Can a baby diagnosed with gerd still have colic?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at
11:21 pm
My son was born on jan 18th of this year. He was not suppose to be born until april 18 of this year. Which makes him 3 months premie. He was diagnosed with gerd in the hospital. We are giving him zantac and reglan for this. He is always playing with his tongue, grunting, and turning red. Do you think the nutrimigan formula they sometimes give to colic babies will help him seems they think colic could be undiagnosed gerd? His cousin who is the same age as him but was full term does the same thing with her tongue. Could this be a sign?
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what you are seeing with his tongue is a side effect of reglan an extrapyrimadial symptom related to his neuromuscular system.In the past reglan was used as an anti psychotic.Have you told the doc about this?It is very important that you do.Colic is excessive gas and is a symptom of Gerd.He needs to be taken off the reglan as soon as possible.I suspect the grunting and redness are side effects too.Tell the doc now.
Sounds like perfectly normal things child is doing. All babies grunt and turn red when having bowel movements. Check out site below. Good info.