Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Thanks for sharing this Shari. I understand that reflux can be bad in early years, resolve, and then return in the teen years. Maybe you'll be able to back off for awhile. The doctor seemed to think that our son was eating to soothe pain - its a vicious cycle: eat to nuetralize the gerd, and then being overweight, contributes to the gerd. I think I'm starting to really understand this better. Ann acid reflux Our daughter was scoped last year. She was refluxing in her sleep during the endoscopy. She's been taking Aciphex for over a year. The Aciphex works well - but, I've heard that it can interfere with nutrient absorption with ASD kids. We took our daughter to the dentist to see if the acid hurt her teeth. She's fine. I've tried backing her off - actually we are half dosage now. We tried stopping altogether and she complained again about her tummy. She just holds her throat and says her neck hurts when she's having acid reflux. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 That's interesting about eating to soothe the pain. We couldn't get our daughter to eat anything. She's gained 13 pounds since last year - after starting Aciphex. I guess everything made her stomach feel too full and she didn't want the burning sensation in her throat. We were finally glad to see some meat on her. Although, there are times now that she seems to eat to soothe a stomach pain. I wonder if it could be an ulcer. The gastroenterologist said it probably isn't - but at times - something isn't right about her eating. I noticed that when I increase her calcium during these spells that she seems somewhat relieved. And, constipation can be a terrible aggravator of reflux. So, we try to keep that under control. Hard to do most of the time. Shari acid reflux Our daughter was scoped last year. She was refluxing in her sleep during the endoscopy. She's been taking Aciphex for over a year. The Aciphex works well - but, I've heard that it can interfere with nutrient absorption with ASD kids. We took our daughter to the dentist to see if the acid hurt her teeth. She's fine. I've tried backing her off - actually we are half dosage now. We tried stopping altogether and she complained again about her tummy. She just holds her throat and says her neck hurts when she's having acid reflux. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Your daughter sounds like what one typically sees in the sound bytes: GER and weightloss...so I was surprised when the GI doc took us through the cycle, when we discussed some of the patterns for Ben. He said using buffered C would be good too. Best, Ann acid reflux Our daughter was scoped last year. She was refluxing in her sleep during the endoscopy. She's been taking Aciphex for over a year. The Aciphex works well - but, I've heard that it can interfere with nutrient absorption with ASD kids. We took our daughter to the dentist to see if the acid hurt her teeth. She's fine. I've tried backing her off - actually we are half dosage now. We tried stopping altogether and she complained again about her tummy. She just holds her throat and says her neck hurts when she's having acid reflux. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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