Patient's question:
My baby always chokes when drinking formula. How can we help? The parents are very anxious. About the previous treatment and effectiveness: No treatment has been done yet. What kind of help is desired: How can we prevent the baby from choking while drinking formula?Doctor's answer:
For infants who spit up a very small amount of milk shortly after being fed, generally in good condition, with normal appetite, no crying or fussing after spitting up, and without any other symptoms or signs, it is commonly referred to as "spit-up," which is a normal phenomenon.Advice: If there is dry retching several times a day, gradually becoming more frequent and expanding into forceful vomiting, occurring about half an hour after each bowel movement, with the amount of vomit sometimes exceeding the intake, and the vomit containing no bile, with normal appetite still present after vomiting, and gradual weight loss due to prolonged dry retching, it may be congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Please identify accordingly.
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