Please Help With Lpr And Gerd - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

CHALUPA · 05-15-2007, 05:16 PM

Hi,
I have been suffering for 11 months now. These are my problems:
-shortness of breath
-upper abdomen bloating
-tight feeling in throat
-sometimes feeling like somthing is in my throat
-coughing wich burns
-now pain sometimes on my right side
I woke up this way in june of last year, never had heart burn a day in my life. I was on a diet weight watchers when this happened and doing very well. I was eating healthy and then all this started. I have been on every reflux med there is and nothing seems to help. I have had every test done and all they see is a small haital hernia, some reflux, no problem with esophogus, severe gastriris, and a fold in the duedenum.
IF ANYBODY CAN HELP PLEASE!!!

Red60 · 05-15-2007, 10:48 PM

Could the fold be causing some blockage? If you have some duodenal obstruction from the fold I could see where it may cause the symptoms you are experiencing. If the stomach has a difficult time pushing the food down thru a narrowed outlet then it's likely to cause problems in the stomach and above the stomach. I guess it would be a matter of opinion from your doctor if this could be what's going on. It might be worth get a second or third opinion since you've been suffering for a while now. I would guess that surgery would be required if that was actually what was causing the problem. The meds would only help to protect you from the harmful effects of the acids that are refluxed out of the stomach.

CHALUPA · 05-16-2007, 10:44 AM

HI red
I am not sure it is not floded in half it has folds in it like a curtin. I think he says might mean celiacs but that wouldn't cause all of my other syptoms. I hopefully am geeting the results tonight from the endoscopy. I can't take this anymore.

the3amigos · 05-16-2007, 11:43 AM

Hi,

I can kind of relate with u. I had a cough that burned for the last 2 years. Abd bloating as always because i have ibs. Plus heaviness in the chest. I also kept getting sinusitis and ear infections. I was eing Dx'ed as post nasal drip that what was causing the cough. After 2 years and the last bad case of sinusitis I went to a ENT cause the cough was worse and rapid I couldnt even sleep at night. And affecting my voice. The ent Dx'ed me with GERD and chronic Sinusitis. I went for a Swallowing study and yes it was GERD with Dysphagia. The cough went on so long mis dignosed I now have damaged to my left vocal cord and my voice has changed. I do watch what I eat to try and control it.
My point is. Who would ever thought a cough was acid reflux! I am in the medical field and never heard that and never ever had heart burn.
Just keep getting second opinions until u r happy with the results. God Bless

CHALUPA · 05-16-2007, 07:18 PM

I HAVE GONE FOR ABOUT 6 DIFFERENT OPINIONS and they are all looking at me and saying i am not sure. So far they are saying acid reflux and then lpr. But if it is either why am i on so much meds for so long and they don't work. I have been on ppi's now for 11 months. Up until this happened i never had one once of heart burn. I feel all these ppi's are making the acid worse and maybe it is not that. Now the new docter thinks it is my gallblader. But i had the hid scan and my gallblader is 36% so i think that is okay. He feels that maybe it is bile coming from the gallblder into the stomach and up causing all of this. But he said he needs to wait till the biopsy comes back now he is saying friday.