Peeps with Heartburn

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

If a mod or admin can remove Busted Giggalos stupid replies would be super cool...thanks.



I have been eatint ant-acids like candy..no avail.

Milk or yogurt usually works for me, but it is not the case this time.

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depends on what kind of antacids you're taking. Some of them are crap. If one doesn't work, try another. Tagamet, Maalox, Prevacid is what I have in my medicine cabinet. Usually one of those will work. OR, you could just go to the Dr and quit being a scaredy cat



P.S. when I first saw this thread the first thing I thought of was Jalapeno flavored tasty marshmallow treats in the shape of baby chickens....

Dont just go to a regular doctor. Go to an ear nose and throat doctor.

I have bad acid reflux from about 15 years of Mtn Dew drinking. About a case a day. The scar tissue built up in my throat and now its hard to swallow food. I have to take tiny bites and chew it really well. A couple months ago i got a piece of steak caught and 5 hours later i went to the emergancy room. They knocked me out and removed it. And it only cost me 4 thousand dollars.

You might not have the same problem as me but its worth looking into if you drink lots of pop.

A guy i work with had the same symptoms as you and went in to the doctors office. He had these crazy bumps all over the back of his throat. Let me google the name. Its a long one... Couldn't find it.

Anyways go to a good ear nose and throat doctor. Might be something simple.

mix a tbsp of baking soda with water and drink it, taste like crap but it neutralizes stomach acid

I go through anywhere from 4-6 bottles of Maalox per month... whatever works...

please go to a doctor!

It's probably nothing and they'll fix you up right quick.

There's a lot of things it could be, and the only way to make sure it's nothing serious is to go get it checked out.

You'd bring your snake to the vet if he complained, wouldn't you?

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

So for the past 4-5 days, I have been having this very odd feeling in my chest...kinda by my adams apple, but goes down to the middle of my chest. Feels like I have something like stuck in my throat, but not really.

I have been getting flare ups of some pretty bad Heartburn along with this feeling.

It almost feels like when you eat something to fast, and your JUST about to get the hiccups...thats how my throat feels, but the heartburn is a mystery to me.



Anybody have suggestions? Tips?

I have been avoiding the Doctor like a plague, thinking it will just go away...but like I said 5 days of this.


Moochos grassyus

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Pat:

Sounds like GERD. That stomach acid can back up your esophagus and cause some scarring and a stricture.

I suffered from the exact same thing you described and would have problems swallowing bread, pills, etc.

The Doctor put me on Protonix (which is a proton pump inhibitor like Prilosec or Prevacid which are OTC). After four days on the pump inhibitors my condition gradually reversed itself.

It may be worth a trip to the Doc to see if you have GERD or a hiatal hernia (common) or both. You might find that you need to be on a proton pump inhibitor for the rest of your life. If you ignore these symptoms and your esophagus is being scarred, it can lead to a whole host of other conditions.

In the meantime, check out some of the GERD sites and forums out there and see if the symptoms match up.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

P.S. when I first saw this thread the first thing I thought of was Jalapeno flavored tasty marshmallow treats in the shape of baby chickens....

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:D Hahahaha. That was my first thought too! Well put sir :salute:

I would bet $100- you have GERD! I have it...caused from high anxiety! (mine is anyways). It will get worse if you don't take care of it. Go and see a Gastro Doc. They will probably want to do a couple of test to rule things out like Hyplori which is like a bacteria. If it isn't that they will put you on a pronton pump inhibitor. Take care of it now again it will get worse if left untreated and can eventually affect your breathing and cause ashthma.

And by the way...it can at times feel like you are having a heart attack or something. Acid does some crazy stuff to ya! I have been to pulmonary specialists...heart specialists...you name it. It was the GERD.

Pattimuss, find a peaceful place. The beach, a park, somewhere you can sit comfortably for a while.

Look within and see if there is not something outside your physical self causing you a lot of stress. Is there something you need to do? Something you did you shouldn't have? Something you don't know how to do, or maybe even what to do, but you know something needs doing?

Go deep and look hard.

Good luck.

May the WeedFairy find you and bless you with the strength and wisdom to see the truth and do something about it.

Respect the Duck.