How can I tell that my child suffers from reflux?
Children suffering from reflux often have chest pain immediately after meals. Mostly they express this by crying and screaming. The complaints worsen especially when lying down.
Usually the children vomit regularly after meals or have to cough more, because parts of the returned stomach contents reach the trachea. Depending on the severity of the reflux, the children refuse to eat because it causes them pain. Alternatively, they drink particularly greedily, because they are very hungry.
Hiccups are also not a rare side effect in children suffering from reflux. Since the complaints occur particularly when lying down, the children often have sleep problems. They sleep little during the day, but are very tired.
Also at night they have difficulty falling asleep and sleeping through the night. Children who have parts of the food porridge in their windpipe get hoarseness as well as coughing. The acidic gastric juice can attack the unprotected vocal chords and lead to minor inflammation.
This makes the children hoarse, and they can also get a sore throat. In the worst case, stomach acid can also end up in the lungs, causing pneumonia. Depending on the severity of the reflux, the children refuse to eat because it causes them pain.
Alternatively, they drink particularly greedily, since they are very hungry. Hiccups are also not a rare side effect in children suffering from reflux. Since the complaints occur particularly when lying down, the children often have sleep problems.
They sleep little during the day, but are very tired. Also at night they have difficulty falling asleep and sleeping through the night. Children who have parts of the food porridge in their windpipe get hoarseness as well as coughing. The acidic gastric juice can attack the unprotected vocal chords and lead to minor inflammation. This makes the children hoarse, and they can also get a sore throat.In the worst case, stomach acid also ends up in the lungs, where it causes pneumonia.
