Stewart Leavitt, PhD, Executive Director of Pain Treatment Topics, found that patients with
chronic back pain usually had insufficient levels of vitamin D. Funny enough, when they were given adequate vitamin D supplementation, their pain either vanished or was significantly relieved.
The initial diagnosis of GER is
usually made simply upon the parents» description of symptoms such as frequent crying, irritability, appearance of
pain, poor sleep, arching
back, spitting - up,
chronic sinus congestion, or frequent ear infections.