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Child Has Loss Of Appetite. Could It Be GERD?
Hi,
My 3 year old daughter lose appetite recently. She used to finished up 230ml of milk before sleep, and now she can only finish half of it. And in the morning, she only drink 100ml of milk or sometimes lesser. She eats very little during lunch and dinner. I've just read that GERD may cause children to lose appetite. May I know what are the symptoms of having this disease?
My 3 year old daughter lose appetite recently. She used to finished up 230ml of milk before sleep, and now she can only finish half of it. And in the morning, she only drink 100ml of milk or sometimes lesser. She eats very little during lunch and dinner. I've just read that GERD may cause children to lose appetite. May I know what are the symptoms of having this disease?
Tue, 24 Sep 2013
Hi
GERD can cause loss of apetite but this is not so much specific symptom of gerd. in GERD child presents with vomiting and respiratory symptoms like cough and short of breath sometime due to aspiration of gastric contents. long lasting cases presents with loss of weight and electrolytes imbalance.
If your child is jaundiced do LFTs.
Regards
GERD can cause loss of apetite but this is not so much specific symptom of gerd. in GERD child presents with vomiting and respiratory symptoms like cough and short of breath sometime due to aspiration of gastric contents. long lasting cases presents with loss of weight and electrolytes imbalance.
If your child is jaundiced do LFTs.
Regards
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