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Your doctor might suggest thickening breastmilk or formula until the reflux gets better. Thickeners should be used only in consultation with your doctor. You should follow safe sleeping practices , even if your baby has reflux. This means putting your baby on their back to sleep. If a GP thinks something else is making your baby sick, they may send your baby for tests in hospital with a specialist.
If the thickening powder does not help or your baby is breastfed, a GP or specialist might recommend medicines that stop your baby's stomach producing as much acid. In very rare cases, surgery might be needed to strengthen the muscles to stop food or milk travelling back up. This is usually only after trying other things or if their reflux is severe. Reflux happens because muscles at the base of your baby's food pipe have not fully developed, so milk can come back up easily.
Your infant may cough frequently due to acid or food coming up into the back of the throat. The regurgitated food can also be inhaled into the lungs and windpipe, which may lead to chemical or bacterial pneumonia. Other respiratory problems, such as asthma , can develop as a result of GERD as well. Your baby may gag or choke when stomach contents flow back into their esophagus.
Gravity helps keep the contents of the stomach down. Regurgitated stomach contents may irritate the esophageal lining and cause heartburn. This is one of the most common signs of acid reflux in older children and adults, but it may be hard to recognize in infants.
GERD and reflux can make it more difficult for your baby to sleep through the night. Try to feed your baby long before bedtime so stomach contents have a chance to settle fully. There are other ways to help your baby sleep, too. The doctor can rule out other conditions or confirm a GERD diagnosis. Silent reflux, also known as laryngopharyngeal reflux LPR , is common in young babies.
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