LPR - CONCLUSIVE TEST to determine high or low stomach acid

Hi, I'm in my 20 and I've been having LPR symptoms for most of this year. My main symptoms are throat clearing and after I talk for a while I start feeling like my voice is tired and my throat starts bugging me. They put me on PPIs for 3 months and most my symptoms got better, not fully healed but better to the point where they said I could go off the PPIs. That was a month ago now this week I'm starting to feel the symptoms again, starting with throat clearing. :|

I would like to avoid PPIs as much as possible as I know there not great for our overall health. Ive heard people with low stomach acid are sometimes misdiagnosed with LPR and have found great success in betaine HCL. My question is what exam can I tell my doctor to do that will let me know conclusively whether i have low or high stomach acid.

My doctor did perform a laryngoscopy and looked at my throat and said that i did have a high amount of acid in my throat. How conclusive is that test?

Thanks guys!

If you've been told that you have a high amount of acid in your throat, you might want to stay clear of more acid (betaine HCL). Read the posts having to do with ACV, the non-pasturized, non-filtered vinegar. You could set yourself up for worse than throat-clearing.

Have you tried Slippery Elm lozenges? That tends to protect the throat/esophagus and acts as an anti-inflammatory.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.

No. Slippery Elm lozenges taste a little sweet, but no "menthol" or yuk taste. It's from an elm tree. I don't think elm trees have much taste (not that I ever tried the tree).

If you have acid in your throat, it came from your stomach. The valve (lower esophageal sphincter) is supposed to keep it there, but yours must be already having an issue. It is likely to get worse as you get older (just statistics). Do you eat spicy foods? ...pizza, Mexican, stuff like that? If so, how does that affect you?