HI can someone plaese explain what the procedre involves? does it hurt? can you eat ok ? will i get sedated etc and last of all why do they need to carry this out?

For the Esophageal Motility study, a catheter will be placed through your nose into the esophagus. Pressures will be measured in your esophagus for about 20 minutues.
For the Gastro_Esophageal 24 hour PH study, a small catheter will be placed through your nose into your stomach. This catheter will remain in place until the the next day about the same time when you will return to have it removed.
My appointment for the test will be on August 3rd ( this is the second time I take this test) the test very uncomfortable but not hurting and they will not sedate you...good luck to you

For the Esophageal Motility study, a catheter will be placed through your nose into the esophagus. Pressures will be measured in your esophagus for about 20 minutues.
For the Gastro_Esophageal 24 hour PH study, a small catheter will be placed through your nose into your stomach. This catheter will remain in place until the the next day about the same time when you will return to have it removed.
My appointment for the test will be on August 3rd ( this is the second time I take this test) the test very uncomfortable but not hurting and they will not sedate you...good luck to you
oh thanks? so it is really bad im scared now cant they freeze your/my nose etc or throat

They do spray something really nasty in my throat.........ewwwwwwwwwww.... it's doens't help me that much...don't worry too much about it, if you relax it will not be that bad :wave:

I agree with the other poster - it's certainly not the most fun test in the world, but it's tolerable. For my test the tubing was coated with lidocaine jelly which supposedly numbs the nose, throat, etc as it's pushed up and down. It made me gag really bad, but once it was in place, it was only mildly uncomfortable. Try to eat as you normally would - in fact, try to elicit the reflux if possible so the doctor can get an accurate idea how much reflux is occurring. In my case, I avoided food most of the day, and therefore reflux was minimal. I should have eaten/drank my typical amount (e.g. coffee, acidic foods, etc.) because I already had a diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus, and the doc was trying to prove the frequency of my reflux was high.

Ultimately, it was determined through esophageal manometry that my lower esophageal sphincter was weak, and so no matter how little I refluxed, I was still damaging the esophagus since the valve wouldn't stay closed.

Katie G