acid reflux just in my throat w/ no heartburn

Well as the title suggests I have the lovely feeling all of us are familiar with in our throats, acid reflux. What I do not have is any heartburn, trigger foods "other than really greasy", or medications that help what so ever. This seems to pretty much be non stop and other than eating something that's fried or completely full of grease I've noticed it pretty much stays the same. I've tried H2's and PPI's and all offer no help, "atleast i wont experience any side effects :)". This has been going on since before thanksgiving and i've never had gerd/heartbun/reflux before. I believe this was all triggered by stress as well or a possible injury while working out. I had an endoscopy which showed nothing, and I did a barium swallow with radiated eggs which showed no delayed gastric emptying. This is really rough because nothing helps and i've tried everything, raising bed, eating 5 hours + before bed ect.. I'm getting a ct of my stomach on tuesday which I believe will yield a non bulging hernia in my lower right abdominal quadrant, yet sadly this doesn't seem to be a possible cause unless it's strangulating the bowel. Just figured i'd share and hoped someone would have some input or a similar story. I'm 32 was 180 now 165lbs and was in very good shape prior, now i'm lucky if i want to walk the dog. I've been going gluten free for a week now and will also incorporate no dairy into my life as well starting tomorrow.

I'll give that a look, i'm going to my doctor again the 19th, after I do a standard barium swallow the 12th and an abdominal ct tomorrow. I was also in school for anesthesia assistant, "same as a nurse an" so i've been living on pub med this whole time. If we find nothing I'll switch to an ENT and have give that a shot. I really don't meet the symptoms of ILS, just because I don't have hoarseness, but I do have the burning mucus, which tastes like mild vomit. I'll keep this forum posted, hopefully I can find something and it can help someone else.
Cheers!

Yah we discussed everything while it was being performed. Mind you this was the radiated eggs version not the other one that's common. Just let them know you have a medical education and banter with them and they should let you know everything as it progresses. I'm also doing the common barium swallow in 11 days but all my tests so far have yielded nothing out of the ordinary.

I tried acupuncture too, it didn't help me in the least bit. Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did. I'm trying carafate as of today, "my dr. ordered it for me" which i find strange because he didn't see any abnormalities on the endoscopy and did a biospy as well for h. pylori which came back negative so who knows.

Just got CT done, nothing abnormal other than my gallbladder looked large. Hopefully it turns out to be the issue, god a lap chole would be such an easy answer if it turns out my gallbladder is the problem!

I'd say that's my chief complaint is reflux/digestion issues. I can go 6 hours then puke up my meal, "last night was fish, zucchini and s-potatoes" and that happens frequently. I occasionally get the acid taste in my throat but have never had heartburn. I'm going to push checking this with my GI Dr. in 2 weeks when I see him. It's sad but I was ecstatic to hear my gallbladder looked large today, lets hope for the best!

How long has your issue been persisting before you seeked help? I'm getting apprehensive about my barium swallow tmw....how was I getting the barium? Yuck....sigh. I'll be surprised if they don't find a hiatal hernia

Oh wow sounds crazy with the VA! Didn't realize how problematic it could be! Had my barium swallow today, wasn't as bad as I feared. The radiology PA was outstanding and showed me on the x ray there was no evidence of hiatal hernia, stricture or even reflux....I'm relieved about the hiatal hernia part....I know this isn't a sensitive test for reflux so I may do pH probe next. My anxiety level subsided some for now......

Yay that's great. Are you throwing up daily? Or just every now and then

With silent reflux, people typically don't experience heartburn symptoms found in GERD. Heartburn usually isn't present because the acids reflux past the lower and upper valves of the esophagus into the throat and voice box. It can even enter the lungs, mouth, sinuses, ears and nose when it refluxes this far up. ENT doctors such as an otolaryngologist or laryngologist are the appropriate doctors to diagnose and treat silent reflux. Here's an article that gives a better understanding of the causes, complications, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. http://howtotreatheartburn.com/silent-reflux/

Post Edited (MrGerd) : 2/11/2016 5:10:15 PM (GMT-7)

Pretty sure I don't have any form of acid reflux or silent. I sleep flat at night and having nothing come up. Also my symptoms are constant there is no trigger there is no end. No position changes alter my reflux, I either have an episode and vomit or I don't. I find out next Friday the results of my gall bladder test, I'm guessing it's most likely going to be that.

Well it looks like we're taking my gallbladder out. I'm scheduling tomorrow, after not taking any medications 90% of my issues went away on their own. I eat all soft foods and have been having no issues now for over a week other then pain randomly where my gallbladder is. My ct scan showed nothing abnormal there but my dr. Said he's had patient with these similar situations before I.e. Pain all over some reflux and took theirs out and they had great results. He also said it could do nothing but gives it a 50:50. I'm going to go through with it, and hope for the best. I'll post updates here as they come.

Oh wow! Good luck! If you haven't had any issues for a week, you still think it could be gallbladder?