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Ask Dr Sears
Not only does GER hurt babies, it hurts parents, who may be erroneously led to believe that their baby cries a lot because they just have a "fussy baby" or something is wrong with their parenting, which is not true. Undiagnosed and untreated reflux often results in the "hurting family."
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Gastroesophageal reflux is a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube from the mouth to the stomach) after eating. This article discusses reflux in infants.
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Medscape.com
As many as 60-70% of infants experience emesis during at least one feeding per 24-hour period by age 3-4 months.
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Reflux.org
Pediatric Acid Reflux 101
What is Reflux? Acid Reflux, also known as Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) is a medical term that literally means stomach-esophagus-backwash. Very simply it means your child’s food comes back up and brings some stomach acid with it in the form of a wet burp or a little spit up.
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About.com
Acid Reflux Basics
Many newborns and infants have reflux, spitting up after almost every feeding. Fortunately, many don't require any treatment if they are simply making a mess, are gaining weight, sleep well, and aren't fussy. Several acid reflux treatments are available for those babies who need it though.
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PAGER
PAGER is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides information and support to parents, patients and doctors about Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER).
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Infantrefluxdisease.com
It is estimated that at least fifty percent of all newborns (up to 85% of premature babies) are born with some degree of infant reflux and that number is rising. While it's true that most of these babies outgrow their condition within the first few months of life and many do not require medical intervention for their reflux, there are a percentage who do not outgrow it and are really bothered by their infant reflux. There are also many who suffer dreadful complications and do not respond to even the most aggressive treatment. InfantRefluxDisease.com is your complete guide for living with, treating and managing, a baby or child living with infant reflux and/or pediatric GERD.
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Meet the people who invented the Tucker Sling
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, but, for one Kenner mom in the early 1990s, the motivation that led to the creation of a device that would ultimately bring comfort to thousands of infants was not so much necessity, as it was love.
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