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620923 tn?1452915648

WELCOME TO GERD/ACID REFLUX COMMUNITY

Welcome to our Gerd Community!

If you are here it's because you, a family member, or loved one suffers from GERd.  It could also be because you're trying to get information on what you believe to be your issue. We're not doctors here, but we do have an expert forum for questions you may have for a professional to answer.

I hope you become an active member of the Gerd Community and share your experiences and support. This is one place you can come to vent or just know you are not alone and someone does understand.

Our number one goal is to provide support to each other...it is in giving that we receive!
  
Please feel free to look around the forum to get familiar with the options on your personal profile.

There's an option to view the 'community archives' located next to the green 'post a question' button. In it you will find the forum’s past questions and posts regarding Gerd and some of the possible treatments you may have had or would like to learn more about. If you have suffered from Gerd issues, check out the 'health pages' option in the upper right corner of the forum. You will find some great, resourceful information on symptoms and the different options available to treat your pain as well as research, testimonials.

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/list?cid=236

You have many options on your personal profile. You can change your My MedHelp theme, add a 'Baby Page',  'add' friends, send 'private messages' and post 'notes' to the other members of MedHelp, as well as add Trackers .

We have a Gastro Tracker is available for you to use.  This tracker will be especially useful for those with Celiac Disease, GERD, IBS, and diverticulosis.  You will be able to track your bowel movements, related symptoms, any treatments you may be taking, and you will be able to write journal entries to record your GERD's progression.   Follow this link to start tracking today:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_trackers/new?type=Gastro


Other trackers available can help you manage your weight, medications, and flares of symptoms. These trackers can be sent to your doctor prior to a visit.  Follow this link to get started:  http://www.medhelp.org/land/health-trackers

You'll also find you have a 'Journal' on your profile. You can write anything you like in your journal and chose to make it public for any other MedHelp member to see, allow only your friends to view it or keep it private for only you.   You may also want to fill out a little bit of information about yourself on your personal profile so we can all get to know more about you as you post and comment in the community.

We're so glad you have found us here and really look forward to getting to know you better, as we learn how your condition has affected you and your lifestyle.

Please stop by our Health Pages for some suggestions and helpful information how to help control GERD / Acid Reflux Symptoms:

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Gastroenterology/Helpful-Ways-to-Help-GERD-Symptoms/show/668?cid=236

Welcome to the GERD Community!

selmaS
CL-GERD Community
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620923 tn?1452915648

  Those 2 tests should help.....I would also ask they look for sludge....my dad had it around his GB and caused symptoms very similar to what u r dealing with.

  Good luck and do post an update : )

  
"selma"
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hi yes I was checked for H.Pylori and thats clear and they have not checked me for food allergies  but at moment I am just alergic to eating they have discovered the incompetent lower oesophageal sphincter since my work instisted I went to doc's and have to have two more test's that they are booking me in for  24 hr p.h test and baruim swallow test.
I was niave at first with this thinking pills will work. they have just started me on.lansoprazole 30mg,ranitidine 150mg and metolopramide 10mg but they throwing everyday 1 or more a day but I dont have burning effect al I do have is vomit sore throat voice changing and breathing is still bad on slightest of walks went to park yesterday with kids and had to sit down for ten minute on every bench. due to breathing now my breathing does not feel like asthma with wheeze its more I have ran a marothon and cannot get my breath.
I am back at g.i clinic on thursday so hopfully they will have more answers.
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620923 tn?1452915648

  Hi..so sorry u have not gotten answers.....I have 2 things to ask if u were checked for...first- H.Pylori?...Second- food allergies?

  "selma"
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Just popped onto say hi and explain my symptoms and what they found.
I have been asthmatic since age of 7 i am 38 now it been fully under controll up about 3 years ago. when I found my self taking more medication and cannot sleep because of breathing my wife was also commented on my breath. Me being stoburn did not go to docs. then seven months ago I started having severe chest pain and this lump feeling under sternum.It was'nt until i had really busy day at work when my breathing went and I was crippled with pain at work when they told me to go home and not come back until I see gp. gp signed me of work and thought it was my heart so had heart test done and its fine then I had lungs done and they thought gerd straight away.this took 2 months still no work due to being signed of I also started being sick everyday does not matter what I eat  if i dont throw up food its just liquid.
I had ultra sound and eerything came back ok except polpys in gallbladder which docs say would not course problems 3 in total two 3mm near neck and 6mm in fundus.
and a  endoscopy and they have found an incompetent les.
my symptoms are varied worse when I am either laid flat on back or walking.
vomiting everyday for 3 months,stomach pain,discomfort in chest under sternum and pain going from bootom of sternum up to throat my voice keeps changing (as if my voice is breaking again) and my asthma is worse.I work in catering but my employer is not allowing me to go back until i stop vomiting my insurance is saying theres nothing medically wrong.
any advice would be helpful  I have read and try sleeping upright ( i have ended up in armchair in living room now) and i avoiding dairy as it makes it worse also I am mainly eating soup just because when i do vomit its easyer.
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I spent my life chasing a fix, took everything from Tums to PPI's until I found ManukaGuard Nutralize on a trip to New Zealand. got my life back and it is now available via a website here in the US
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1663430 tn?1306162863
I will probably say something you've already heard but maybe i'll say something that helps i hope. First of all, if you are over weight, that is probably the biggest problem, no pun intended. Change your life style and this will help extremely. We all have a habbit of looking for the easiest ways instead of working hard to fix the problem. i can tell you that if you are over weight and dont change what you eat and execise more then you are just going to bandaid the problem and it will finally spring a leak. Even with exercise and food changes you may still have some problems. If that is the case, then you might want to look into ceratin types of food intolorences. you may find your cure if this is the case but it will take some investigating on your end. google can be a powerful tool in this aspect. Something is causing our bodies to be unbalanced and the key is finding the cause. good luck and God Bless.
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