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Pyloric Stenosis

What is it? 1.a. pyloric stenosis is a rare disease that can appear in newborn babies. b. It affects the muscles if the pylorus, it connects to the stomach and small intestine. c. When this happens the pyloric sphincter becomes abnormally large. Symptoms 2.a. sings of pyloric stenosis usually appear within 3-5 weeks of birth. b. These are some of the symptoms of pyloric stenosis c. . Projectile vomiting . Persistent hunger . Stomach confractoins . Dehydration . Weight problems What causes it? 3. For now there is no known cause for pyloric stenosis. How do you treat it? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">4.a. There is a diagnosis for pyloric stenosis and it is called (GERD). <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">b.this medicine will cure it for a while until the baby has surgery preformed. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">What is the cure? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">5.a. When the baby has pyloric stenosis it is treated with surgery by a laparoscope is with a laparoscope surgery a small viewing instrument through a small inscoin near the babies navel the laparoscope has a small laser surgery on the infants back.

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