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5 yr son w/sensory eating disorder.bad gag reflex.ot w/no results.what can i do to help? will he grow out of it? going on for 4 years now. any advice?

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Can you define more?: What is at the root of his "bad" gag reflex? Do you mean he has a very STRONG or hypersensitive reflex to the point of not allowing anything into his mouth without either gagging or throwing up? Or do you mean that he has a poor gag reflex meaning that virtually NOTHING can gag him that goes into his mouth? And they've been working stringently with him for 4 years now without results?

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/12/2014

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