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Acid Reflux Or Gerd

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My 2 1/2 yr old son was diagnosed with celiacs and EE in May of 08. We went gluten free and he was on a three month course of prednisolone. He did wonderful - no more vomiting, acid reflux etc. He had been off of the prednisolone since August. Lately he has been complaining of his chest hurting. When he drinks and burps there is normally vomit in it. Last night he was eating a grilled cheese and the food got stuck in his throat and he threw up everywhere. A few minutes later he was hungry again. He ate and it all stayed down (this time I gave him noodles).

Have any of you had a reoccurance with your children with EE? If so, did you do prednisolone again or some other treatment? Finally, do you have any recommendations for acid reflux medi that does not contain gluten?

Thanks,

Lisa

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My daughter was on prevacid . . . it comes in a chewable form for kids.

EE is an allergic type reaction. Was the doc thinking it was wheat (rye/barley/oats) that was triggering it? It could be something else that triggers it. Did you do allergy testing?

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My son's (10) GERD went away when he went gluten free. You might want to make sure everything is really gluten free. Read here for when people have reactions to some things that say they are gluten free but aren't. Not very many medicines worked for my son much for the GERD, but AXID seemed to help.

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What we thought was GERD in our daughter who was 9 at the time was what actually led us to the Celiac diagnosis.

Are you sure what you gave him was gluten-free?

One of her biggest glutening symptoms is hard burping/hiccups with food coming back up (but not quite throwing up all the way). When it happens, we usually get her to eat something we know is gluten-free and that helps things stay down for whatever reason.

We've had zero reflux problems since she has been gluten-free.

bear6954 Apprentice
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What we thought was GERD in our daughter who was 9 at the time was what actually led us to the Celiac diagnosis.

Are you sure what you gave him was gluten-free?

One of her biggest glutening symptoms is hard burping/hiccups with food coming back up (but not quite throwing up all the way). When it happens, we usually get her to eat something we know is gluten-free and that helps things stay down for whatever reason.

We've had zero reflux problems since she has been gluten-free.

I am sure he was not glutened. He has suffered from acid reflux since birth. I was suprised to see how much an infant and burp up!

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Not sure but since my GI dr presribes it my 2 1/2 yr old daughter takes prevacid 2 times a day. She has had acid reflux since she was about 10 months old. We just have the celiac diagnosis in May of 2008. She seems to handle it fine but I would ask about it....

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