Heather,
>I think I've said before, we don't even use the term here....we just say
>they're 'sicky babies', and we call spitting up 'possetting' and the
>spit-up is called 'possett'. I think that's a nice cosy sounding word!

The only time I've known it suggested, let alone diagnosed is when a
baby has projectile vomiting and is not gaining weight adequately and so
has been investigated for/suspected of pyloric stenosis. The very few
cases I know of were in the most severe range. My own child was
diagnosed after *I* suspected it from reading Lactnet and approached a
Paediatrician I know for an opinion. He agreed with me, but supported my
decision to avoid drugs, since it is very mild.
>
>Very few community HPs would know what reflux means unless they read  US
>and Australian journals.

Or regularly go on the internet, which is becoming increasingly common.
I don't know of any British GPs on Lactnet, however.

I think there are occasions where a diagnosis of GER would be
considerably better than "he's allergic to your milk, put him on soy
formula" (I'm sorry Heather, but there is a GP in this town who
frequently "diagnoses" this).
--
Anna H.
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http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/

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