Digestion: Zyrtec

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How Do I Know When His Lactose-intolerance Is Better/gone?

My son was/is lactose-intolerant. I understand a lot of babies have a hard time digesting cow's milk and as a nursing momma, I learned to give up dairy for the first 5 months of my son's life. We thought he had collic, until I eliminated dairy and found the protein from the dairy was eating up his poor intestines and causing painful gas. Anyway, I continue to nurse him (he's 8-months now) and I have introduced cheeses, ice cream, etc. back into my diet and he doesn't seem to react much. I have not tried drinking milk yet but would LOVE...

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Infant with Gas

My 2 month old son has been suffering from long periods of excessive gas-...

Acid Reflux & GERD

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Older Child with GERD (Reflux>

Curious if any others have kids over 7 or so who have always struggled with GERD? My kids (ages 9 and 11 ½) have had it since birth. My youngest has been having a lot of trouble this year even on double doses of a nexium (just switched to protonix). It seems that she still gets breakthrough symptoms (coughing and throat clearing) on such a dose. We just did another full panel of allergy testing and I'm not sure if we'll find anything out. Next step might be another endoscopy and an Impedance Probe. Not looking forward to the probe for...

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