Heartburn Acid Reflux in Children
Do you know that children also suffer from heartburn acid reflux condition? Is your child complaining of a burning sensation in his chest? Or, do you find that your child has been coughing a lot or vomit a bit too often?
These days, many children are suffering from acid reflux. Actually it is quite common for children to have a degree of GERD than not. This is usually so because of the highly active lifestyle or the diet that the kids are having now.
So, how do you know if your child has GERD?
If you notice that your child is vomiting a lot or their vomit is a yellow-ish or green-ish color, there is a likelihood that he may be suffering from it. If he has difficulty in breathing after coughing or vomiting, that is also a sign of GERD.
Generally, the acidic liquid will cause hoarseness in the throat and persistent coughing. Furthermore, if your child is refusing to eat their food, or they suffer obvious signs of difficulty in chewing or swallowing, you may want to investigate. However, most children can grow out of any sort of acute GERD. Any form of treatments like surgery or any other serious remedy to the problem is only necessary in the most severe cases.
Most of the time, the doctors blame the child’s underdeveloped digestive system for these problems.
One of the ways to inhibit this issue in your infant is to keep your baby upright for 30 minutes after they have been fed. This advice is similar for adults, in which case they recommend that you not eat before going to bed and to arch your pillow up thirty degrees while sleeping in order to make any sort of rise in secretion difficult. The main issue here is to block the rise in stomach acid from getting to the top of your esophagus, and the back of your throat. You need to be aware of this immediately after you eat, as that is when your stomach is producing the acids to help digest your food.
In most cases, however, the acid build up will return back to the stomach and will not cause any sort of damage to the voice or result in any coughing fits. Your child will most likely simply outgrow acid reflux and will resume a healthy digestive order as they grow older.
With that said, if you find that these symptoms persist, you should most certainly consult a physician to be on the safe side as well as follow a few simple rules including:
- Do not feed your child 2-3 hours before bedtime
- Remove any sort of acidic or caffeinated drinks/food from their diet
- Exercise regularly
- Eat 5 or more small meals throughout the day, rather than three large ones.
The main causes with children’s acid reflux are often attributed to too muchof acidic or digestive secretions in the stomach. So, anything that you can do to reduce these in your child, the more likely it will be that the symptoms will ease.
It is always best to visit your child’s doctor whenever the symptoms persist. A medical checkup will help your child to get well faster.
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