What are the symptoms of silent reflux?

[IheartOman]

Pls help. What are the signs of silent reflux?

[Nowhere]

constant or sudden crying or colic like symptoms
irritability and pain
poor sleep habits typically with frequent waking
arching their necks and back during or after eating
spitting-up or vomiting
wet burp or frequent hiccups
frequent ear infections or sinus congestion
refusing food or accepting only a few bites despite being hungry or the exact opposite requiring constant small meals or liquid
food/oral aversions
anemia
excessive drooling
running nose, sinus infections
swallowing problems, gagging, choking frequent red, sore throat without infection present
apnea
respiratory problems—pneumonia, bronchitis, wheezing, asthma, night-time cough, aspiration
poor weight gain, weight loss, failure to thrive
bad breath

[IheartOman]

wow thanks. My bub has 90% of those symptoms so I am now even more sure he must have it. Thanks for your post :)

[mim1]

I'll add one thing to that great list ... frequent feeding and big weight gains. My paed said that bubs with reflux either gain too much weight or not enough (inc losing weight). My Josh wanted to feed all the time and was stacking on the weight. :)

[michellea75]

Hi - my 13 week old DS also has silent reflux which is being managed by Zantac. You may find www.reflux.org.au (http://www.reflux.org.au) quite useful with additional info - I know I did. This is the site for Reflux Infants Support Association.

[IheartOman]

Thanks. Oscar is on Zantac. Has been for about a month now and he is amazing, Much happier baby!

[scarlet]

Great to hear the zantac is working for Oscar!

[Natsmummy]

When DS was smaller basically from birth to about 9 months he exhibited a lot of those symptoms. He was quite an unhappy baby and was very slow to put on weight. I now wonder if he might have had silent reflux...I hadn't actually heard of it until I read this post.