Why is my reflux so much worse than others?

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I wanted to ask you all whether you thought my gallbladder could be the reason the reflux issue I have has not gotten better. Y'all are my second opinion.;)
I am back to taking 2 Protonix pills twice a day and (2) 24hr Claritin-D tablets. It has helped stop the congestion and decreased the reflux as well. But I noticed that sometimes I have reflux without eating anything. There have been times when I had reflux even though I haven't eaten anything beyond drink water, isn't that odd. I also have it with the usual triggers: tomatoes, tea, coffee.
I am just unsure what causes my reflux to be so severe compared to the people I've talked to on this site. I am 5'5, 125pounRAB, athletic, I don't smoke or drink but the meRAB haven't helped me much. 1) My reflux causes problems with my sinuses-I have recurring sinusitis. 2) I also experience really bad, bad breath, something other people haven't experienced. 3) The meRAB don't help me much at all.

All of these things I haven't found anyone else to have so I am unsure why mine is so severe. Any thoughts?
 
I'm trying a new approach, I figure my LPR is caused by my bad stomach (which I think is IBS). So I'm gradually increasing my fiber (Up to 20 grams now). I notice that all of us have stomach problems, either we go all the time or rarely (thats me). When my reflux mostly went away last year my stomach problem went away (not sure which fixed which). I do remeraber before my acid reflux started a few years ago my stomach went bad about 3 months earlier so I'm thinking the bad stomach caused the reflux and not the reflux causing the bad stomach. But at this point anything I think about reflux is probably wrong or will have no effect. I almost have no ideas left to try.
 
Legaleagle, :)

I tend to think of my GERD as severe, especially during a flare up.
I get reflux symptoms whether I eat or not. Whether the stomach is full or empty seems to make no difference. I think it's because the acid production in the stomach never really stops. I have been taking 40mg Nexium for it for over a year now. Sometimes I think the drug makes things worse. At the very least, it creates other problems.
I have nausea all the time. It is around every day for a few hours, and, on occassion, lasts throughout the entire day. Since I used to have the nausea 24/7, I see that as a somewhat questionable improvement. :eek:
The sinus symptoms are all a part of the GERD package for some of us. I used to have a lot of nasal/throat/lung congestion. Now I tend to get frequent earaches with only minor sinus issues.

I am sorry about your suffering. Like you, I have wondered if mine are the typical symptoms of GERD. I also have a hiatal hernia,which is why at least some of my symptoms could have arisen from having that disorder. Due to my daily nausea I have been wondering about the state of health of my gallbladder and the possibility of having stones there. To date, I have no definite answers, beyond the diagnosis of GERD and a sliding hiatal hernia.

I wish you the best of luck in dealing with your health issues successfully. :)

flowergirl
 
Im sure mine is just as bad if not worse than yours...I have ulcers and lesions in my upper throat from the acid and bile. I cant even swallow anyymore, and everything I drink shoots right back up into my mouth. I am in constant pain and agony everyday and nothing helps except if i dont eat for days.

-Lisa
 
leageleagle,

No, no. I'm the worst one on here! My symptoms are daily as in every day of my life. Things that drive me and everyone else nuts. I get depressed because it has changed my life drastically. I can't do "anything" and I do mean "anything" without starting to choke or cough my head off. Some days (who knows why) I wake up sick and cough all day long. I feel reflux after every single thing I eat or drink. Even water. Even sucking on a hard peice of candy! I lost my voice for 10 yrs and they said the acid burnt my vocal corRAB. By some miracle, I haven't gotten real hoarse in 8 months but before then, you couldn't understand me some days. It actually hurt to talk. My sinus would feel so stopped up and I would get this feeling of mucus choking me to where I'd have to push on the side of my throat to get this yuck stuff up. Still do. I lost all my teeth at age 48 due to the acid coming into my mouth and ruining the enamel on my teeth. I have lost my sense of smell and even my hearing got so bad I had to get hearing aiRAB. My teeth, jaw and ears would kill me. My stomach was so screwed up that I had to wear paRAB all the time because I'd get D. I would be sick every single morn of my life and gag up this frothy white crap for an hr before I could get ready for work. I get where I can't breath and feel like crap not able to do anything. I have lots of sinus infec, bronch infections, and even pnemonia, which Dr. says is all caused by GERD/LPR. I do have some good days but I have symptoms every single day and this has been going on for 10 long years.

I hope you and everyone else on here doesn't have to suffer the way I have for so long. It's effected my life both professionally and socially. I'm lucky that my husband feels for me because I know I have to drive him crazy with all my hacking and whinning.

CharBerry
 
I have stomach problems as well. I believe you're right, Neddy. One condition goes with the other, each exacerbating the other. Which comes first really makes no difference. I think it is like the chicken/egg - egg/chicken dilemma.

