MJ Norton, the only person (I believe) who correctly identified my niece, Emma, was suffering from gastroesophogial reflux. The doctors concurred with MJ's diagnosis. It's easily controllable with medication and eventually she'll grow out of it, so she's already doing much better and Beth and Rande are just thrilled not having to change her into a new outfit four times a day.
Again, thanks to all concerned. And MJ, you win...well, nothing, really...unless you want, I dunno, a bag of memorial vomit. But I'm kind of doubting it.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at March 20, 2004 10:51 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingI am glad that Emma`s problem has been found and is under control now. I am sure, not only her parents are happy but she as well :)
I've had GERD since about age 10 (undiagnosed for a long time). It's not fun, but it IS easily treated...
I've heard of cases diagnosed at 1 month old.
Glad to hear that the problem is (a) diagnosed for sure, and (b) nicely under control.
TWL
Good news! I'm glad it wasn't something very serious. Poor little thing has suffered enough. ):
I'm glad it's nothing serious. I have acid reflux, and it's pretty easily controlled. (Heck, I even chug soda!) Be glad they caught it early, and play with Emma often.
Very relieved that they've identified and can treat the problem.
Breaking in (since there, isn't a postable CM thread), does this mean what it sounds ominously like?:
http://newsarama.com/forums/printthread.php?s=&threadid=10751
[Joe Q] On Peter David's Captain Marvel: “It’s probably going to be going the way of the dinosaur.”
Yes, it's good to know these days that acid reflux is easily treated.
But it's rather disturbing to see how, well, common it is becoming with people of all ages.
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Or are we finally identifying it correctly after all these years? Things like diabetes and hypertension were only recently recognized and treated. In the early 1900, you could drop dead of a heart attack at 50 and it would be listed as natural causes since they didn't know what a heart attack was or how to treat it.
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Or are we finally identifying it correctly after all these years? Things like diabetes and hypertension were only recently recognized and treated. In the early 1900, you could drop dead of a heart attack at 50 and it would be listed as natural causes since they didn't know what a heart attack was or how to treat it.
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Or are we finally identifying it correctly after all these years? Things like diabetes and hypertension were only recently recognized and treated. In the early 1900, you could drop dead of a heart attack at 50 and it would be listed as natural causes since they didn't know what a heart attack was or how to treat it.
True.
It's just that even with the sudden wealth of information out there regarding acid reflux, it still seems to be associated a) with adults, b) with stress and such factors being primary causes of it.
It's associated with adults because no one wants to believe kids can have a problem like that.
The cardiac sphincter of my esophagus refuses to close completely. This results in acid washing up into my esophagus (the classic "heartburn" symptom of acid reflux), weakening of my tooth enamel (due to acidic fumes), and chronic halitosis (see above). Stress causes the symptoms to worsen; however, they're present constantly.
When I was a kid, I was told the problem was "all im ny head", that I felt that way because I was trying to get out of going to school (not that I was particularly fond of the place, especially the institutionalized sadism euphemistically referred to as "PE", but I had a stable of much better excuses than that...). Even had acid reflux disorder been properly understood at the time, no one would have thought to screen a preteen for it. It felt just like what I'm feeling right now, though...