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Posted 5/26/2009 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
mad  I have been told I have Gerd. My symptoms are burning pain in my stomach which travels up my chest into my throat and mouth......these are typical. My symptoms started by me having a taste in my mouth most of the time. It is a burny tingling taste alot of times it is  very minty....like after you just brust your teeth. After a few weeks of just the taste in my mouth I started getting a burning surface pain that went down my throat into my neck and shoulders and into my arms, the skin will turn red. I thought I had strep throat, that test came back negative. I went to the doctor and after a few tests said I have Gerd and then I started taking antiacids. None of them work I continued to have the same burning and then it started in my stomach and up into my chest. I went to the ER twice. the first time they said I had symptoms of a heart attack and checked me for that......I wasn't having a heart attack but they thought I should see a neurologist because of the burning skin pain. After more tests and several doctors they have found I have mild acid reflux and some vitamin deficiencies. Now I have swallowing problems. My throat seems to get very tight making me aware of everytime I swallow. I also get the feeling like I have an air bubble or pressure in my throat, like I need to burp. I get a mucus feeling also. I will feel the muscles in my throat move along with a noise with this feeling not everytime I swallow but often.  I get very paniky with all of this going on. Anxiety pills seem to help but I don't want to live off of those either. Do my symptoms fit with anyone else? (The burning skin and the taste I get in my mouth and the anxious feelings)  What do you do about them if so? I am totally lost with how I feel and what to do about it, doctors don't seem to help. I get confused and depressed not knowing if these are stomach problems or something else and how to deal with it. Can it be controlled through diet? What kind of diet has worked? Right now I am not on a diet. I take Zantac 150, one pill per day.
Posted 5/26/2009 5:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Carly18,

Those are all classic GERD symptoms. Here's what is working for me: I take 1 Kapidex every morning. I take a zantac 150mg if I have break through reflux (not very often). I have changed my eating habits to food combining. I'm finding that our classic meals are a huge no-no. For example, this is what I typically have for breakfast: All fresh fruit (non-critic) and tea, or I may have eggs, bacon/sausage with fresh veggies (yellow, green, red bell peppers, squash, mushrooms) made into an omlet - NO BREAD or POTATOES. Lunch is a chicken wrap using Lettuce, or a salad, or vegetable soup beef soup - again NO BREAD or POTATOES, snacks can be a smal baked potatoe, toast or crackers, Dinner is chicken or beef, or seafood with salad and fresh veggies. Dessert is fruit (eaten at least 1 hour after dinner), snack can be popcorn, toast, crackers. I will also have an Activa yougurt mid-morning or mid-evening. The key is to eat fruit with NOTHING ELSE, eat potatoes, grains and starches either together or with veggies but never with meat or animal based protien. A typical lunch a lot of people eat are: burgers, fries, soft drink--this is a bad combination. When the food is combined incorrectly we get reflux. Certain foods increase the acid we produce, while others help to decrease it. I'm also learning to stay away from all soft drinks and sugary foods for the same reason. I tried the Sherry Brescia plan and it is working for me. I've been on it for almost 3 months now and I've had reflux less than 4 times during that time.

Before starting her plan I was taking Protonix 40mg in the morning, zantac 150mg at lunch and zantac 150mg before bed. I've taken exactly 2 zantac in the past 3 months. I do take Kapidex daily. I even tried an experiment. For 1 week, I ate like I used to and took my Kapidex. My reflux came back within 3 days and that is when I had to take the zantac. I went back on the Sherry Bresica plan, the saw immediate results. The hardest part of the plan is the first 2 weeks of getting used to the eating changes. I have also learned from my doctor to never miss a meal. He said the body is used to eating at certain times (your normal schedule) and will start to ramp up the acid in anticipation of the meal. If you skip the meal, the body will keep ramping the acid up until you do eat.

Marburg
Posted 5/26/2009 6:58 PM (GMT 0)
Marburg,

Did you have alot of my symptoms? Like the burning skin and tight throat sensations? Is this eating plan in a book I can buy? I would be willing to try it, what you have written makes sense.
Posted 5/28/2009 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
I have GERD and i get every single one of your symptoms. I just started experiencing the burning skin 2 days ago and I have been freaking out about it!! I also get the tight throat sensations.
Posted 5/29/2009 2:07 PM (GMT 0)
Skylersmommy,

How long have you had gerd? What are you doing to relieve these symptoms? You are the first person to tell me they have the skin burning. Where does your skin burn? Mine is the worse on my arms and neck. I think I am going to find out more about that diet from Marburg and see if that helps me. Good luck with your care and let me know how you are doing.

