GERD Lump in Throat

Hi all....

I was prescribed dexilant for my GERD,and feeling of a bubble/pressure in my throat/esophagus that never seems to get relief, until I eat, and comes back. I took it for a week, all was good, had a sip of coffee, and the bubble came back. It was gone a day later, and I waited about 3 days to try coffee once again. This time it came back, and stayed!
I changed my diet, eliminated all the trigger foods, and my doc prescribed nexium since the dexilant was unsuccessful after 3 weeks. , I've been taking the nexium for a week now and can often feel a burning sensation in my chest, which sometimes goes to my right arm. It's not heart-related, and feels more like someone rubbed Bengay EXTRA, EXTRA strength all over my chest/arm... Just wondering what's with that? Also, wondering how long does it take for the bubble/burping sensation to get relieved... It's freaking me out...

Thanks for the reply, Dogbones.

Funny thing is that when I eat, the lump in my throat goes away. I can almost feel the lump building until I eat... Then I eat and what happens is that I get a feeling of indigestion in my sternum, like the food is sharp and has scratched the esophagus on the way down, and gets clogged there. I burp quite a bit, and slowly the indigestion subsides and the lump in my throat returns... Any one deal with this, and conquer it?

Post Edited (MacCM) : 7/8/2013 6:41:14 PM (GMT-6)

Had an upper endoscopy today, and no sign of anything. Wonder if it could be gallbladder, or lung related? Think I'll get that checked out next. Either way, I'm gonna beat this thing. And when I do, I'll post how I did it, so that anyone with the same symptoms can hopefully benefit a bit. After google-searching my symptoms the word Cancer kept creeping up, and until you have that endoscopy, it's like you always think the worst. I can tell anyone here that hasn't had the endoscopy, and is waiting what seems like forever to get one; don't freak out over the "symptoms" that you read online about esophageal cancer. If this ailment is something that you are just learning about and haven't been living with forever... You, like 50% of the rest of North America have GERD. And although yours is more severe than average, you'll beat it.

I picked up a superb tip a while ago from one of these threads, that reduces and eliminates this symptom for me.
It is stupidly simple, might not work for everyone, but worth a try.

Strepsils Extra throat lozenges.
Or any other similar product containing Hexylresorcinol.
The active ingredient seemingly neutralises pepsin.

All the best

Hi fight-gerd,
initially over the first few days, I took one of these when I had symptoms, perhaps every few hours. then I found that that I needed less. Now I keep them by me, at home or work just in case, but rarely use them.
The effect could come from the anti-bacterial or the anaesthetic properties of the active ingredient. It is also feasible that there is a placebo or some other side effect.

All the best

Phil

Please do report back and let us all know if it works for you.

MacCM, try the Dropping Acid diet--over time that effectively got rid of the lump in my throat. I also gargled with alkaline water. I get a sore throat every night but I read on another thread that this could be related to allergies. I got an allergy nasal spray and this has taken care of about 80% of it. Good luck!

Where do you get the strepsils cough drops?  Never heard of them?

This is the same exact thing i just posted about today.

The lump in my throat, it's so annoying. Also I have stomach pains and hunger pains and just feel like death.

I just moved to CA and no one here accepts my insurance. :(

WHere can i get these stepslis cough drops?