RE: Acid reflux and ?

[Guest guest]

i'm no doctor, but i have to tell you that you might be on to something here. 

there's something that's causing the inflammation in their bodies - what I just

don't get is what can be causing the cyclic nature of this.  why does it occur

on an interval?  it's like the body stores up something and then POW, it hits

with the fever. 

 

i hope the NIH can figure out what this darn thing is.  let's just all remind

ourselves that no matter how stressed we get about our children and their health

issues, there are parents out there dealing with stuff that's so much worse. 

this is not ideal by any stretch and stressful to no end, but let's all try to

keep positive - we see Dr. Feder in CT and he always tells us, I've seen so many

kids - they will outgrow this, there are no long term health impacts. 

Hang in there everyone.

Regards,

Nick Handrinos

[Guest guest]

Our youngest child Sophia (3 yr 8 mo) has been fevering every 10 to

21 days since she was 8 months old, about the time we stopped the

reflux drug Prilosec. In August of 2007, her rheumatologist added

Reglan (another reflux drug) to her daily Singulair (she had been on

Singulair for asthma for 1.5 years). Amazingly, the fevers seemed to

stop. From August 2007 to January 2008, she had TWO fevers,

both of which easily responded to prednisolone. Then we stopped the

Reglan when she had pneumonia in January (too many other drugs) and

did not re-start the Reglan after recovery. Since then she has been

fever free until last month--2 fevers. The rheumatologist

suggested we up the dose of Singulair to 5 mg to match her growth.

Now our question is whether the Singulair finally began to help after

taking it for so long or was it the combination of meds or was it

simply a holiday from .

Since is not a true diagnosis in that it is a description

of symptoms and no one seems to know the cause, it very well may be

linked to reflux for some kids. For many kids, high

inflammation markers (sed rate, CRP) show inflammation somewhere in

the body (lymph nodes, tonsils, etc). Reflux could cause

inflammation in the esophagus. It's just a guess, but there does

seem a high correlation between reflux and for some children.

Anyone from the Augusta, Georgia area?

Shirley--Homeschooling Mom to Sophia (3 yr 8 mo.) for 3 years,

Abram (7 yr), Isabelle (almost 11), Elijah (14), (18), and

na (20)

[Guest guest]

Our youngest child Sophia (3 yr 8 mo) has been fevering every 10 to

21 days since she was 8 months old, about the time we stopped the

reflux drug Prilosec. In August of 2007, her rheumatologist added

Reglan (another reflux drug) to her daily Singulair (she had been on

Singulair for asthma for 1.5 years). Amazingly, the fevers seemed to

stop. From August 2007 to January 2008, she had TWO fevers,

both of which easily responded to prednisolone. Then we stopped the

Reglan when she had pneumonia in January (too many other drugs) and

did not re-start the Reglan after recovery. Since then she has been

fever free until last month--2 fevers. The rheumatologist

suggested we up the dose of Singulair to 5 mg to match her growth.

Now our question is whether the Singulair finally began to help after

taking it for so long or was it the combination of meds or was it

simply a holiday from .

Since is not a true diagnosis in that it is a description

of symptoms and no one seems to know the cause, it very well may be

linked to reflux for some kids. For many kids, high

inflammation markers (sed rate, CRP) show inflammation somewhere in

the body (lymph nodes, tonsils, etc). Reflux could cause

inflammation in the esophagus. It's just a guess, but there does

seem a high correlation between reflux and for some children.

Anyone from the Augusta, Georgia area?

Shirley--Homeschooling Mom to Sophia (3 yr 8 mo.) for 3 years,

Abram (7 yr), Isabelle (almost 11), Elijah (14), (18), and

na (20)

[Guest guest]

Our youngest child Sophia (3 yr 8 mo) has been fevering every 10 to

21 days since she was 8 months old, about the time we stopped the

reflux drug Prilosec. In August of 2007, her rheumatologist added

Reglan (another reflux drug) to her daily Singulair (she had been on

Singulair for asthma for 1.5 years). Amazingly, the fevers seemed to

stop. From August 2007 to January 2008, she had TWO fevers,

both of which easily responded to prednisolone. Then we stopped the

Reglan when she had pneumonia in January (too many other drugs) and

did not re-start the Reglan after recovery. Since then she has been

fever free until last month--2 fevers. The rheumatologist

suggested we up the dose of Singulair to 5 mg to match her growth.

Now our question is whether the Singulair finally began to help after

taking it for so long or was it the combination of meds or was it

simply a holiday from .

Since is not a true diagnosis in that it is a description

of symptoms and no one seems to know the cause, it very well may be

linked to reflux for some kids. For many kids, high

inflammation markers (sed rate, CRP) show inflammation somewhere in

the body (lymph nodes, tonsils, etc). Reflux could cause

inflammation in the esophagus. It's just a guess, but there does

seem a high correlation between reflux and for some children.

Anyone from the Augusta, Georgia area?

Shirley--Homeschooling Mom to Sophia (3 yr 8 mo.) for 3 years,

Abram (7 yr), Isabelle (almost 11), Elijah (14), (18), and

na (20)