A toddler's mysterious head-tilting spells stopped after doctors treated acid reflux

A toddler's mysterious head-tilting spells stopped after doctors treated acid reflux

A toddler's brief, recurring head-tilting episodes prompted extensive neurological testing before doctors linked them to suspected acid reflux and diagnosed rare Sandifer syndrome.

A Toddler's Head-Tilting Spells Looked Neurological, but Reflux Medicine Stopped Them

For four months, a toddler in Italy kept tilting their head sharply to one side, mostly to the right. Each episode lasted less than 10 seconds and resolved on its own, but the spells came several times a day and were more noticeable while the child was walking. Neurologists searched widely for the cause with […]