How is Your LPR?

Faith

i eradicated my h pylori by eating broccoli sprouts

very interesting..may i suggest checking out" sulforaphane and h pylori" also an interesting web search is "sulforaphane and esophageal cancer" ...amazing ...sprouts

i ate 2 to 3 ounces of srpouts each day for two months and no it did not affect my reflux ..but

evidence was increasing that i may hav had a transitional cell carcinoma in the middle calyx of my right kidney.

i had hematuria an was scheduld to have sergery, where my urologis threaded a small scope and a laser from my urethra up thru my bladder an up th ureter into my kidney to burn the suspected adenocarcinom out...thee had ben a filling erro in my ct scan indicating might be cancer but know way to know for sure until they went in

so i was eating a lot of broccoli sprouts

there is good research that indicates the sulforphane is highly chemo protective against cancer, and can even eradicate cancer cells by causing programed death of cancer cells thru a process called apoptosis

sulforaphane has also been shown to be effective against esophageal cancer, ( an many others too) so i have moderated my intake but continue to eat sprouts and other curciferous vegetables on a regular basis

the sprouts must be eaten raw (wash them very well x 3) because an enzyme called myrosinase which is necessary for the sulforaphane to work, gets easily destroyed by heat.

the original research was done by johns hopkins university

best wishes
mock turtle

Hey Mock,

Just wanted to say thank you for telling me about broccoli sprouts. I found them and have started eating them daily. However, I am not sure if I should be eating them on an empty stomach or not? Also, I am on prevacid, is this a problem? Also, did you or do you have a belching problem? If so, did the sprouts help?

Thanks so much again

Hey Camelly,

Thanks for sharing that link. While I don't doubt that LPR is a real condition, I certainly think one's mental state can be an underlying factor. For example, when I have a relaxed day I almost forget I have this condition.

It's very interesting that your ENT said to ignore it, did you get scoped? If so, was a lot of irritation present?

Hi Faith, When the ENT looked in my throat, she couldn't see a thing..that was the weirdest thing about it as I was expecting her to say it was red/inflamed and a mess, which is certainly how it feels - especially more so through the day. When I wake up in the morning, it's at its best and gradually deteriorates. I can't see how I went from having no acid reflux or heartburn, to suddenly having this condition without some kind of trigger - my trigger was the swallowing of a pill which scraped/stuck as it went down - and then a couple of days later choking on some toast (I think that it was inflamed). That's when all my symptoms started. But from what I gather it can be a heavy cough/ infection that can be a trigger. I know that there is a lot of debate out there about whether LPR is reflux related or not - who knows?! There is so much debate. I just found that PPIs were not right for me..they seemed to magnify everything so that I felt much much worse.
Today however I have got my prescription of amitryptiline (Elavil) to try for a month..a low dose, we'll see what happens. I will let you know how it goes!
Here's hoping that everyone gets well very soon x

hello everyone I was wondering if there was an update I see these posts are from last year...I have been battling with chronic cough, clearing of the throat since May 2012 and have had this awful thing all summer. :( ENT started me on nexium twice a day40mg and zantac 300 at night thinking this could be LPR related. It's been a month and a half and still nothing. Three weeks ago he decided to treat me for LSN, and continue the acid reflux med. and diet..anyway he gave me 10mg of elavil, which I took for these three weeks. on week two I felt some relief then symptoms came back :( so he has upped the dose of elavil to 25mg, so far on day 5 and no change :( Every morning I wake up in hope that it will be "a good" day and I don't even have to think or feel the urge to cough or that "mucus in back of the throat" feeling and so far it's not going well. I was just wondering if any of you got better and how long it took an any details you could share with me. thank you.

For all those people supposedly suffering from LPR, I wanted to throw out something for consideration.

A year ago, after a very difficult and painful surgery which taxed my immune system, I suddenly suffered from a chronically tight throat with a feeling of suffocation at nighttime. I kept clearing my throat, hacking, coughing; I could feel spasming in my throat, difficulty breathing, and there was a constant feeling of something being stuck in there. I went to a gastro doctor who scoped me, and he discovered a rash all over my esophagus and inner stomach, as well as a very enlarged larynx and swollen vocal cords. He promptly diagnosed it as LPR/ acid reflux/ GERD and gave me a PPI prescription.

I never had acid reflux in my life; in fact, I used to always joke that I had a "stomach of steel." It was a shock. Dutifully, I took my PPI meds, enduring terrible side effects with very little reduction of my tight throat/ suffocating feeling. Something didn't seem right, so I started questioning the diagnosis and doing my own investigation. I noticed that, curiously, my throat got worse after eating certain foods. So I was starting to wonder if it was a food allergy of some kind. Yet, the scoping doctor had taken samples of my stomach and esophagus and sent them to the lab for allergy testing and all the tests came back negative for allergies.

Still, the acid reflux/ LPR diagnosis seemed odd. And the symptoms wouldn't really get much better with the PPIs. I started doing elimination diets only to discover that I got severe stomach and abdominal pain, and an extremely tight throat, within a day after consuming CANOLA oil--a man-made, genetically modified, highly processed oil that is in virtually all processed food and restaurant fare in the USA.

So I eliminated all foods made with canola oil. Miraculously, my “LPR” cleared up within a week after this change in diet. I was literally symptom-free and could breathe normally and sleep again. I also learned that the reason this allergy doesn't show up in lab tests is because canola oil doesn't have any protein in it--which is what allergy tests are sensitive to.

I offer this information to all of you who have suffered from chronic LPR symptoms and throat tightness, without any recourse. Friends, this country’s food supply is killing us. (Even the vast majority of olive oil is adulterated with other oils--just Google “fake olive oil”). By being very careful about what we eat, I think we can heal ourselves better than any doctors or PPI meds can do.

ok, how do we get high potency sucralfate?

I have the regular one, I was just wondering if the high potency is available also by prescription or if it's just a theory.

Hi fedup,

Welcome to Healing Well! Glad you've joined us.  It sounds as if you're on the right track.  If you suspect LPR, an ENT is a great first step.  As you know, anxiety can make things worse, so yoga sounds like a good idea, too.  Just be aware of the fact that certain positions can make reflux worse, so be sure to do your yoga exercises on an empty stomach so as not to create pressure.

I suggest that you copy and paste your post along with an introduction onto a new thread.  Just go to the main page at  GERD - Heartburn and click the "New Topic" button at the top left side of the page.

Again, glad you've joined us!

Best wishes,

Denise

this question is for Jacket923. I realize this post is old and may no longer be monitored but I was curious if you were still on Elavil, if not how long did you take it and what was the end result for you?
I suffer from symptoms similar to yours and suspect nerves are more of my issue, even though I am told one week it's reflux and the next week it's allergies.
thanks and be well to all.

Jacket u still here? 9 years later :D