~~~Desperate for advice..please help..hiatal hernia/lpr~~~ - Hernia Message Board

mom2C&J · 04-17-2008, 10:32 PM

Ok..1st if you're here,thanks for taking time to help me. Here's my story--31 yr.old female in good physical condition.

I have been having problems for over 2yrs.feeling like something is stuck in my throat.It gets worse after meals & I have an awful taste in my mouth ALL the time...which is about to drive me crazy!!!------------------------------------Due to this,last summer I had a tonsillectomy........yes my ENT thought it was the answer to my ongoing problems.

OK---here I am.Still having these problems & truly desperate!! My dr.did the EGD along with other tests & diagnosed me with a hiatal hernia.He's treated it for some time now with now success whatsoever. It seems to only get worse & I can literally get stuff out of my throat.(SORRY,I know it's gross,but I need advice like so bad!!)..I get this mucus in my throat that will be so think & sticky and like hang!! I have to actually get 2 q-tips in each hand & clamp onto it and pull it out!!----------------------------I have taken stuff for sinus,allergies,etc....because I'd never had anything like this & just thought it must be sinus.***wishful thinking***

Yesterday I go back to dr & he tells me that I'm maxed out on meds for this,there's nothing left but surgery.I've been taking protonix twice a day,a liquid he calls a GI cocktail 3x a day,& another I can't even remember the name of 3x a day!.........................all with no change!!FRUSTRATED......

Now,my question is..would a hiatal hernia cause these problems? I've looked it up & what I find points to laryngopharyngeal reflux(LPR)...Like the sticky mucus in throat.I'm just scared absolutely to death of having another surgery and it not fixing my problem....I'm not at all familiar with LPR,but I'm assuming if it were to be that instead of the hiatal hernia,my problems would still be there. Does LPR show up on EGD or how is it dx??

Terrified,like I said of yet another un-necessary surgery!! PLEASE HELP. And thanks SO much for any help anyone can give!

lasaxman · 04-23-2008, 07:32 PM

Hi, I'm having a similar problem. Do you have what seems like spasms of the esophogus, or maybe pressure-like pains? I'm thinking I may have a hialal hernia.

I'm not as far as you as far as treatment goes. They've done some bloodwork on me today, to see if I have that pylori bacteria. If that comes back clean, then they're going to refer me to a GI doctor.

I was hoping to have some tests (other than blood work) run today.

Harry · 04-23-2008, 10:50 PM

I suggest you both read some Of the thread at top of this -- "Gerd Sufferers.. I feel Good.. Let me tell you why"-- started by bluepumkin -- he was treated for 9 years for a hiatal hernia and was cured. I can't believe it's been 5 years since I recommended to him to use magnesium for cramping and muscle spasms.

I think many doctors do not consider nutrition -- mostly just drugs and surgery.

Harry

mom2C&J · 04-28-2008, 09:33 PM

Neither one of those probems really.....My main thing is this AWFUL mucus that collects in my throat and I just constantly feel like there's something hanging in there.And it really is.It's that excessive amount of mucus-I periodically have to clean my throat out by taking 2 q-tips squeezing them together and pulling it out. I'm telling you-----it's unimaginable.If someone had told me they had this kind of stuff going on,I would have never even understood the gravity of the problem. I guess you just have to be there.

Harry · 04-28-2008, 10:48 PM

Mucus that collects in the throat usually forms in the sinus cavities and drips in and collects in the throat. The mucus has to be caused by something??

Have you been to see an ENT or allergy doctor?