Please help me figure this out!

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OK so here is the basics of what I am going through.

First off let me say that I have never burped in my life. Let me throw that out there!

OK so for the past 4-5 years I have had heart burn and acid reflux. i used to cough real bad, almost to the point of vomiting after eating ice cream or a few other items. So for the last year or so that feeling has gone away but the heart burn and reflux has gotten worse. I usually have a sore throat from it and it is quite painful. OK so here is my strange symptom that I cant seem to find any information on and nobody can seem to help me out with. For the last I would say two years I have the feeling of air coming up from my stomach and into my throat. I can usually feel it building and feel pressure. I can then tighten my stomach muscles and make it come up rather than wait for it to do it on its own. Now this used to happen every once in a while and it was kinda loud, but now it is happening constantly and it is louder than ever. It is quite erabarrassing. just to give you an idea of how frequent this is happening I kept track for the past 30 minutes and it happened 118 times. Anyone have any idea whats going on? It is affecting my personal life. my wife has to sleep next to the noise and don't even get me started on how much she loves kissing me with this noise going on.

I went to the DR and he suggested maybe my food was not digesting fast enough or maybe to much air is getting into my stomach somehow?


Please HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT!!
 
I have this as well, but was told its part of this disease acid reflux and plus I'm swallowing air, I can do it 1000 times even and I use to never belch in my life, and I also have gastritis. Maybe you can increase your PPI (nexium, protonix, etc) or use a different one, and watch your diet, as well watch how you swallow air. You can google up swallowing air and see tips to avoid it, although I find it doesnt help me much, considering I also have acid reflux and gastritis. I'm using Aloe Vera Juice, DGL tablets, and digestive enzymes to assist which help with undigested fooRAB (if that is the cause). I noticed the slower I eat the less belching (less swallowed air), the bad part is though with the acid reflux and gastritis I belch pretty much anyways. Wish I could offer more assistance, but in the same boat and this is what 3 gastro docs have said it is, they told me with a corabo of acid and swallowed air the belching is going to be at full force, they gave little help but take a PPI eat right and dont swallow air. He did tell me though that stress and anxiety play a big factor with the belching and acid condition.

Some others that help with excessive belching: Foeniculum officinale (Fennel), Zingiber officinalis (Ginger) and Arctium lappa (Burdock)
 
The air has to be coming from your airways (when you breathe) and then down into your stomach before it can come back out. There is no other way for air to get into your body other than by breathing or swallowing it. Do you have allergies that keep you congested and force you to breathe through your mouth? Have you consulted with an Ear Throat and Nose specialist? You might be inadvertently breathing through your mouth and swallowing air if you are congested. If it is too much air and your LES is not working (which is what I think happens to us when we have reflux) then the air that was swallowed can escape back up. It sounRAB like you are swallowing a lot of air.

That's my theory. Rose
 
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