Reflux Treatment Guide - Keep Kids Healthy
Gastroesophageal reflux or spitting up is very common in infants and usually doesn't require treatment unless the child has pain and irritability, poor weight gain or lung disease.

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Common Infant Problems: spitting up
a discussion of spitting up in infants and its treatment, gastroesophageal reflux, overfeeding

Spitting Up in Newborns
Spitting up after eating can be due to overfeeding your newborn or because the valve that closes the upper part of the stomach is immature. It is usually not a concern as long as your baby is gaining weight and it is not causing him to cough or choke.

Wheezing in Children Symptom Guide
A discussion of the common causes of wheezing in children, including bronchiolitis, asthma, reflux, and vocal cord dysfunction.

Medication Names
Learn how some medicines got their names. The drugs name probably isn't that important, bu it can make it easier for patients to understand what the medication is for when the name makes sense.

Food Refusal in Children
Common reasons for infants to refuse to take solids and have difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) include reflux, food aversions and neuromuscular disorders. Treatments are usually with a speech pathologist.

Pyloric Stenosis Discussion - About Pediatrics
A discussion of conditions often confused with pyloric stenosis, including gastroesophageal reflux and formula intolerances.

Gastroesophageal Reflux - AAFP
A comprehensive discussion of the symptoms and treatment of GER from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Acid Reflux in Infants - About Heartburn
Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER), or acid reflux, occurs often in normal infants. Learn the sypmtoms of acid reflux and how is it diagnosed.

Pediatric GERD - NASPGHAN
Find information and educational tools about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for parents, kids, teens, and health professionals.

Colic in Newborns
Colic is a common problem in newborns. Learn about its treatment, causes, and ways to comfort your baby when he is crying.

Failure to Thrive in Children: Conditions
Failure to thrive - a discussion of kids who are small or not gaining weight properly, testing and treatment.

Coughing in Children Symptom Guide
A discussion of the common causes of coughing in children, including allergies, asthma, bronchitis, and croup, with a barking cough.

Is My Baby Normal? - a guide for new moms and dads
Normal things that newborn babies do, such as crying, spitting up, hiccups, sneezing, rashes, and signs of more serious problems.

Functional Abdominal Pain in Children
Functional abdominal pain is common in children, causing regular and even daily abdominal pain without other symptoms.

The Fussy Baby
Reasons for why a baby might be fussy, including teething, ear infection, hair tournequit, toddler's fracture, rash, virus, hernia or scratched eye.

Choosing an Infant Formula
Get help choosing which formula to feed your baby.