Do you feel supported or understood by medical professionals, ie: Doctor, PHN, Dieticians & Pedi
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GP originally supportive but then at 9mths problems continued and she said there was nothing that could be done and said I was wasting my money by going to see a gastro specialist
10/17/2015 8:30 PM View respondent's answers
No
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yes
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No
10/17/2015 8:22 PM View respondent's answers
No! Gp and nurses in holles street wouldn't believe me as I was a first time mother. Sat in Holles street for hours trying to feed baby so the doctor could see then finally believed me and diagnosed reflux
10/17/2015 8:20 PM View respondent's answers
Yes
10/17/2015 8:19 PM View respondent's answers
no not really, very slow to recognize or diagnos
10/17/2015 8:16 PM View respondent's answers
Yes I was fortunate with phn, gp and pead
10/17/2015 8:13 PM View respondent's answers
no. a lot of doctors think I've been crazy wanting investigations
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No
10/17/2015 8:04 PM View respondent's answers
No. Only one paediatrician could help us.
10/17/2015 8:03 PM View respondent's answers
General Practitioner: no. PHN: not too bad, tried to help but I didn't feel she knew a whole lot about it.
10/17/2015 7:59 PM View respondent's answers
no
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No gp knows very little snd tryes to pawn off as colic
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no
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no
10/17/2015 7:55 PM View respondent's answers
sometimes - it depends who you get to speak to . We have one good pead .
10/17/2015 7:53 PM View respondent's answers
No
10/17/2015 7:51 PM View respondent's answers
The lack of understanding by professionals is shocking. It took many trips to different doctors and a lot of money spent to help my child.
10/17/2015 7:51 PM View respondent's answers
no
10/17/2015 7:33 PM View respondent's answers
No
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no
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supported but not understood
10/17/2015 7:27 PM View respondent's answers
PHN yes, GP sometimes and hospital not one bit
10/17/2015 7:20 PM View respondent's answers
Only our paediatrician understood
10/17/2015 7:18 PM View respondent's answers
Only our paediatrician understood
10/17/2015 7:18 PM View respondent's answers
Yes by PHN & GP
10/17/2015 7:13 PM View respondent's answers
We were very lucky as our phn had a baby with reflux so picked it up straight away as did temple st. However when meds didnt work we had no support and were told it was normal and puld outgrow by 3 months, by 6 months, then 12 months. 14 months in and still has it. We had no option but to seek a private consulation with a pead, dietican and gastro
10/17/2015 7:07 PM View respondent's answers
No
10/17/2015 6:58 PM View respondent's answers
Not at first u have to fight with most doctors be 4 they listen .
10/17/2015 6:56 PM View respondent's answers
PHN was understanding and osteopath. GP and paediatrician were not at all
10/17/2015 6:53 PM View respondent's answers
My own gp was on mat leave for my baby 1st few months, doc that covered said baby will settle etc, wen my own gp returned I feel she understood as her own child had the same, phn couldn't give any help as they hadn't enough knowledge but did tell us to go doc and sent referly to dietian
10/17/2015 6:51 PM View respondent's answers
Yes by my gp and phn i felt supported but get the feeling they were not very knowledgeable about reflux
10/17/2015 6:25 PM View respondent's answers
GP yes, paediatrician yes
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No very underestimated
10/17/2015 6:19 PM View respondent's answers
I changed doctor because of his ignorance. I found a fantastic private paediatric doctor I'm mullingar
10/17/2015 6:16 PM View respondent's answers
No I got the diagnosis through all my own research despite speaking the problems out with my PHN and GP. Because I was breastfeeding I was kept being told that all the probe were related to breastfeeding or. Latch problems, tongue tie, milk too fast etc... Not once was reflux mentioned to me despite the constant vomiting and screaming.
10/17/2015 6:12 PM View respondent's answers
yes
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no they can be quite dismissive
10/17/2015 6:11 PM View respondent's answers
no support from gp. gps are not clued in regards reflux.
10/17/2015 6:11 PM View respondent's answers
yes by gps
10/17/2015 6:10 PM View respondent's answers
grt gp & phn
10/17/2015 6:05 PM View respondent's answers
gastro paed yes, general paed and gp no. phn not at all.
10/17/2015 5:58 PM View respondent's answers
Very much Dependant on who you meet.!
