Someone please help I'm ready to go to the ER - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

Hamilton92 · 12-13-2006, 08:57 PM

I have had really really severe burning in my throat tonight.
It feels so raw and sort of like a sore throat but its not. Does that make sense.
It is really burning on the sides and down my throat behind my ears it feels like.
I tried to eat some cheddar broccoli soup then all of a sudden if felt like it was stuck.
I took a drink of gatorade and it really really hurt on the sides of my throat where it was burning. I got short of breath for a second when I got that pain.
I am so scared. I haven't been diagnosed with LPR or GERD or Acid Reflux although my gastroenterologist gave me Prevacid Dissolvable Tabs to take.
30 mg tabs. I also have generic over the counter rantadine, Pepto Bismol and Maalox Max Total Stomach Relief. I took half of a Prevacid and let it dissolve and it didn't help at all.
It almost seems like it makes my throat seem tighter. Or is that just anxiety.
Someone please help!
My throat has been constantly burning all day. I had some biscuits with butter, a lot of butter actually to sort of sog them up so I could swallow them better and a few hours after that, about noon today the burning started.
It comes and goes in waves. It always burns but one minute I can barely feel it and the next its burning like hot lava.
Someone please help! What should I do?

chikkie14 · 12-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Hi1 I honeslty panicked with your posts.. anyways Iknow the feeling you have as I had been there... for now maybe you can try and drink some ginger tea.. boil water and put a big chunk of crushed ginger and boil it for another 10 mins... just sip it.. let it cool for a while first.. dont drink it when its too hot. The gatorade may have aggraviated it as it is so acidic.. same thing happens to me when I drink the likes of it. Just try the ginger for now and if it stil persist... go see your doctor... drink lots of water too but try theginger first

marcie23 · 12-13-2006, 09:41 PM

First...stay away from Gatorade! That makes me much worse.

This is what helps me...get Carnation Instant Breakfast (vanilla) & low fat milk. Drink only that for a couple of days & lots of water. After a few days, try bread & butter or pasta & noodles and continue the Carnation with meals til you feel better.

This gets me through the bad spells. Good luck.

Ish · 12-13-2006, 10:35 PM

Hamilton,

Everyone is different, I know, but I gave up all bread and anything else made with wheat.

Wheat really creates havoc with me. Have you tried leaving off the wheat?

Just a thought.

Ish

Dee_Dee1 · 12-13-2006, 10:49 PM

Hi, I am so sorry that you are having this burning sensation. I have acid reflux also and take nexium. Sometimes when I run out of my perscription, I will take a little baking soda water(teaspoon baking soda with one cup of water) till I can get my Nexium. This always helps me.