My first thoughts were that the infant has symptoms of reflux. Then I
searched and read about infantile hemangiomas. Quite complex, scary,
can be difficult to differentiate from vascular malformations and
require a pediatric medical team involving oncology/hematology, derm,
and peds surgery and more. Here is the link to the excellent
information about this. It stands to reason that there could be other
complications, I could not find if reflux was associated with this,
but since it is on the face/lips there could possibly be something
internal too. If this mother/baby dyad is near a large city where a
pediatric team could be located, I would advise they see these
specialists. The article also states that often babies are
misdiagnosed, not treated appropriately due to inexperienced doctors.
http://www.ajronline.org/content/174/3/597.full

Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
Mississippi USA

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