Lack of Appetite to Food - Pediatric Oncall

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I have a 4 year old son who has a very poor diet. He is autistic and very sensory oriented. The only thing he eats or drinks without being force fed is pudding and he will drink milk. He is currently in therapy for all of this, but the problem is about 4 months ago he started to have bouts of vomiting about 3-4 times a day for 4-5 days at a time. He also becomes very pale and occasionally acts tired. For the most part in between the episodes he acts normal. He has had a colonoscopy and all results were normal. Please help if you can, I am at a complete blank as to what my next step should be. Thank You
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One thing that you should try is find the kind of textured food that he likes, since he has autism and he would prefer only certain type of food. Regarding the vomiting, is it projectile? Does it occur after feeds? Is it bilious or contains only food? It would be necessary to know all this before commenting anything. Also a possibility of reflux should be ruled out for which a milk scan would be useful Back to All Questions

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