Guest guest Posted January 29, 2001 Report Share Posted January 29, 2001 >Not to panic you, but I thought Prilosec was taken OFF THE MARKET, >bacause they found it to be very dangerous!!! Please check with >your doctor or pharmacist!!!! Debby and Zack 8/2/00 NJ >--- > >Hi- I have been recieving the posts for a long time but this is the >first time I have ever written. I still feel like I know you all so >well! >My son is 14 months and just graduated from his DOC band. He has had >REFLUX since birth, and although we knew something was wrong, we were >told that as long as he was gaing weight he was okay. Of course this >was from the same Dr who said his head would round out! At nine >months of age we finally saw 2 specialists, the neuro and the GI >specialist. Both of them said that one had nothing to do with the >other. However, the GI specialist, a regular ped. as well, had never >heard of Plagio. >Anyway, the GI specialist told me that he should have seen my son >many months before, even though he was gaining weight. The reason is >that every time a person refluxes they pass stomach acid back up thru >the esophagus. Thru a simple test, he determined my son had blood in >his stool. His esophogas was bleeding and it took 5 weeks of >Prilosec to get it under control. Who knows how long he had this >bleeding, probably for months. He had no other symptoms besides the >throwing up. > is 14 months and still on Reglan and Prilosec. It helps so >much! The Dr is confident that he will grow out of it, he says they >all do eventually. >Thought I would share my experience to see if that helps you at all. > > > > > > > > > In Plagiocephaly@y..., bailykuhn@a... wrote: >> In a message dated 1/27/01 6:51:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, >> awilson261@a... writes: >> >> >> > I still think that she may have tort >> > though she has trouble looking to the left and has had trouble >with >> > that since birth. >> > I know it has nothing to do with each other really but just >> > interested in how many of you have a child with both.Any thoughts >on >> > this would be appreciated! >> > >> > Amy & Abigail >> > >> > >> > >> >> Amy - 70% of tort have plagio, from what I have reed. If you think >tort, get >> a pt evaluation and don't let it go at that. Boy if I have listen >to my >> first ped, well I hate to think what our situation would be like >today. Ask >> for one with experience. If you have problems getting a referral >for an >> evaluation, call the early intervention program. >> >> Tammy & 12/8/99 >> >> My guy never diagnosed with reflux but was a major spitter. Was >told since >> he was thriving, extremely well I might add, it wasn't reflux. Go >figure! >> It did stop around 10 months like they said it would too. STRANGE? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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