdrefluxdisease@yahoogroups.com, Barbieangel61@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/1/2003 11:51:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> Jenweddings@a... writes:
>
> > I don't know if my membership is appropriate or not but I have a
4
> > month old with reflux and I am about at my witts end. She is in
so
> > much pain and we have tried everything currently being on
Prevacid. I
> > wondered if there are parents of children with reflux on this
list or
> > just adults? If someone would let me know I would sure appreciate
it.
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
>
> My son is handicapped and also has reflux. I recently got GERD and
now I know
> how miserable he most be at times. I can relate and I make the
doctors take
> it more seriously now. He is 7 but he has had it since birth. They
had him on
> meds at first but he was refluxing so bad that he had a Nissan
procedure done
> and a g tube placement. It got a lot better after that and they
took him off
> meds. However he went to the dentist recently and he could tell he
was still
> refluxing because the acid is eating away at his teeth. He has
spells were he
> stops eating completely and we then have to rely on his g tube to
feed him.
> Denise
>
>
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