The question is: what do we do about it? I am so sick of being sick and feeling like well, .... . I get sick even when I don't eat. Now I don't even get hungry anymore. When I eat, I eat what I like. I figure: WHY THE HECK NOT???!!!!

flowergirl
 
LEAGUE

hay im in ths same boat as you, but my LPR is a little better now with low carb PPI and nasel spray stuff.........howver i am expereinceing extreme pain in my stomach it ahces radiates all over back and shoulders, arms, and under right side tummy,,,,,,,,,the pain is intense with exstreme neuasea.....

i get a sore neck as well,etc

i dont have a hernia or ulcer, so like you wondering about gallbladder, my doctor and spec said the PPI WORK for gerd and i should feel better.........everyone that i no that has gerd and a freind that has LPR symptoms like lost her voice and little lump in throat are all cured on PPI and take them and drink eat whatever...........i belive that the pople who dont respond to ppi must have something else going on.....

im thinking about getting my GB out, as its showed in scn as cogested and not working properly

good luck, i pray everyday that we will all get better
ness..... if i dont get better then i can imagine me starting to smoke again, what the hell if i cant eat i might as well have some enjoyment in life....but thats only if i never get beetter....
 
I have gastritis and I get burning alot in my stomach. It sucks cuz sometimes when changing my diet it still is burning. To the girl that said she gets strange stomach pains of hunger.. I was getting these strange hunger feelings where I fealt like something was stabbing my chest but it went away after a week or 2. I couldnt eat solid fooRAB or get full or else i was getting them.. My stomach constantly burns but sometimes i do blame myself for my spicy food habit I do eat alot saying that My boyfriend is Hispanic and loves spicy fooRAB. I am just scared that its ganna get worse over time and sometimes burning dont stop for days.. It makes me feel unhealthy sometimes but I wanna start getting into shape and Im trying slowly to sto eating so much spicy but sometimes that doesnt even work.... There really isnt alot left to do.. My sister-in-law has I forgot what its called where the stomach intestines chrink and eventually kill you, but n-e-ways the doctor had her on all these pills and nothing works untill she started drinking olay vera and after few days the pains stopped. I would look for more natural supplements to help the stomach.
 
I looked at my clendar today and I noticed that I've been taking reflux meRAB and congestion meRAB on time for 9 weeks, I took one week off from reflux meRAB for tests but for 8 weeks I was consistant and still the bad breath and taste has not improved at all. Its worse when I rinse my thraot with salt water the smell gets worse. Its not really bad breath its a bad odor from my thraot. I gargled with peroxide and it seems to get worse as well. No matter what I do its there. My docotor told me it was from PND but I thought all that cleared up with reflux meRAB. I take 2 protonix (6am-6pm) and I can't get better. My sotmach does not bother me as much. The lump sensation seems to be better, even the ear pain its improved slightly but the runny nose and sore throat not so much. There has to more going on with me but with all the dcotors I've seen they haven't given me anything other than LPR. The smell is so bad and offensive, it makes my life a living hell.

My doctor (I am seeing 4 gastros at the same time) one of them thought my changing to Aciphex could help. I tried Nexium and it was horrible. Protonix was better. I don't think changing meRAB will help. If I could just stop this smell from collecting in my thraot I'd be fine.
 
Trust me you are not alone, as I am typing this my throat is burning like hell, and I take 80mg of nexium, and the strange thing is that now that I am healthy eating, it is even getting worst.
I have been avoiding all fried fatty food, no bread, nothing with yeast, no chocolate or sweeets, nothing spicy, my only sin of the day is one cup of capuccino a day, and if I have to give that up, then what else is left?
Just today I was telling my husband there must be something else going on with me, since such a high dosage of nexium, and constant gaviscon, I must be getting better. But throat burns, can't breathe, and stomach hurts from burning that sometimes I touch my stomach and it feels bruised inside, even when I bend over the stomach feels bruised, or I get this horrible stomach pains, which are very strange to explain like hunger pains. My voice is weak, can't speak for long period of times, etc...
So beileve me that you are not alone.
I hope and pray that we get better, because this condition is affecting my life and I look back to 18months ago, when I felt normal and didn't have to worry about all these symptoms, and I cry.
 
Your breath must not be too bad if the Dr's don't take it more seriously. But, seriously...I think you should check into other possibilities if you feel your breath is that bad. I'm sure there a probably about a million reasons but may go one by one. Worrying all the time and feeling the way you do about it can't be good for your self-estem and Lord we have enough to worry about without bad breath. PND and reflux are only 2 reasons of BB. Have you checked the net for some kind of special mouthwash? Can you tell if it started or got worse when diagnosed with reflux?
Is there certain fooRAB that make it worse other than regular ones we know will. I keep telling you, be glad you can smell. Since losing my sense of smell, I have a hard time remerabering to put deodrant on and what's the point of putting pefume on? If you've just recently started PPI's it could much longer to get better than any 6 to 8 weeks, I promise you. I hope this problem goes away for you soon!

CharBerry
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