Acid Reflux in Baby: Keeping Your Baby Protected
Acid reflux, which is also termed as gastroesophageal reflux, is one of the most frequent problems among infants. Babies with acid reflux often suffer from a range of conditions, from a mild degree to a severe one, such as recurrent spitting up, abdominal pain, and night waking.
This discussion would be more comprehensive with the understanding of the physiological or the mechanical aspect of the condition. The body has a band of muscle in a circular structure that is called the lower esophageal sphincter. This muscle detaches the esophagus from the stomach. When food comes into the stomach, it closes so as to prevent the stomach acids and contents from backing up into the esophagus or regurgitating. But in the case of some babies, the lower esophageal sphincter has grown immature. As such, the partially digested food and digestive acids are allowed to be refluxed. This condition causes irritation in the esophagus lining which results to inflammation that is also commonly called as heartburn.
Acid reflux among babies usually develops when they are between two to four weeks old. Doctors usually prescribe medicines that minimize the production of digestive acids. Within six to nine months, the acid reflux starts to naturally subside. At this time period, the babies spend most of their time in an upright position. This is to apply the law of gravity on the food taken in; that is, the food stays down more naturally and reduces possible regurgitation.
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about 2 weeks ago my son was sleeping on his back . after having a bottle 3 to 4 hours prior.he woke up screaming uncontrollably, as he was in pain..for several minutes . did everything i could to try to calm him down.rubbing his chest his back rocking him..nothing seems to work.he then turned ghost white and his eyes had a glaze over them. and started to roll in the back of his head. he stopped breathing for a min and then started crying again. he would open his eyes at all had a hard time trying to pry the open to see them.. he then turned purple n blue and stopped breathing compltely.body stiff as a board.no movement nothing..his father tried cpr on him didn't work he then stuck his finger down his throat to see if anything was blocking the airways. my son then spit up a ton of formula and some thick clear mucus looking stuff.. then he was breathing fine./ to in the ambulance and he went totally unresponsive.was still breathing but would not respond. he got poked in the finger with needle to take his blood sugar levels..didn't budge eyes glued shut. got him to the hospital and he was fine they ran test on hi couldn't find anything wrong with him sent him home..now 3 days ago..he started to do it again uncontrolabley cry then stopped breathing for about 10 seconds.i rushed him to university of michigan hospital mott's children's best hospital ever by the way they diagnosed him with the reflux..and if there is anything i should no please contact me at my email address.with details of thing i can do to prevent them from happening again. if u have children and been threw it please see were i am coming from i almost lost my child i my arms and never want to go threw that again nor would i want anyone else have to experiance a close call on that situation. my email is sexyluciouslypz21@yahoo.com