[Dysphagia] Sneezing etc and GER

[eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)]

Feranchak, AP, Orenstein, SR, Cohn, JF. Behaviors associated with onset of gastroesophageal reflux episodes in infants: Prospective study using split-screen video and pH probe. Clinical Pediatrics, 33:654-662, 1994.
  Feranchak and colleagues  examined behaviors of infants who were undergoing esophageal pH monitoring. Documented episodes of reflux were frequently associated with the following behaviors: discomfort as evidenced by crying or frowning, regurgitation, drooling, burping, yawning, stridor, stretching, and mouthing. Some behaviors were only found in some infants. These included hiccuping, sneezing, thumb-sucking, coughing or gagging. 
  Other behaviors that have been associated with reflux include gagging, coughing, and repeated swallowing between meals, red, teary eyes, and fussiness and irritability 30 to 60 minutes after a feeding. These symptoms can occur for other reasons, which should be ruled out.
  And
  Probing Questions: When Is Gastroesophageal Reflux the Cause of Symptoms? 
  Editorials 
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 30(1):3, January 2000.
Rudolph, Colin D.

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