Talk:Pyloric stenosis

message: Have just added an extra piece on the cause of hypokalaemia with severe vomitting. In an attempt to rectify the metabolic alkalosis, cells will exchange their intracelluar H+ ions with K+ from the blood. This is an important part of the development of hypokalaemia with vomitting. Hoganpc (talk) 15:59, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypokalaemia 

message: The scar shown in the picture with the article on HPS looks a good deal larger and scarier than is typical, I think.  Nonetheless, I'm glad to have a pic there.  I don't want parents who see that to be frightened, however.  Anyone with a more subdued photo? Pkoetters 05:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
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thread_title:  The Picture 

message: Numerous studies as well as personal observation have shown that some cases of infant pyloric stenosis occur in families with similarly relatives, but that many seem to be unique to the family.  Studies (including a large one in Denmark) have shown that about 20% seem to have a familial aspect; a recent study that at least 3 gene loci may be involved.  Other causes have also been identified, among them maternal stress, the mother's level of gastrin secretion, and the mother having used the antibiotic Erythromycin.  What is clear is that pyloric stenosis in babies is multi-factorial.
It is said that this condition usually affects first born males in the family.  I was a rare case of being a second born male with this symptom.  My older brother doesn't have it.  My father was a first born male (with an older sister) and had it.  When they performed the surgery on him, they gave him whiskey as an infant to help him handle the pain of surgery, this was in the early 1940s.  His father had an older brother (first born male) that had this and died at 6 months, which was in the first decade of the 1900s.  The scar I have from the surgery is vertical and not really noticeable.   My dad's scar is a bit more noticeable.  The side of the family that it came from is of German descent.  -- Suso 22:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heredity 

message: My family has a strong case history of PS. There are eight children in my family. My oldest brother (third born), youngest brother (seventh born) and my self (female - eighth born) all had the surgery within weeks of our birth. There is also a male cousin on my Mothers side (Third child, second boy) AND my son who were diagnosised and had surgery. My scar is vertical, approximately 3 inches long. All other relatives have horizontal scars. 
Apparently I am a very rare case in terms of this disease.  
Not only am I a female, but there are apparently no other people in my family, in current history, that have had it.  
I have just recently started really looking into the disease to see what it is.  
Like one of the other commentors, my scar is also horizontal, unlike the picture in the article.  
I do have to agree that I probably would have preferred the vertical scar as there is a sort of hollow space from this particular scar.
I'm also an oddity. I'm a first born female and the first in the history of the famliy to have this. I was not diagnosed for weeks and nearly died. When my first sister was born, my mother recognized the signs, but was told it was impossible that two FEMALES would have it in the same family... until she projectile vomited across the room. My second sister was also born with it, but she had a milder case that caused indigestion and colic. The surgeon who performed the surgery on me and my first sister came out of retirement to perform surgery on my second sister. She had an umbilical hernia from the colic making her cry so hard; so her scar doesn't match mine and my first sister (both vertical).  - Alisha 3/28/07
My family is another slight oddity: I had pyloric stenosis in 1937 and have a large vertical scar.  We were told that PS was characteristic of first-born males of Jewish descent (which I am).  My son did not have it, but my daughter (second-born) did in Poughkeepsie, 1965.  I asked the surgeon to give her a horizontal scar as I heard that this left the smallest mark, and she might want to wear bikinis.  She has since been very appreciative that we suggested that.  What was strange is that I was told there were a cluster of cases right about that time in the mid-Hudson valley, which was apparently much higher than the average incidence. Jpaulm (talk) 19:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oddity 

message: Though such information can obviously be of interest particularly to sufferers/relatives, it needs careful referencing to reliable sources. It might be best to stick to celebrities who have themselves publicised their condition through eg charity work. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous sufferers 

message: I had PS operation in 1966 and I am female. The only op available at that time was vertical and is very like the scar in the picture. You have to remember the scar looks terrible because the baby is small.There ARE long term effects. I have adhesions around my kidney ,liver and intestines which causes discomfort. It also stopped me having keyhole surgery for removing my gall bladder. My gall bladder operation lasted 3hours long because of the adhesions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.49.92.66 (talk) 14:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  long term effects