Your Child's Digestive Health... Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
By Jo Jordan and Jim Danna, M.A.
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Infants and children commonly suffer from reflux, but when gastroesophageal reflux becomes chronic, it moves into the disease category known as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease).
The most common cause of vomiting during infancy, GERD is common in both children and adults.
A condition whereby the acid and food flow back up from the stomach into the esophagus, the tube connecting the stomach and mouth, GERD is potentially damaging to the esophagus and can trigger chronic problems such as regurgitation or vomiting.1
The American Journal of Gastroenterology reports that children with GERD may also be at risk for the condition as an adult.2 If detected and treated during childhood, however, GERD may result in better outcomes later in life.3
Puristat is here to help. The information contained in this Children's Health section of our website provides specific steps you can take to relieve your child's digestive issues. And as always, our digestive specialists and staff nurse are only a phone call or Live Chat away!
Specific Treatment for Childhood Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Have your child eat more frequent, smaller meals.
- Have your child avoid carbonated drinks, chocolate, caffeine, and high-fat and/or high-acid (i.e. citrus fruits) or highly spiced foods.
- Have your child avoid eating two to three hours before bedtime.
- Raise the head of your child's bed six to eight inches with blocks of wood under the bedposts; extra pillows won't help.4
Finding Solutions: Protecting Your Child's Digestive Health
While there are many digestive ailments that can afflict kids from a very early age, there's good news; parents can do a lot to protect their child's digestive health for today…and for the rest of their lives.
Starting kids down the right track early in life with natural, kid-friendly supplements as well as dietary and lifestyle changes is the right thing to do. Under the advice of a health care professional, such as Puristat's Nurse Vickie, supplementing a child's diet with multi-vitamins, digestive enzymes, and probiotics can help alleviate the symptoms of childhood digestive problems, and may even prevent serious digestive problems later in your child's life.
Additional Treatments for Childhood Digestive Disorders
Many childhood digestive problems affect vitamin and nutrient intake. A digestive health-specific multi-vitamin is vital to digestive health. Together, along with digestive enzymes and probiotics, the symptoms of many digestive ailments can be greatly alleviated. Modified dosages of these natural, digestive health products are recommended and considered safe for children by many physicians.
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Notes:
1. Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg, "Heartburn: Not Just for Adults—Kids Get It Too," Healthlibrary, 05 20 11,
http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=b696f142-edf4-4d7f-a7ba-dc89ceee0ace&chunkiid=100353 (accessed August 8, 2011).
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), "Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children and Adolescents," http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gerinchildren/index.aspx (accessed August 8, 2011).
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