strange observation

[Guest guest]

I have noticed that my son can not wait to have the enzyme when he

sees me prepare it. He can't get it fast enough. All I do is mix

the enzyme with a little water, it can't taste to good. He also

gets a vitamin compound (which he hates) and coromega(fish oil mixed

with his probiotic and cal/mag, which he takes willingly.

I read that children will take nutrients they need willingly and

ones they do not need they do not like to take. I don't know if

there is any truth to that but I wonder if the enzyme makes him feel

good. I don't understand what makes taking them different from the

others.

Has anyone else experienced this?

[Guest guest]

> I read that children will take nutrients they need willingly and

> ones they do not need they do not like to take.

One of my kids is like this. He will willingly take supplements that

help him, and he will refuse to take supplements that make him sick.

Another of my kids will act like that, when the supplement makes him

feel " funny " . So for your child, it might be that reason also.

Dana

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Hassaan Tariq wrote:

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> ... he thought he would throw up the food. As he had got up, he

> suddenly fell on the floor and seemed un-consious for few seconds. He

> was ok after after few moments. ...

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Seems like a good thing to have a doctor check out that can examine him.

Does it seem that maybe he was not breathing well enough before the

event because of the stuck food? If so, that may be all there was to it.

If not then there are other possibilities. If his esophagus is large

enough not only could it press on the trachea but it could also press on

the heart affecting heart rate. That doesn't happen a lot though.

Another thing that can happen when food is stuck is that people do what

is called a Valsalva maneuver, a way of using the pressure produced by

making an effort as if to exhale against a closed windpipe (glottis) to

force food to move in the esophagus. It is also done by people straining

on the toilet, again producing pressure in the body to get something to

move. The Valsalva maneuver can cause changes in blood pressure and

heart rate and has been associated with cardiac arrhythmias and

possibly, but very rarely, sudden death. There is another thing called

Deglutition Syncope. It is when you lose consciousness after swallowing.

It seems that some people have something wrong with the vagus nerve at

the esophagus, (sound familiar), which triggers changes in heart rate

when that part of the esophagus is stimulated, often by swallowing. It

has been found, but rarely, in people with achalasia and DES.

Probably much of what happened is simply related to " he had got up. " A

lot of times when someone looses consciousness, or just becomes faint,

is when they stand up. Two things can make this more likely. One the

person is tall and two the person is dehydrated. Both of these things

make it harder to keep blood pressure correct in the brain when standing

up. Achalasia can be a factor for becoming dehydrated. With or without

dehydration, perhaps he should be careful standing up while food is stuck.

notan

[Guest guest]

Sounds to me like a standard vasovagal syncope episode. Food that was stuck in

his esophagus could have pressed on the vagus nerve and started the whole domino

effect of parasympathetic responses in the body.

You can google it for more info -- it's quite common. Here's one site of the

thousands out there that gives some more info:

http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/754/main.html

Debbi in Michigan

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Hi HST,

I had this happen to me in 2002, before I even had achalasia symptoms. I was a

student observing an elementary school classroom, and all of a sudden, I had

some heartburn. I took some tums, but instead of feeling better, I felt like I

was going to throw up. I immediately got up and ran to the restroom, but fainted

and hit my head on the floor when I got there. I went to the doctor at the time

and they had no cause to tell me. The only explanation the doctor could tell me

was something about the change in pressure, sometimes the heart can open the

valve too big and too much blood goes a certain way, causing an imbalance. I

often black out when I stand up because I'm tall and have low blood pressure, so

that's kind of what we thought it was.

Since then I have experienced this weird numbness/faintness type of feeling but

only associated with the extreme pain. I get like that when chest pain gets out

of control. I've always attributed it to my body going into shock from the pain.

It almost always seems to be related to stress.

Good luck and let us know if you find out anything.

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> Hi Friends,

> Hope everyone is doing well. Just wanted to share an observation/experience -

which is confusing for me and i was wondering if i could have your feedback on

this. Just for your information, this is about my younger bro - 25 years old -

who has an achlasia and had dilation almost 1.5 years ago. Today while he was

having lunch, felt the food had got stuck and he drank water to help it pass

through but he had to rush to the washroom as he thought he would throw up the

food. As he had got up, he suddenly fell on the floor and seemed un-consious for

few seconds. He was ok after after few moments.

> I later asked him and he told that sometimes, while realizing the food had

stuck thus requiring the water to push food down ... he sometimes had felt a

strange kind of a feeling (kind of a sensation may be) - he couldnt really

describe but said it was sort of a 'buzz' ... kind of a numbness probably.

> This is very confusing and i still cant figure out what was all this.

Wondering if someone could explain this or had experienced the same?

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> Thanks

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> HST

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