Brief Answer:
Further investigations needed...
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have gone through the medical history of your grandson and understood your worries.
Milk allergy is rarely happen while
breastfeeding. Young mothers are encouraged to breast feed their babies until the age of 6 months to avoid milk allergy or
food intolerance when foods are introduced to young babies.
If baby is having problems while breastfeeding, there are 2 main sources where problems should be further investigated:
- babies GI tract
- mother's breast milk
According to your saying, his
pediatrician has been focusing only on your grandson GI tract and thinking over GERD (as he has put on
prevacid). Even though on such drugs, the baby is still refusing to eat and have trouble sleeping, which is a rare side effect of prevacid.
At this point, I need to have further details on your grandson:
- is your daughter still breastfeeding him or is only giving formula milk?
- is his mouth or tongue having any problem (red, whitish layer, etc.)?
- is his bowel movement normal or is he having diarrhea/constipation?
- what about his weight? is he gaining weight normally according to his age?
- any other symptom he might be having (problems with urination,
redness in the genital area,etc.)?
Further investigations are needed for better diagnosis and proper treatment:
- culture of feces for candida/pathogenic bacteria
- culture of mouth swab for candida overgrowth
- culture of your daughter's breast milk for candida overgrowth (if still breastfeeding).
- abdominal
ultrasound
- urine analysis
Depending on the test results, specific treatment will be prescribed.
Hope it helped! Let me know if you have further queries!
Dr.Klerida