GI and Nutrition
The GI and Nutrition section contains articles on gastrointestinal disorders including reflux, motility problems, constipation, short bowel syndrome, pancreatitis, eosinophilic disorders, and other relevant disorders. It also includes extensive information on tube feeding and total parenteral nutrition (TPN or IV nutrition), as well as information on feeding problems and aversions.Reflux
- Tests to Diagnose Reflux and Motility Problems
- Impedance Probe Monitoring to Diagnose Reflux
- Spitting Up and Vomiting: What the Symptom Says about the Cause
- Medications for Reflux and Other Upper GI Problems
- Fundoplication in Children with Neurological Impairments
- 10 Questions Every Parent Needs to Ask before Fundoplication Surgery
- Introduction to Disorders that Mimic Reflux: Gastrointestinal "Zebras"
Motility
- Tests to Diagnose Reflux and Motility Problems
- Spitting Up and Vomiting: What the Symptom Says about the Cause
- Gut Motility Problems in Children
- Functional Abdominal Pain and Visceral Hyperalgesia
- Solutions for Retching
- Motility Disorders that are Commonly Mistaken for Reflux
- What on Earth is the Autonomic Nervous System? Dysautonomia and Autonomic Dysfunction
- No Way Out: Living with Gastroparesis
- Olivia's Story: Living with Pseudo-Obstruction
- Biliary Diversion: Another Option for Children with Severe Dysmotility
- Life with an Ostomy: A Mother's Perspective
- Teeth: The Poor Man's Motility Study
- Options for Jejunal Tubes
Tube Feeding
- The Tube-feeding Emergency Kit
- Lauren's Story: Tube Feeding at College
- Our Tube-Weaning Roller Coaster
- Breastfeeding Your Tubefeeder
- A Journey to Proper Nutrition: Learning to Thrive through Food Trials and Tube Feeds
- Blended Diets: Why Not Real Food?
- Extension Sets and Adaptors for Feeding Tubes
- All About NG Tubes
- All About G Tubes
- All About NJ, GJ, and J Tubes
- What Truly Makes a Child Special...And Not Extra Special (tube removal)
- Site Care Tips for Feeding Tube Stomas
- Feeding Tube Awareness Week
- Eating Like a Toddler -- With a Feeding Tube: Tube Feeding Whole Foods
- Medical Food Coverage and Legislation
- Update on Fundoplications and Feeding Tubes
- Growing to Accept and Love the G-Tube
- A Journey through an Intensive Feeding Tube Wean
- Options for Jejunal Tubes
- My Irrational Fear of Feeding Pumps Explained
- The Story of Fred
- Feeding Tube Product Roundup
- Book Review: My Tubey by Rhiannon Merritt-Rubadue
- Website Review: Nathan's Chart, a Meal Planner for Tube Feeding
- Feeding Tube or Not? Making A Hard Decision
- Online Educational Tools for Children Requiring Nutrition Support
- Home Feeding Pumps and IV Pumps
- Surviving a Power Outage with Complex Medical Issues info on feeding during outages
- It Starts with Awareness Feeding Tube Awareness
- Dissolving Meds for Feeding Tube Administration
Parenteral (IV) Nutrition and Central Lines
- Strategies for Preventing or Reducing Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease
- Keeping Your Central or PICC Line Safe: Using Chlorhexidine Products to Prevent Infection
- Learning about Parenteral Nutrition and Central Lines: The Oley Foundation's Online Training Modules
- New Innovations to Keep Central Line Caps Clean
- Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition as a Palliative Care Treatment
- The Lady with the Lamp: Using Ultraviolet Light to Sterilize Line Sites
- Current Information on Omegaven
- Online Educational Tools for Children Requiring Nutrition Support
- Home Feeding Pumps and IV Pumps
- Surviving a Power Outage with Complex Medical Issues info on infusing during outages
Fundoplication (Anti-Reflux) Surgery
- Fundoplication in Children with Neurological Impairments
- 10 Questions Every Parent Needs to Ask before Fundoplication Surgery
- Solutions for Retching
- Update on Fundoplications and Feeding Tubes
Nutrition
- Fluid Requirements for Children
- Formulas Part I: Commonly Used Formulas
- Formulas Part II: Specialized Formulas
- Breastfeeding Your Tubefeeder
- Blended Diets: Why Not Real Food?
- Letting Your Dairy-Free Child Thrive
- Eating Like a Toddler -- With a Feeding Tube: Tube Feeding Whole Foods
- Medical Food Coverage and Legislation
Other
- Living with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Life Without Food: Living with an Eosinophilic Disorder
- Glimpses of Italy: When Your "Typical" Child Faces Medical Issues story of two children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Mito Plus: One Family's Experience with Mito, Autism, and Eosinophilic Disease
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: The Disease in Disguise
- Introduction to Disorders that Mimic Reflux: Gastrointestinal "Zebras"
- Sharmiki's Story includes details about tubefeeding, reflux, and fundoplication
- Sibling Stories includes stories about Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Reflux, and other GI issues
- Young Children's Voices includes stories about Eosinophilic Esophagitis and undiagnosed GI issues
- Cystic Fibrosis? When Doctors Disagree on the Diagnosis
- The Importance of Introducing Tastes
- When the Mouth Won't Work
- The Importance of Early and Aggressive Pain Treatment in Children with Complex Medical Issues discusses visceral hyperalgesia
- Neuro-Crying, Neuro-Irritability, or Pain? A Personal Account account of a child with visceral hyperalgesia
- Raising Children Who Don't Eat in a Food-Centered World
- The Poop Chronicles
- Imperforate Anus--What!?
- Life with an Ostomy: A Mother's Perspective