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Posted 6/25/2012 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
I am at present wearing the bravo 24 hr ph testing unit and have been pressing as usual when symptoms appear worse. Does anyone know if the value displayed when I press the trigger button is the ph at my les?

Also does anyone know what it should be, mine is reading between 0.3 & 1.1 when getting flare ups?

Any input would be appreciated.
Posted 6/25/2012 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Hi John,im not an expert on this,but i know when i had this done mine was at ph 4 and anything below was acidic.So it sounds like your getting acid reflux.Hopefully someone can come along and give you some better advice! Barry
Posted 6/26/2012 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
You are lucky to use the 24 bravo - when I had this test done they stuck a little tube through my nose into my stomach, connected it to a monitor and sent me home for 24hrs.
Posted 6/26/2012 8:15 AM (GMT 0)
That is what I have, I thought it was called bravo. I have a little bag strapped to my waist with a unit in called a digitrapper ph connected to a tube running up my nose and through back of throat. It is not pleasant and don't wish to have to wear it a 3rd time, but as long aait provides a solution long term (through dianosis and treatment) then I will be happy as I have noted that ppi's are having less effect lately.
Posted 6/26/2012 1:17 PM (GMT 0)
John,

I had the same thing - PPIs worked great and then slowly stopped working. I was taking them 2-3 times a day at later stages and it didn't help one bit so I had the surgery. Ofcourse you should do anything possible to avoid the surgery but I had no other solution.
Posted 6/26/2012 1:46 PM (GMT 0)
I had the surgery following a hospitalisation for gastritis, it was strange as one day ok and on the way back from work I got a slight stomach ache and general feeling of unwell. Then in the night I was in agony and had to go to doctors who sent me to hospital, the gastritis lasted for 3 weeks intensely and then it faded out to just a nagging pain. Anyhow doctors did a lot of testing and 2 years later I was referred for a Nissen. Unfortunately it burst after 12 months and I am now in a worse position than before I had the surgery as everything seems very loose so 12 months after it failed I am back to testing and hope to have a redo. It is strange as my symptoms just seem to be getting worse with a lot mre sickness than before and I think this is why my les is now a lot more relaxed than before.
Posted 7/5/2012 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
Hi John,
I've had both the 48 hr Bravo PH and the 24 hr PH Manometry in the past and I'm about to have my second Bravo next week. The number you're seeing, if I remember correctly, is the ph level. Anything below a ph of 4 is considered acidic so yes, your readings are very acidic and I'm sure are showing reflux. The 24 hr PH Manometry is the one where they stick the tube up your nose while the Bravo test is a capsule they attach to the inside lining of your esophagus during an EGD. I will say from experience that I will NEVER do the PH Manometry again as it's barbaric compared to the Bravo test. Bravo is a more advanced (and comfortable!) version of the PH Manometry. I remember that the Bravo test results were very hard to read (from what my Dr told me) because they base your results on a number of factors and not just the ph level. A "normal" person can have up to 50 reflux episodes per day (a reflux episode is where it drops below 4) and still be considered normal :-/. In the end they put me in a "severity group" at the 95 percentile which apparently is pretty severe lol. Hopefully you'll have your results back soon though!
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