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Pediatric Rumination Syndrome
Rumination syndrome is a rare disorder in which a child regurgitates partially digested food.
What is Pediatric Rumination Syndrome?
If your child has rumination, they may eat meals normally, and then regurgitate (bring swallowed food back up from the mouth) the food from the esophagus before it is digested. In most cases, a child with rumination will then re-chew and re-swallow the food. In some cases, the child may spit it out.
Rumination is involuntary — like a reflex— but it is not a form of vomiting. The child does not feel nauseous before or during the incidence, and the food that is regurgitated tastes the same to the child as when it was first swallowed. Rumination has been compared to the sensation of burping, however in this case, instead of gas coming up the esophagus, the initially swallowed food comes back up.
For the condition to be considered rumination, it must occur at every meal for weeks or months.
What are the signs and symptoms of Pediatric Rumination Syndrome?
The symptom of rumination is regurgitation of undigested food one to two hours after eating.
What are the causes of Pediatric Rumination Syndrome?
There is no known cause of rumination.
Pediatric Rumination Syndrome Doctors and Providers
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Bradley Barth, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Michele Alkalay, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Amal Aqul, MD Pediatric Hepatologist -
Sarah Barlow, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Nandini Channabasappa, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Aakash Goyal, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Bhaskar Gurram, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Lauren Lazar, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Megha Mehta, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Charina Ramirez, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Norberto Rodriguez-Baez, MD Pediatric Hepatologist -
Isabel Rojas Santamaria, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Rinarani Sanghavi, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Mhammad Gaith Semrin, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Luis Sifuentes-Dominguez, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
David Troendle, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Meghana Sathe, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Edaire Cheng, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist -
Phuong Luu, PA-C Physician Assistant - Gastroenterology -
Van Nguyen, APRN, PNP-PC Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology -
Jennifer Peacock, APRN, PNP-PC Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology -
Shabina Walji-Virani, APRN, PNP-PC Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology
