rumination disorder…

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rumination disorder is repeated regurgitation, rechewing of food, symptoms must persist, at least 1 month, does not, upset, retching, disgust associated, the regurgitation, appear to cause pleasure, onset of rumination disorder, occurs after 3 months of age, following an established period of normal digestion, occurs in infants, rare in children, adolescents, unknown, certain problems, lack of stimulation, the infant, neglect, high-stress family situations, have been associated, the disorder, repeated regurgitation of food, repeated rechewing of food, health care provider must first rule out physical causes, regurgitation, hiatal hernia, pyloric stenosis, misdiagnosed, rumination disorder, rumination disorder, cause malnutrition, laboratory tests, serum electrolytes, endocrine, hormonal functions, a blood test, anemia, measure the severity, the malnutrition, determine what nutrients need to be increased, rumination disorder is treated, behavioral techniques, mild aversive training, involves associating bad consequences, rumination, good consequences, more appropriate behavior, techniques include improvement, in the child's psychosocial environment, is abuse, neglect, psychotherapy, the parents, cases rumination disorder, remit spontaneously, child returns to eating, in other cases, complications of rumination include malnutrition, lowered resistance to disease, failure to thrive call health care provider, baby appears to be repeatedly spitting up, vomiting, rechewing food, , no known prevention, normal stimulation, healthy parent-child relations, help reduce the occurrence of rumination disorder.