June

How to Prevent Baby Acid Reflux?

Posted In: Baby Disease, baby care, baby health by Infant Care

In contrary to our common belief, babies also suffer from acid reflux disease or otherwise known as Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). It is most commonly seen in case of babies less than 1 years of age and more frequent during the 3-4 months of life. The symptoms of baby acid reflux is that he will be constantly crying after each feed. There will be belching and pain over the upper abdomen.

Although baby acid reflux is a disease that the parents often fail to discover, but with should be seriously taken. Baby acid reflux may cause vomiting of the freshly taken diet, coughing or in most severe cases difficulty in respiration. If this case is not taken up promptly, your baby may suffer from acute medical emergency called ARDS.

Babies who suffer from acid reflux disease must be burped adequately after each feed, this includes all the breast-fed and the bottle-fed babies. Some foods are to be avoided like milk (if the baby is suffering from lactose intolerance), spicy foods, citrus fruits (oranges, lemon etc.) and any drink that may contain caffeine.
Medication is to be prescribed to relieve the pain and to neutralize the formed acid, but no inhibitor to acid formation is prescribed. You may have to change the diet habit of the baby.

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Infant Acid Reflux

Posted In: baby health, baby sleep by Infant Care

What is Infant Acid Reflux?

Infant Acid reflux, commonly called GastroEsophageal Reflux (GER), is a common disease in infant. Acid reflux in infants happens when Acid from the infant’s stomach flows up into the throat and it causes heartburn. This acid reflux trigger asthma and make it harder to treat. It could be occurs during or after meal of your infant.

How do we know that our infant got acid reflux?

You could know that your baby have got infant acid reflux disease by knowing the sign and symptoms of that disease. Here are some infant acid reflux symptoms: your infant is spitting, vomiting, coughing, got irritability, poor feeding, You found blood in the infant stools.

Commonly infant acid reflux happens to most of babies at their first until three month. And typically this acid reflux never come after they over one to two years old. If you found that your infant are spits or vomits, may be he has infant acid reflux/GER. And you need to find some acid reflux remedy or call your infant’s health care/doctor to coping with that disease.

For more information about infant acid reflux, please go to this great resources of Acid Reflux Information:

1. Infant Acid Reflux: The Basics
2. Infant Reflux Solutions For Your Baby
3. Ask Dr. Sears: Coping With Baby’s Acid Reflux
4. What is the treatment for GER?

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