Are you aware of your reflux events?????? - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

Red60 · 05-17-2007, 09:07 PM

I was just wondering how many of you can actually feel and hear your reflux events. I have in the past after eating a bunch of Mex food and salsa had what I would call classic heartburn symptoms. Waking in the middle of the night and could actually feel and hear the reflux as it happened. I have probably only had that happen 8 or 10 times in my life and it was usually an event that would persist for a day may two. I have been somewhat reluctent to agree with my Dr that what I'm currently experiencing is actually reflux because I'm not having so called classic symptoms. I do have some pain that could very well be related to GERDS but the Dr has not done any testing to confirm this is the case. So I wondered how many of you experience so called classic symtoms and how many of you have reflux but are not actually aware of the event? Thanks......Red

~K~ · 05-17-2007, 11:57 PM

Hi, In my case - I have a plethora of symptoms with lots of chest pain and foamy white saliva (water-brash) but I never have the classic 'surge' of reflux
Kim

blondy2061h · 05-18-2007, 10:18 AM

I thought I was, then my pH studies showed I was refluxing all the time I thought I was, but also at other times too.

scott1360 · 05-18-2007, 01:54 PM

sometimes I feel it when I burp that there is stuff actually coming up. However, my chest hurts constantly so it must be happening more often I guess.

Red60 · 05-20-2007, 06:39 PM

Well it seems that the only way to know for sure is to have some testing done. Hopefully I'll find a new Primary Care Dr. that will do something to confirm one way or the other. At this time I'm very disapointed in my current Dr. I just had a hernia surgery last Friday, turned out there was no hernia just a mass of fat. I guess thats a really a good thing but you would think they could determine what it was without opening you up. Thanks to everyone for their responses............Red.