Carly
Posted 5/29/2009 2:19 PM (GMT 0)
I've had gerd for about a year and a half now. I take Prilosec twice a day but thats about all I am doing for my symptoms. I also take Tums pretty much everyday. I haven't really done anything with my diet, although I probably should because my acid reflux is severe.

My skin seems to burn in my chest, my neck, my arms and my feet. It's really weird. I don't know if it is caused by the gerd but it has really been worrying me lately.

Let me know if your diet seems to work. I saw how Marburg said no potatos! I eat potatos pretty much every single day. I don't think i can take them out of my diet. But maybe thats why my acid reflux is so bad.
Posted 5/29/2009 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
I don't think you have to not eat potatoes I think it's the food combination. Like you can't eat potatoes if you have meat. You can eat potatoes only if you have a veggie or something like that. I am going to check out the book on line or maybe see if the library has it.

My skin burns on pretty much all over at times. I think my nerves makes it burn more too. If I get nervous or worried I start to burn but having clothes rub on my arms will cause them to burn. Does your skin turn red? Mine does, the skin on my arms and neck.
Posted 5/29/2009 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
Oh lol. I almost always eat potatos with meat. Thats probably my problem..


Yea so does mine. It gets a little bit red..
Posted 5/29/2009 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
Have you gone to the doctor with any of your symptoms? If so what tests have you had done? I had a doctor say that when your skin turns red and burning it's histamines coming out......or allergies? That is something maybe you can look into. That is a direction I am thinking about too.
Posted 5/29/2009 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Yes i've gone to the doctor. I have post-partum anxiety so I've had just about every test done, bc i was a worry wart.. and I still am.

I had an EGD done january of last year. So that confirmed that I had GERD.

What are histamines? I've never heard of that.
Posted 6/1/2009 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
I just went to a new doctor Friday........she's thinking I should go a different way entirely to see if I can correct my symptoms. She's thinking homeopathic. She goes to a homeopathic doctor herself and she says with all the tests that I have had and all my symptoms staying and multiplying I have pretty much exhaused western medicine........I too am a worry wart. I feel I have been pretty patient though, I have had symptoms since September of last year. I went through the winter in misery and I don't want this to continue. Right now I know I have acid reflux but something else is going on too and at this point they don't know if it's anxiety or maybe lymes or something along that line. I have been tested for lymes and those tests have come back neg. so my doctor ruled that out.......I asked the new doctor Friday and she said lymes mimics so many other things that this could be lymes. There are tests that can be done that are more detailed than what most clinics perform but you have to have them sent to a lab in California. I could have those done.......

Histamines........I talked to the doctor on Friday about that and she defined that as a fancy term of saying your skin is turning red......the doctor who first said that, I was in the ER, and he called the redness of my skin histamines coming out. Someone said that's allergies. Something that you are reacting to and your body is protesting with red skin. My skin burns and turns red, sometimes I think my skin is turning red due to irritation from clothing rubbing against it and being stressed because of everything my body is doing.
Posted 11/4/2011 5:00 PM (GMT 0)

skylersmommy said...
I've had gerd for about a year and a half now. I take Prilosec twice a day but thats about all I am doing for my symptoms. I also take Tums pretty much everyday. I haven't really done anything with my diet, although I probably should because my acid reflux is severe.

My skin seems to burn in my chest, my neck, my arms and my feet. It's really weird. I don't know if it is caused by the gerd but it has really been worrying me lately.

Let me know if your diet seems to work. I saw how Marburg said no potatos! I eat potatos pretty much every single day. I don't think i can take them out of my diet. But maybe thats why my acid reflux is so bad.

Same here, my eyes started burning yesterday, i hate getting this GERD back after 20 years releif and i am in so much hurry to get down in weight, i power-walk for 1,5hrs each day and lost already lots of weight, still not there but the faster i get down to a BMI of 25 i am probably safe as my first GERD 20 years ago was related to heavy lifting and my overweight, i got thru that with Zantac for 6 months and it healed.

I am still not on medication after 4 weeks of this hell as i get some strange skin rashes as soon as i take PPI, i am beleiving i can heal this myself with correct lifestyle changes fast and it needs to happen fast.

As i know what needs to be changed when having GERD i can be more efficient this time in getting it to heal like raising the bed 8", excerise a LOT to lose weight and eat smaller meals and don't eat much so you actually lose weight.

Post Edited (lanab) : 11/4/2011 11:05:46 AM (GMT-6)

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