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Posted 6/23/2017 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,

For a bit of background, I am a 27 year old male who is relatively fit and has an average weight.

I have had this problem now for 18 months and it is literally an issue that exists for every minute of every day, from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. It has never completely disappeared and even on good days is a lingering problem.

Basically, I constantly feel the need to burp, with pressure mostly in my chest and I guess my throat. If I let a burp out, the feeling comes straight back and another burp is ready to come. The weird thing is that the burps don't really feel like proper burps, with the gas rarely coming out. It seems to get stuck somewhere along my esophagus and ends up with me sounding like a frog. It's really hard to explain. The burps don't really come naturally either as I generally have to strain my neck to let the pressure rise up, but if I wanted to I could literally burp 1,000 times a day, non-stop.

I have tried to eliminate things from my diet without any luck, from fizzy drinks to dairy products to gluten, but nothing changes. The feeling is the same on a full stomach as it is on an empty stomach. In fact, I probably feel at my best when I am eating.

I don't really have any other symptoms, other than occasional chest/stomach pains on days when I am burping a lot. I don't suffer from any regular heartburn or indigestion and my stools are normal.

I am growing increasingly worried that it may be something serious (cancer) but I have been a bit of a hypochondriac all my life so that's nothing new. I have a doctors appointment next week, which I have been putting off for a long time because I figured it would involve a lot of tests and a lot of waiting time. Someone please help or a least off reassurance!

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Posted 6/23/2017 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
Just as a patient, definitely not a doctor, I had the feeling of needing to burp every morning after breakfast. and I found my case was a reaction to a chemical in the cereal I was eating. I didn't have much gas in my stomach; what I really had was cardio-esophageal reflex that I simply didn't know anything about.

Of course you could be constantly be swallowing air. (Horses sometimes do that too.) You may be able to find a test for it or see a gastroenterologist to see what he has to say.

I would also see a cardiologist to get heart checked. The heart is right next to the stomach, separated only by the diaphragm. If you happen to have a large hiatal hernia the stomach may be popping up or stuck in the chest and causing the feeling of needing to burp.

Sorry for no concrete answer. There are probably even more possibilities you can check out.
Posted 6/27/2017 7:15 AM (GMT 0)
I have this issues for over a month. I went from normal heartburn to excessive burp with no medication could help me.

Here are my experience that helped me:
Meds: Famotidine twice daily + Donperidone x3
If you don't have any acid re-flux then please do not eat them.

I also eat Chia Seeds, use with water for 1 spoon before and after meal. This will expand into gel when put into water. It helps you feel full and I believe it helps on acid re-flux.

I am no doctor, but I would suggest you to visit doctor first.

My burping down from like over 1000 a day or every seconds burp into like less than 100 a day depends if you over eat and gastric juice produced a lot then you will have a lot of gas.

I am still recovering and not 100% cured from my GERD. Hope it helps with your burping.

Cheers,
Felix
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