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Tibbe's had tummy issues at times, with rumbly tummy sounds and lethargy, suddenly jumping as if from sudden gas pain, sometimes associated with spitting up and has been to the vet often - very often - for it and he's been treated with simethicone that seemed to help. But as it kept happening, I had to find out what was causing the gas. Eventually his gas was determined to be secondary to an iffy tummy that is related to his MVD and liver dysfunction. We did extra an blood test for liver function as his normal blood tests for liver function were all normal. The extra blood test was called a Bile Acids test and his Bile Acids were higher than normal so we did more testing and a diagnosis of MVD was made and diet treatment started.

The thing is, now that he's on a modified hepatic diet(he's too allergic to the hepatic food to feed him only that food) to treat his MVD, he has far, far less gas and noisy tummy episodes - maybe one a month. If the gas keeps happening without an obvious cause such as overeating or change in diet, you might want to find out what is causing your baby so much gas that he has to take medicine for it.