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pyloric stenosis

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Noun1.pyloric stenosis - narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum
stenosis, stricture - abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway


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I am assuming the operation was for pyloric stenosis, which loosens an abnormally tight ring of muscle (sphincter) at the top of the stomach.
I was only four weeks old and suffering from a pyloric stenosis that was causing me to dehydrate, along with the projectile vomiting common with this problem.
Q MY baby son has pyloric stenosis and is having surgery but I don't know what caused it?
 
 
 
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