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Baby Acid Reflux

HEALTH PAGE RESULTS: Acid Reflux
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Acid Reflux Education Center

What is Acid Reflux? Acid Reflux Resource Center

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Health Encyclopedia: Acid Reflux Medicine, Infant Reflux

A baby with a chronic illness may need to have one or more medications, possibly for long periods of time. Often these medications are given at home by the parents or a caregiver.

The parents and/or the caregiver of a chronically-ill baby may find times when he or she is under great stress. When this happens, attention to detail can go lacking, and a resultant problem could be improper dosage of medication given to the child.

However, you can take steps that can help you reduce errors in giving ...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Positioning a Preemie baby with acid reflux (GERD)
By Dr. Bryan Vartabedian , Health Expert

...While handling babies with acid reflux can be tricky, handling premature babies with acid Read more »

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Five Ways to Help a Friend with a Baby with Acid Reflux (GERD)
By Tracy Davenport, Ph.D. , Health Expert

...afraid that my husband and I would get through the acid reflux situation, only to find that all... Read more »

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Five Gift Ideas for a Baby with Acid Reflux
By Tracy Davenport, Ph.D. , Health Expert

...family member or friend who is caring for a baby with acid reflux. Hopefully the list below will... Read more »

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What is the Best Formula for my Baby with Acid Reflux?
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

...the time: What is the best formula for a baby with acid reflux? It certainly is an important... Read more »

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Acid Reflux from Infancy to Adulthood Part I: Your baby and acid reflux
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

...treatment.   Part One of a Three Part Series: Infants and Toddlers   GER vs.GERD ... Read more »

Health Guide

Finding the Right Acid Reflux (GERD) Medication for Your Baby
...Patients with asthma and their families often don't realize that asthma can be deadly. Children with acid reflux who have respiratory symptoms may need more aggressive treatment to prevent lung... Read more »
Meet Tracy Davenport, Infant Acid Reflux Patient Expert and Blogger
...baby with reflux led her and her husband to write her first book, Making Life Better for a Baby With Acid Reflux. Making Life Better for a Baby With Acid Reflux deals with the ins and outs of... Read more »
Infant Acid Reflux and Infant GERD symptoms
...and your doctor to consider other diseases that have similar symptoms when diagnosing and treating acid reflux:   Pyloric Stenosis Celiac Disease Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome ... Read more »
Infant Acid Reflux, Infant GERD
...lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This sphincter opens to release gas (burping) after meals in normal infants, children, and adults. When the sphincter opens in infants, the stomach contents often... Read more »
HealthCentral Interviews Expert Patient, Tracy Davenport
... How might a parent know her baby or infant has acid reflux ? Hopefully, if a baby has reflux, an up-to-date physician will diagnose the condition based on the Read more »

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Medications

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...paralytic ileus) stomach/intestinal disease (such as acid reflux, hiatal hernia,... Read more »

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...high blood pressure heartburn problems (such as acid reflux, hiatal hernia, esophagus... Read more »

Related News

Clinical trial: Study of GERD in newborn babies
October 03, 2008

This clinical trial will study how well the acid-reflux medication Protonix cures gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. This national trial is... Read summary »

Acid-reflux drugs may help swallowing problems in infants with GERD
October 02, 2008

Treating infants who have gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) with acid-reducing medications or surgery may help them swallow more effectively,... Read summary »

Use these tips to reduce reflux in infants
October 02, 2008

You can make a few simple changes to your baby's daily routine to ease the symptoms of acid reflux. Keeping your baby upright after a feeding and... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Study of Axid use in infants with GERD
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This study will test the how well Axid treats gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. Babies ages 30 days to one year are to eligible to... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Effectiveness of Protonix in infants
October 02, 2008

This is a study to determine the effectiveness of Protonix to treat symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants ages 28 days to 11... Read summary »