
What Causes Persistent Vomiting In A Child?

Nothing to worry about - centiles are perfect
Detailed Answer:
HI...I appreciate you for providing me with all the details like height and weight.
The vomiting tendency which started at 2 years could have been a gastro oesophageal reflux.
You have mentioned his present weight and height and at the same time his birth weight. But as you have mentioned his present age, I assume that it is 7 years.
Calculating his centiles and BMI - weight percentile is 10-25th centile and his height percentile is 25-50th centile and his BMI is 14.1 Kg/m2. To make it clear to you - any percentile regarding height and weight which falls between 5th to 95th centile is normal for that particular age.
I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed him and also make whatever you feed him calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ANY SO CALLED APPETITE STIMULANTS AS THEY ARE NOT VERY SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN AND THEY HAVE THE SIDE EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE DROWSINESS.
Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,


we noticed that his activity's and other exercises are normal.can you please provide any solution to recover his vomiting and to improve his health. we are very worried about his weight and health.
Possibilities suggested
Detailed Answer:
Hi...taking his corrected age into consideration... definitely his height and weight are less than 5th centile. My suggestions for his betterment -
1. We need to rule out motility disorder of the esophagus. This will require barium swallow and fluoroscopic imaging.
2. He might get benefitted by an endoscopy and determine if there's any structural defects in esophagus like web etc. This will also help in determining if there is any inflammation in esophagus due to reflux.
3. Acid reflux if esophagus can cause this and definitely will get better with antireflux measures like Domperidon and proton pump inhibitors.
I suggest you go ahead with these above suggestions with a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth Amperayani

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