The reflux has enough acid to irritate and damage the lining of the esophagus.
Bad acid reflux in babies.
Rarely the lower esophageal sphincter is surgically tightened to prevent acid from flowing back into the esophagus.
A valve between the stomach and the small intestine is narrowed preventing stomach contents from.
Infants often experience acid reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease gerd.
Other common gerd symptoms include.
Other problems seen in young children and infants that may be blamed on the condition include.
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.
Irritability during feeding wet burps or hiccups abnormal arching and failure to gain weight can be an.
It isn t just an adult illness.
Colic poor growth breathing problems or wheezing recurrent pneumonia.
Occasionally infant reflux can be caused by more serious conditions such as.
An infant with ger.
Infants can experience it too.
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.
However in contrast symptoms of gerd in infants include.
Acid reflux also known as gastroesophageal reflux ger is the backing up of stomach contents into the throat.
