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Infants who were started on solid foods at or before three months of age showed changes in the levels of gut bacteria and bacterial byproducts, called short-chain fatty acids, measured in their stool samples, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Read more Keep Reading >>
Love this article, look for medical reasons first!Desiree Rivera-Nieves, MD1 , Anita Conley, MS, RD, CSP, LDN2, Keri Nagib, OTR/L, IBCLC2, Kaiya Shannon, LCSW2, Karoly Horvath, MD., PhD1,2, and Devendra Mehta, MD1,2 Gastrointestinal Conditions in Children With Severe Feeding Difficulties. Glob Pediatr Health. 2019 Apr 16;6:2333794X19838536. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19838536. eCollection Keep Reading >>
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE disease) in Children Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an inflammatory condition in which the wall of the esophagus becomes filled with large numbers of white blood cells called eosinophils. Read more here: https://www.gikids.org/content/5/en/eosinophilic-esophagitis?fbclid=IwAR1uIoiYhqn9c9-ZjiD0p5eBg33RBFALF3tPPcZlY4V4bB9CwTkfAxqK3-M Keep Reading >>
Please check out our UNC Feeding Team Post about EoE. Although a rare diagnosis, the number of children diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is increasing. In the United States, approximately 10-50 children out of every 10,000 are being diagnosed per year. Because there are cases when difficulty eating is the first sign of EoE, we asked our colleague and expert in EoE, Dr. Sabina Mir, to Keep Reading >>
Healthy bowel movements We know that stooling patterns can affect eating while also giving us important information about the GI tract. While "normal" may vary between individuals, in our clinic we establish daily stooling to encourage hunger, improve motility, and reduce reflux. Many of the children we treat for feeding problems have difficulty with regular stooling patterns. Read more here Keep Reading >>
Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH — December 2017 In the latest of their numerous innovative studies of the symptoms and experiences of NICU babies with trouble swallowing (dysphagia), physicians and researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine have identified and refined which symptoms suggest treatment-worthy gastroesophageal Keep Reading >>
Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations by Joanne Walsh, Rosan Meyer, Neil Shah, James Quekett, and Adam Fox. Children with food allergy and, in particular, infants with suspected adverse reactions to cow’s milk, commonly present to primary care. It is thought that 6–8% of children aged <3 Keep Reading >>
Ideas for transitioning off of a feeding tube From Dr. John Baker, Pediatric GI I recently received an email from the mother of a child who was fed via NG tube and refusing to orally feed. Her doctor was recommending a G-tube but she was interested in getting a second opinion and avoiding surgery. I was able to put her in touch with an SLP, Jenny Hyatt McGlothlin, author of Helping Your Keep Reading >>