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March 23, 2008 at 11:56 am #49269AnonymousInactive
My name is Christie and I have two daughters Alyssa 10, and Kylee 4 months. I had never heard of infant reflux, my oldest daughter did not have any problems when she was born she only had a milk intolerance. Now Kylee is a different story, when she was about 2 weeks old she would cry for hours non-stop and nothing would help. At first I thought it was colic and began to search the internet looking for some answers. Finally, I came across infant reflux and began making the connection. I had been to the doctor several times and we changed her formula three times. She is on Nutramigen due to MSPI and has been on Prevacid since she was three weeks old. She is doing well, however just this week my family has been battling a terrible stomach virus and Kylee became the latest victim. I took her to the doctor on Wednesday and they had me stop giving her the Prevacid because she was vomiting so much. I have asked her doctor and she said it could take a couple of days for her stomach to readjust after the stomach virus, but I am starting to see her regress to the behaviors before she was diagnosed. Well it is Sunday and she is still vomiting in large amounts and refusing to eat. She is still off of her medicine, I was wondering if this could now be side effects from not taking her medicine. She is very irritable, fussy, arching her back, vomiting and not eating a lot. Has anyone had to stop using medicine on their child due to an illness, what happens?
luvmygirlz 2008-03-23 11:59:08 March 23, 2008 at 5:46 pm #49271AnonymousInactiveI would def think that being off her meds is making things worse. Personally and I am not a doctore I would put her back on and maybe add a probiotic to help her tummy get better. There are other posts about special probiotics for babies with a milk protein intolerance. We use Flora baby b/c my lo had MSPI, but I think we have outgrown it. The probiotics help esp when they are on antibiotics. But I really would restart her meds ASAP.
March 23, 2008 at 7:11 pm #49272AnonymousInactiveThanks, for the information. I have started her back on her medicine today, hopefully it won’t take long to kick in. I will have to look into probiotics, I hadn’t heard of any of this.
March 23, 2008 at 8:53 pm #49276hellbenntKeymasterMarch 23, 2008 at 8:53 pm #49277AnonymousInactiveHmm, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a doctor stopping reflux meds when a child is ill?!?! It seems to me that the pain and aggravation of reflux without meds would only make things worse?? I hope she starts to see relief soon after restarting prevacid, and I hope your whole family recovers soon too!! Being sick is NO fun!
OH and WELCOME too!
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