24 hour ph test have any one took it

[jnewsome]

Can anyone tell me if they have this test call 24 hour ph test. and what were their results from it was. My doctor has been trying to get me to do this but I'm not sure I want A tube ran down my noses for 24 hours

[Mauler]

If your doctor wants you to do it then you should try it.

I'd put up with some discomfort for 24 hours if it might end up helping them cure me.

[patricia jean]

Hello jnewsome.... I had the 24 hour test a few years ago. The wire is slowely forced up your nose and into the stomach,which lets the Doctor know if you have any reflux coming up your throat and how bad it is... It is not comfortable, especially trying to sleep at night becasue the wire is always moving around. "BUT... I had to have it done...so I did !..Good luck Pat: dizzy:

[aswander]

I don't understand why this test is necessary if a patient first responds positively to reflux medication. Then after a few months, it should be followed with an endoscopy to make sure the erosions have healed.

I think you need to use common sense about what tests you will undergo. What will the test really tell your doctor? That you do, indeed, have reflux? Doctors also consider a positive response to PPIs a diagnosis of reflux, however indirect. Doctors make money by performing these tests, or else they CYA by sending you to a specialist. You can get the PPIs from your PCP and simply schedule a follow-up endoscopy with a gastro.

Are you on a PPI right now? Are you on 1 dose a day or 2 doses a day? I wouldn't test for anything without having first gone up to a 2 dose per day schedule (if the 1 dose per day didn't work).

If the 2 dose per day regimen doesn't work, then I'd consider further testing.

[jnewsome]

Originally Posted by aswander

I don't understand why this test is necessary if a patient first responds positively to reflux medication. Then after a few months, it should be followed with an endoscopy to make sure the erosions have healed.

I think you need to use common sense about what tests you will undergo. What will the test really tell your doctor? That you do, indeed, have reflux? Doctors also consider a positive response to PPIs a diagnosis of reflux, however indirect. Doctors make money by performing these tests, or else they CYA by sending you to a specialist. You can get the PPIs from your PCP and simply schedule a follow-up endoscopy with a gastro.

Are you on a PPI right now? Are you on 1 dose a day or 2 doses a day? I wouldn't test for anything without having first gone up to a 2 dose per day schedule (if the 1 dose per day didn't work).

If the 2 dose per day regimen doesn't work, then I'd consider further testing.