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When your child's stomach hurts, it hurts you, too. When stomachaches and other symptoms happen again and again, you worry about what might be causing them. And you may wonder how often is too often for your child to have symptoms. Could your child's stomachache and other symptoms (wheezing, chronic cough, vomiting) be a sign of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? Each child is different. Learn more about the symptoms of GERD based on your child's age.

What is GERD?

GERD is short for gastroesophageal reflux disease. That's a long name! Often, GERD is called acid reflux disease. Here is what happens: in GERD, acid from the stomach (that's the "gastro" part) goes (or "refluxes") into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. Everyone has some acid reflux once in a while. But when reflux happens too often, it can cause irritation, and that can lead to painful symptoms and damage to the esophagus.

GERD has been associated with other medical problems, such as:

• Asthma
• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis
• Ear infections (with fluid drainage)

If your child has GERD, there is a treatment that can help relieve the painful symptoms and heal the damage (sores, also called erosions) to your child's esophagus.

Treating GERD with Prevacid

Prevacid is the first medicine in its class approved for use in children with GERD (acid reflux disease) as young as 12 months of age. The same Prevacid has been used to treat millions of adults with GERD. Learn more about treatment with Prevacid.

IMPORTANT SAFETY AND OTHER INFORMATION:
Prescription Prevacid is approved for GERD in children aged 1–17 years. Individual results may vary. Prevacid Capsules and Prevacid® SoluTab™ (lansoprazole) Orally Disintegrating Tablets may not be right for everyone. Prevacid has a low occurrence of side effects in adults and children including diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, constipation, and headache. Symptom relief does not rule out other serious stomach conditions. For further information, talk with your child's healthcare provider and click here for complete Prevacid prescribing information.

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