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I am 22 years old. I don't smoke or drink. Growing up I can remember having a slight hoarse voice in the morning if I ate to late at nights. But never anything too miserable. It would go away within a hour after drinking water.
March 2011 on a Wednesday. I woke up with a hoarse voice that never went away. After a few weeks I started to get slightly worried so I went to my family doctor. I went 3 times over a course of 5-6 weeks and they had no idea after giving me multiple steroids and antibiotics that did nothing. I also had no pain in the beginning my throat didn't hurt at all. My only symptom was the voice. So they sent me to a throat specialist. (Audiologist) He did a throat endoscopy and told me I have GERD. He prescribed me omeprazole 20mg once a day. I changed my diet. I stopped eating hours before I went to sleep. I have never been a soda drinker, I am not a fan of fatty foods. The fattiest thing I like to eat sometimes is chocolate.. So I gave that up. I don't eat big meals. I have always been a snacker. But I didn't seem to get that much better so back as planned in 6weeks. He told me to start taking it twice a day. my throat started to hurt and become really sore around this point. I would wake up in severe pain, and it would hurt through out the day. I would take 2- 20mg omeprazole and I would also drink baking soda mixed with water whenever I couldn't handle the constant burn anymore.. I wouldn't drink the baking soda/water at the same time as taking the omeprazole. I made sure I did that hours apart from one another.
So about 10-12 weeks later my symptoms got much worse. It wasn't working. Nothing seemed to work.
So I went back to the doctor. They did another endoscopy and my throat is more swollen than the first. It's starting to swell up even higher around where my thyroid is.
I started having chest pains and it has become hard to swallow anything.
My heart rate gets insanely high in random occasions.
I feel a knock/thump whenever I swallow.
My throat is always hurting.
I am nauseous when I eat.
It's painful to eat or drink anything; I have lost almost 30lbs because of it.
So I have had a endoscopy twice now,
I got a barium swallow done and he told me I have acid reflux. probe test done,.,Blood work....How many more test need to be done?
I haven’t heard my voice in a year now. It's to the point where I am becoming depressed and I ignore talking to people. I ignore hanging out with friends, because if I talk to much my throat becomes incredibly sore to the point where I won't be able to sleep. I can't yell or whisper. I have one tone. If I yell then I’m pretty much out for the rest of the day because my throat hurts so badly.
I am thinking about going to the Mayo Clinic. Has anyone else been through this? Do you think they will be able to help? Could it be something else?
Im desperate.
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@mikejjb123 I’d be the first one in line! 😄
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1 Reaction@mikejjb123 Consider having your house inspected for mold.
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2 ReactionsHI,
Sounds like maybe normal-life stress aggravates or causes your gut problems?
Since you have thought already about what you eat, maybe examine "how" you eat during normal life compared to how you ate on the cruise. I used to eat fast at my desk at work. Or skip meals. Resulted in gas and heart burn.
Hope you feel better! 🙂
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1 ReactionOne of two things: either it's all literally "in your mind" (stress) or there's something you're eating and drinking at home that you didn't on the cruise: water supply ok??? brand of coffee???? SUPPLEMENTS????? extra healthy stuff they didn't have on ship? THINK. Whatever you identify, STOP. And wait. If GERD goes away, voila.
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I have a chronic cough, and Shortness of breath. My pulmonologist said it was my GERD, my gastro doctor said no GERD or anti reflux doesn't cause that. Well, I need to send both of them news articles, because both conditions cause the above.I'm trying to change doctors with both of them. Has anyone else have symptoms from GERD that causes SOB or other things,? Both lung and gastro problem can cause a lot of problems for a person.Thank you for listening. I pray everyone on here gets help they need
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9 ReactionsYes absolutely and all my docs have confirmed that there is a close connection between GERD and breathing issues and vice versa, because the two structures are so close together (apparently). I started taking Zantac or Pepcid to address asthma-like issues and it helped. And when my sensitive lungs are exposed to, say, a new carpet or oil paint, I also get GI symptoms, so it works both ways. Oddly simethicone (Gas-X) helps both my breathing and heart.
Try treating Gerd with Pepcid, stop eating after 5 or 6pm, and see if your breathing gets better. It helped me and I hope it helps you.
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7 ReactionsSeveral years ago, GERD caused my mom’s chronic cough that lasted for a long time. When she got treatment for GERD, the cough stopped. Right now, she’s started with another bad cough….so, not sure if it’s GERD again or a cold. She refuses to eat right and stopped taking acid meds. I guess, she’ll have to see her doctor to figure it out.
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2 ReactionsI do all the things I know how, I read a lot and I'm going to new gastroenterologist
Thank you for your information
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