10/17/2015 5:57 PM View respondent's answers
yes but only because he was in hospital and was diagnosed in there
10/17/2015 5:51 PM View respondent's answers
no
10/17/2015 5:48 PM View respondent's answers
Yes I was very lucky had a great doctor
10/17/2015 5:40 PM View respondent's answers
No not at all
10/17/2015 5:32 PM View respondent's answers
no had to wait till jondus befre any1 listndcontinusly askd was t my first child
10/17/2015 5:30 PM View respondent's answers
No not at all. Very little empathy and support towards this disease, I can only assume that it is due to the fact the child "WILL GROW OUT OF IT EVENTUALLY"
10/17/2015 5:29 PM View respondent's answers
No
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No
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Understood by PHN not doctor
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No
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No defiantly not
10/17/2015 5:11 PM View respondent's answers
In a way yes, once I see the right doctors and phn. I've seen different doctors and phn's when mine were unavailable and found them not to understand the situation at all and dismiss it.
10/17/2015 5:08 PM View respondent's answers
Yes
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No, I don't think they understand how difficult they are to feed, no one does
10/17/2015 5:07 PM View respondent's answers
Somewhat. Doctor tried but it was too specific an area
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No
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No
10/17/2015 5:02 PM View respondent's answers
By Pedatrician only
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No my GP doesn't listen
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no
10/17/2015 4:55 PM View respondent's answers
Not at all
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No
10/17/2015 4:54 PM View respondent's answers
Not until her diagnosis of fpies
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No my child is going on 16 months and am only getting somewhere now
10/17/2015 4:53 PM View respondent's answers
No
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No
10/17/2015 4:43 PM View respondent's answers
No - only when got to see Aideen Byrne in the Allergy Unit in Crumlin
10/17/2015 4:42 PM View respondent's answers
not until went private to a paediatrician
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In my case, yes.
10/17/2015 4:40 PM View respondent's answers
No, even though his reflux was mild, 2 GPs at the practise and Southdoc doctor gave no time about it
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My public health nurse ignored my concerns that there was something other than colic going on. My pharmacist has been the most help to me.
10/17/2015 4:40 PM View respondent's answers
to a certain extent but feel that they tend to sometimes take the east way out and change formulas too much
10/17/2015 4:37 PM View respondent's answers
No, PHN was understanding but all health professionals appeared to have little advice or knowledge when it came to weaning to solids for example
10/17/2015 4:37 PM View respondent's answers
By gp no and we went private to a different peads doctor
10/17/2015 4:33 PM View respondent's answers
No, 3 gp's and 2 phn disused it as cic. I demanded a referral to jospital
10/17/2015 4:29 PM View respondent's answers
yes by Paed, especially by one in particular, he ultrasounded Baby's tummy- you could see the milk travelling back up
10/17/2015 4:23 PM View respondent's answers
GP was very quick to diagnose
10/17/2015 4:18 PM View respondent's answers
No, my doctor told me she would grow out of it and 2 days later she was in hospital for 4 days
10/17/2015 4:16 PM View respondent's answers
Yes very supportive gp
10/17/2015 4:15 PM View respondent's answers
No support what so ever
10/17/2015 4:07 PM View respondent's answers
Definitely NOT!!!!!
10/17/2015 4:03 PM View respondent's answers
no only by our pediatrican the rest I felt didn't no enough about it
10/17/2015 4:00 PM View respondent's answers
Paediatrician has been helpful
10/17/2015 3:55 PM View respondent's answers
No some look at me likes it's all in my head and I've been everywhere
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No defnot
10/17/2015 3:50 PM View respondent's answers
Doctor was sympathetic but knowledge was very limited no help from phn in her eyes she was thriving as gaining weight
10/17/2015 3:50 PM View respondent's answers
sometimes
10/17/2015 3:47 PM View respondent's answers
No. None of them believed me when I said she had reflux. They gave excuses like just bad wind, a cranky personality, fussy, colic
10/17/2015 3:47 PM View respondent's answers
Yes
10/17/2015 3:45 PM View respondent's answers
Somewhat
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Yes i do find our dietican and paediatrician good gp not great
10/17/2015 3:32 PM View respondent's answers
a little by my GP. However the chiropractor gave me the most help
10/17/2015 3:18 PM View respondent's answers
No. PHN was open minded but we know each other professionally and she may have been humouring me! Everybody else is very much of the thought that all babies have reflux and what she was going through is normal, she is just difficult!.
10/17/2015 3:16 PM View respondent's answers
no not at all, actually made the situation worse
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No
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yes
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