Dr. Bryan Vartabedian
ASK THE EXPERT — Prevacid for Acid Reflux in Children
Our expert, Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, is a pediatric gastroenterologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. He is the author of Colic Solved. Each month, he will answer selected reader questions about GERD and infants, children, teens and their parents. If you want to submit a question, write a SharePost here.
Q: Six months ago, my 8-year-old daughter More >
Colic Solved — A book from Dr. Bryan Vartabedian
Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, pediatric gastroenterologist at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, is author of the book Colic Solved: The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Crying, Difficult-to-Soothe Baby published by Ballantine/Random House in 2007. HealthCentral.com talks to him about his book and what is has for parents of infants and children with acid reflux.
HC: Explain your motivation for writing this book. More >
Diagnosing Reflux in Kids – One Simple Question
In spite of the fancy technology available to quantitate and qualitate reflux in kids, its identification remains what we call a clinical diagnosis. That means that as physicians we make the diagnosis by talking to patients. As pediatricians we depend on a parent’s input to help round out the symptoms described by a child.
But many times when I directly ask parents about symptoms of heartburn they immediately dismiss the More >
Six Reasons Not to Overlook Reflux in Your Child
Once felt to be a non-issue, childhood acid reflux is getting attention as a real problem. Here’s why you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to your child’s symptoms:
1. Your child can’t speak for herself. You as a parent are the front line in identifying the subtle signs of acid reflux in your child. And as your child’s only advocate it is up to you to see to it that your child gets the care she deserves.
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