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Suggest Remedy For Thickness In Stomach Muscle
My sister just had a baby boy and his doctor said his stomach muscle is too thick and that is the reason why hes been sick, with projectile vomit, fever, not sleeping so if the ex ray confirms her diagnosis he will have to have surgery on his stomach and his stomach muscle....is this true and what is this called?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi...this is likely to be very true with projectile vomiting and the diagnosis is called hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. If the X-ray and ultrasond are confirmatory of the diagnosis then the best curative option is surgery called Ramstedt's Pyloromyotomy and the kids generally do very well after the surgery. But the surgery is the best option if the diagnosis is confirmed.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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