Acid backward flow, vomiting, régurgitations, rejection… are largely widespread phenomena in the infant and the child of low age. If your child cries after the meals, and that the position “on the belly” does not relieve it, if it recrache his milk while tétant, one can then think of heartburn and even of a backward flow gastro-oesophagien.
Whereas the rejection is a simple milk reference not digested, the backward flow gastro-oesophagien is translated as for him by increase of part of the gastric contents in the oesophagus, then in the mouth. The child vomits then in a rather abundant way, and can be taken crises of tears. What is rather current before the 2 months age, and can disappear around the ninth month, when the child starts to be held upright.
It is indeed the lower sphincter of the oesophagus which causes this rejection. Normally, it is supposed to prevent the contents of the stomach from going up. It happens that it is not entirely formed and thus cannot play this tight part completely.
The backward flows in the young children can be decreased if one observes some simple conditions like giving to the feeding-bottle or tétée in an environment not smoker and calm. Also let us note that the ideal position against the backward flow is to maintain baby lengthened with 30-40° during his digestion, it is also preferable for the child not to too much tighten its layer and its clothing.
If the backward flow is important, the pediatrist can prescribe you antiacid drugs or anti-secretary drugs to decrease the harmfulness of the backward flow by neutralizing the acidity of the gastric liquid.
Complications can be also created in the child, in particular when the increase of gastric liquid to the middle ear would cause an ignition and thus the appearance of séreuses otitises.
In addition, the immediate pain of a RGO which is not treated can cause irritations of the bronchi.
