Symptoms Of Infant Acid RefluxA transitory stage in the development of your babies is that of infant acid reflux. A baby faced with this reflux will occasionally spit up during feeding and become irritable. You can observe several signs and symptoms of acid reflux in infants. These include the following. Pain and irritability are the first signs that a baby or an infant displays during the acid reflux condition. It may be given to sudden or constant fits of crying, it may have colic, or it may arch its back. Although the baby has no means of telling you, but it may have pain in the chest, heartburn, or a burning sensation in the esophagus. It may tend to vomit often with sour burps or wet hiccups. You can even sometimes observe silent reflux when food comes part of the way up the esophagus. Sometimes a baby at the tender age of six months can even spit up food from the mouth and nose. You can observe that your child may become selective about foods or sensitive to some of the recipes you prepare for him/her. Your child may refuse food or just take a few bites and then refuse to eat any further. Some children may have food intolerance to the extent that they may avoid protein-rich food. Eating candy bars may also instigate acid reflux attacks in some children. Some children may develop food allergies. As he/she gets a little more old, your child may drool a lot due to excessive salivation or may have bad breath accompanied by tooth enamel erosion. Your child may then cry when placed on its back and not sleep in that position. Respiratory symptoms due to acid reflux may also be observed in some children. Some of them may have a stuffy or a running nose. Some of them may have bronchitis or noisy and labored breathing or aspiration. Some children may cough during sleep in the night that may be caused due to acid reflux. Some babies may become unusually clingy or may display pain-related aggression. Development related issues maybe observed in some children due to acid reflux. Such issues are mainly limited to deferred motor milestones. In some rare cases nodules in vocal cords may be found or esophagitis with laryngospasm. Some parents may become unduly worried about the health of their children because of acid reflux. They need not worry much because acid reflux resolves all by itself when an infant grows to an age between 12 and 18 months old. The only management that parents must ensure to keep infant acid reflux in control is to provide smaller, but more frequent feedings, and interrupt feedings to burp the baby. |