Reflux Related To Dry Mouth?

ljk
I can't imagine how you can reflux without a LES being loose or open. Dry mouth could be a trigger, but something else has to happen for the refluxate to get up into the esophagus. Saliva doesn't keep stomach contents down by itself.
Have you been evaluated with barium swallow? I don't know how endoscopy actually shows reflux happening, although it would definitely show esophageal damage. Was there a hernia or a loose sphincter detected?
Have you been evaluated to have the septum fixed? (I have that too, but can nose-breathe. I just use a lot of saline spray to keep it clear.)
Another cause of dry nose and mouth can be meds and supplements you take. They can also cause the LES to be loose. Food sensitivities are a big cause of reflux. Keep a food and med log the check for that!

Alcie said...
ljk
I can't imagine how you can reflux without a LES being loose or open. Dry mouth could be a trigger, but something else has to happen for the refluxate to get up into the esophagus. Saliva doesn't keep stomach contents down by itself.
Have you been evaluated with barium swallow? I don't know how endoscopy actually shows reflux happening, although it would definitely show esophageal damage. Was there a hernia or a loose sphincter detected?
Have you been evaluated to have the septum fixed? (I have that too, but can nose-breathe. I just use a lot of saline spray to keep it clear.)
Another cause of dry nose and mouth can be meds and supplements you take. They can also cause the LES to be loose. Food sensitivities are a big cause of reflux. Keep a food and med log the check for that!

Yeah, I was diagnosed with a Barium Swollow and the endoscopy showed irritation. The doctor didn't tell me anything about a loose sphincter though, so I don't know about that. Maybe I should follow up and ask that question specifically.

All he told me was there was no hiatial hernia, and no h pylori.

I had a couple operations to fix the deviated septum, but they didn't work. Hence the breathing problems i have currently. Could the breathing tube they shoved down my throat damage the LES? I noticed reflux sometime around the time I had the surgery's.

But all i knew is that I only reflux at night, and I have a really dry mouth on the nights when I reflux badly.

I certainly didn't rule out a loose LES. I think it's a combination of things, but a big thing is not having any saliva to keep the reflux down ;)

Is the back of your throat irritated by breathing through your mouth?  Like sort of scratchy?

Yes, I have the symptoms you're describing.  I also have gerd/lpr, a hiatus hernia and Schatzki ring.  I have issues with acid coming up in my throat when I lay down, even with meds.  Sometimes I wake up choking on it.  Not a pleasant feeling.

In Feb I got pneumonia.  Not from an infection.  From aspirating the acid from my stomach.  Since then I've been having shortness of breath.  10 months, 4 hospital in 2 cities and I can't even count how many tests and doctors I've had and still have.  I can't keep track of how many are on my case.  Let me just say that I have been completely miserable being unable to breathe.  It was like the air was stale and I wasn't gettig enough oxygen in.  It was so bad I wrote up a living will.  Yes, I thought I was gonna be put on a respirator.

Anyway to make a long story short, the acid coming up laying in my esophagus and the back of my throat has damaged my vocal cords.  In my case I  have Paradoxical vocal fold movement.  Basically anything.. cold, heat, humidity, smells, etc irritates my vocal cords and they close when they're supposed to open.  Basically the cords don't like to touch each other because it's like they're "sunburnt".  So they don't even close right.

If you have any questions I'll try to answer them for you, but this is a very LONG story and I'm just trying to cut it to the bare facts. lol