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A 27-year-old female asked:

Sleep vomiting and choking, is it serious? ithas happened about 12 times in the past three years. it started after i had my children.

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Dr. Jeffrey Gene Kaplananswered

Pediatrics 54 years experience

GERD: You can modify the diet, sleep on two + pillows, thicken feeds, avoid those foods that make you burp, take antacids even ppis or h2 blockers and/or see a GI specialist to r/o gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd) p.S. How's your weight, post pregnancy?

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