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Gastro-esophageal reflux is caused when stomach contents come
back up into the esophagus, during or after a meal, and this
means that food is coming back up through the tube that connects
the mouth to the stomach. A ring of muscle or sphincter around
the bottom end of the esophagus opens and closes to allow the
predigested food to pass through to the stomach, and this
sphincter opens to release gas after meals in normal infants,
children, and adults. When the sphincter opens in infants, the
stomach contents often go up through the esophagus and out of
the mouth, and often commonly noticed in infants as spitting up.
Most infants with gastro-esophageal reflux grow to be
perfectly happy and healthy babies, even though they may spit up
or vomit, and it is only with unique cases of acute bouts of
reflux that one should consult a doctor or your child’s
pediatrician. With gastro-esophageal reflux, the infant may
experience a variety of symptoms such as vomiting and spitting
up, but also symptoms like irritability and poor feeding. Blood
in the stool is also not uncommon. Only a small number of
infants have severe symptoms due to the esophageal reflux, and
most infants will stop spitting up around twelve to eight months
of age.
In a small percentage of those babies with gastro-esophageal
reflux, symptoms may result that are of concern, such as poor
growth due to an inability to hold down food or refusing to feed
due to pain or perhaps even breathing or blood loss from acid
burning the esophagus. Though, again, these are in the extremely
rare cases where severe symptoms have occurred. By all accounts
otherwise, gastro-esophageal reflux in natural in newborns and
infants up to a year old, and this should rest those worries and
concerns with a more informed viewpoint on the subject.
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