Your Child's Digestive Health... Reflux And It's Link to Asthma
By Jo Jordan and Jim Danna, M.A.
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Childhood digestive problems often begin in infancy, and progress to more serious problems later on.
Reflux
Babies are well known for what is commonly termed, "spitting up." While spitting up is the same physical problem referred to as "reflux" in adults, in infants it's considered normal…up to a point. But when does chronic reflux become a symptom of something more serious that may require medical attention, testing, and/or treatment?
According to Dr. Steven J. Czinn – chief of pediatrics at the University of Maryland Medical Center and director of the University of Maryland Hospital for Children – if chronic reflux is accompanied by crying, feeding and respiratory problems, irritability, vomiting of blood, and weight loss, your infant may have a more serious problem.1
While many infants outgrow reflux, sometimes it's the result of something more chronic such as bacterial imbalances or food allergies. If it continues after two years of age, seek the advice of your healthcare provider; treatment may be necessary. If a child spits up as a baby, especially after two years of age, chances are it could continue into adulthood and become a lifelong problem.2
There's a strong relationship between certain illnesses and childhood digestive problems.
Reflux and Asthma
Three quarters of the children who have reflux have asthma, and vice versa; the nerves that go to the esophagus (food pipe) also go to lungs. When struggling with childhood reflux, a proper diagnosis can be vital to treatment.3
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.
Treating 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. University of Maryland,
"Pediatric Digestive Disorders 1/2: An Interview with Dr. Steven Czinn," http://www.umm.edu/media/video/mht_pediatric_digestive_disorders_czinn_1.htm (accessed August 8, 2011).
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid
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