acid reflux only once.. - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

johnathan · 07-03-2009, 05:32 PM

My question is that I had a single incident of acid reflux which actually burned my throat area. This happened a couple of days ago in the day and now my throat feels swollen and my chest is tight. I am concerned that some of the acid has got into the lungs as some of it did go down the wrong way.

My doctor has told me there no action needed but I am concerned.

Does the inflamation and excess mucous secretion (which I am experiencing) go away soon?

How do I know whether there's any permanent damage? such as scarring of the burn or scarring of the lungs or damage to the cilia?

Thanks,

gcsjr · 07-04-2009, 05:22 AM

A single incident of acid reflux is what is commonly referred to as heartburn and is nothing to be too concerned about unless it becomes a common (chronic) occurrence.

If you're still feeling inflammation and mucus you might want to take an over-the-counter medication (PrilosecOTC) every day for a couple of weeks to give the irritation time to heal.

johnathan · 07-04-2009, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gcsmithjr

A single incident of acid reflux is what is commonly referred to as heartburn and is nothing to be too concerned about unless it becomes a common (chronic) occurrence.

If you're still feeling inflammation and mucus you might want to take an over-the-counter medication (PrilosecOTC) every day for a couple of weeks to give the irritation time to heal.

Here is my concern.

Firstly this happened on wednesday and I went to the doctor on thursday.

I now have a range of symptoms.
They are shortness of breath, tightness in chest, swollen sore throat (lumpy feeling), and difficulty swallowing and breathing at times. My doctor said the chest was clear and he could see a burn trail in the throat.

Are these normal symptoms? I need to know what is happening to me, I am anxious that some acid may have been aspirated?

TEdds83 · 07-04-2009, 11:21 AM

Those are definately symptoms of acid reflux.I would take some Prilosec or something similar at least a couple of weeks or more to get it under control. It is frightening. I deal with this alot. You will be fine.

johnathan · 07-04-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TEdds83

Those are definately symptoms of acid reflux.I would take some Prilosec or something similar at least a couple of weeks or more to get it under control. It is frightening. I deal with this alot. You will be fine.

thanks for your reply.

Can you please answer these specific questionas as best you can? :

Why is my chest feeling tight even now? is it acid gone into the lungs? (this happened wednseday)

how long will the 'burn' in the throat take to heal ? and i have read that scars can form leading to restriction. I am worried that this restriction is what's causing the difficulty breathing and breathlessness. What do you think?

similarly will the lungs form scars? I did feel the acid going down the wrong pipe so some may well have entered.

thanks