Both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and cow's milk allergy (CMA) are conditions that commonly occur in infancy. A recent study looked at the relationship between the two.
The study found that children whose symptoms of GERD did not respond to drug treatment presented none of the signs and symptoms of GERD just four weeks after elimination of cow's milk from their diet.
According to the study, as reprinted on the website Green Med Info:
“A diagnosis of CMA was considered in one third of the pediatric cases with signs and symptoms of GERD. This finding shows that CMA can mimic or aggravate all signs and symptoms of severe GERD during infancy.”