Very interesting. I'm pondering switching to calling acid reflux GORD after reading because I love the British spelling of oesophageal. It would also require using the acronym TOE for trans-oesophageal echocardiography!, thereby moving from a golf reference to anatomic reference.
Interesting article, thank you! I don't usually comment because I'm not a medical practitioner but this article felt very relevant to my experience with my daughters as babies. My first daughter spit up so much she covered our apartment in milk - I never saw a doctor because she was growing and happy. My second daughter screamed and arched after every NG tube feed, no spit up, and getting doctors to listen and treat her was so hard. It turns out she has a rare genetic condition which commonly results in severe acid reflux, among many other medical conditions and disabilities. Your article helps me understand the difficulty with doctors not wanting to treat her. Once her genetic condition was diagnosed she had no issues getting treated and she's been on omeprazole/lansoprazole for 6 years. It's a blessing for her because without it she's in so much pain and for her reflux has not gone away. It likely won't. Having seen this play out from the parent perspective it was interesting to read an explanation of the reasoning behind why doctors may not want to treat reflux in otherwise healthy babies.
Very interesting. I'm pondering switching to calling acid reflux GORD after reading because I love the British spelling of oesophageal. It would also require using the acronym TOE for trans-oesophageal echocardiography!, thereby moving from a golf reference to anatomic reference.
Interesting article, thank you! I don't usually comment because I'm not a medical practitioner but this article felt very relevant to my experience with my daughters as babies. My first daughter spit up so much she covered our apartment in milk - I never saw a doctor because she was growing and happy. My second daughter screamed and arched after every NG tube feed, no spit up, and getting doctors to listen and treat her was so hard. It turns out she has a rare genetic condition which commonly results in severe acid reflux, among many other medical conditions and disabilities. Your article helps me understand the difficulty with doctors not wanting to treat her. Once her genetic condition was diagnosed she had no issues getting treated and she's been on omeprazole/lansoprazole for 6 years. It's a blessing for her because without it she's in so much pain and for her reflux has not gone away. It likely won't. Having seen this play out from the parent perspective it was interesting to read an explanation of the reasoning behind why doctors may not want to treat reflux in otherwise healthy babies.