Do you have any advice about intestinal malrotation? My preemie baby, who suffered from IUGR was just diagnosed with it.

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My preemie baby, who suffered from IUGR, and has eating difficulties, was just diagnosed with intestinal malrotation. I'd like to know if there's anyone out there who can share more information with me. For example, if I should consider surgery now or wait for an emergency. The malrotion is at the upper left quadrant starting at the duodenum, missing the pitch, and the appendix is "floating" somewhere in the upper right quadrant. If you have any advice or information, please contact me. Thank you, Shirley S.

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Shirley - One of our partners has a very good article on this subject. You can copy and paste this URL into your browser:

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/digestive/malrotation.html

Our partner is called Kids Health and you can also contact them directly by going to:

www.kidshealth.org

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pandacsek writes:

The only advice I can give you is get it done right away! You don't want to wait until your baby turns blue in your arms and you have to call 911 and the ambulance might come too late to save your lo! This condition is not a joke at all, can turn really bad really fast. I just had my baby have the same surgery 4 days ago, we are still in the hospital recovering. He is almost 6 month old and he was having stomach cramps and the doctors thought it is just a simple reflux. I kept taking him back to the doctor until she finally sent him to an upper GI where it turned out that beside the reflux he has malrotation. The surgery is quick, the recovery not that fast but bottom line: you are saving your baby's life! You have to get it done!

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