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EricasDad
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Hello all,
New here to the forum and just trying to figure out my LPR(constant mucus in back of throat, horseness, clearing throat,) and GERD symptoms since this past July.
History - GERD diagnosed in Sept 2007.
After transferring to a new job position in April 2010 where I have experienced very high stress levels due to a difficult boss, I noticed an odd feeling in the back of my throat in July.
I went to my family doctor who saw that my throat was red and gave me Dexilant 60MG 1x day. After a week or two, my symptoms had gone away. I continued to take the Dexilant but after 3 to 4 weeks of being symptom free, the throat irritation and GERD came back in full force.
I went to my GI doc and had an EGD in which he saw a small hiatal hernia and gastritis in which he put me on Nexium 40MG 2 x day and carafate.
I was also sent to an ENT who scoped me and noticed that my Larynx was pretty inflammed and diagnosed me with LPR and said the Nexium will take care of it.
After 2 weeks all of my symptoms went away for about 3 to 4 weeks. But again have come back with constant mucus in the back of my throat being the primary issue.
I went back to my gi doc who has now switched me to Protonix 40MG 2 x day but who did not at this time want to do a p H test since that is preliminary to surgery which he said is usually not effective and he sees those patients back in his office a year or 2 after the surgery.
I'm just wondering why the ppis work for about a month and then completely stop??? Could the severe stress from work be contributing to this problem?? Had anyone else experienced temporary relief from LPR after taking ppis and it comes back after a short amount of time? I'm wondering if this is leading to surgery, which I really want to avoid at all cost, and trying to figure out what my next step will be.
Sorry for the long story but many thanks for those reading. Any advice support would be great right about now. Take care.
New here to the forum and just trying to figure out my LPR(constant mucus in back of throat, horseness, clearing throat,) and GERD symptoms since this past July.
History - GERD diagnosed in Sept 2007.
After transferring to a new job position in April 2010 where I have experienced very high stress levels due to a difficult boss, I noticed an odd feeling in the back of my throat in July.
I went to my family doctor who saw that my throat was red and gave me Dexilant 60MG 1x day. After a week or two, my symptoms had gone away. I continued to take the Dexilant but after 3 to 4 weeks of being symptom free, the throat irritation and GERD came back in full force.
I went to my GI doc and had an EGD in which he saw a small hiatal hernia and gastritis in which he put me on Nexium 40MG 2 x day and carafate.
I was also sent to an ENT who scoped me and noticed that my Larynx was pretty inflammed and diagnosed me with LPR and said the Nexium will take care of it.
After 2 weeks all of my symptoms went away for about 3 to 4 weeks. But again have come back with constant mucus in the back of my throat being the primary issue.
I went back to my gi doc who has now switched me to Protonix 40MG 2 x day but who did not at this time want to do a p H test since that is preliminary to surgery which he said is usually not effective and he sees those patients back in his office a year or 2 after the surgery.
I'm just wondering why the ppis work for about a month and then completely stop??? Could the severe stress from work be contributing to this problem?? Had anyone else experienced temporary relief from LPR after taking ppis and it comes back after a short amount of time? I'm wondering if this is leading to surgery, which I really want to avoid at all cost, and trying to figure out what my next step will be.
Sorry for the long story but many thanks for those reading. Any advice support would be great right about now. Take care.