Hi. I have just been wrapped.Mine was partial. I have very mild swallowing difficulties.i think full wraps or tight wraps are the most problematic. However i know of ppl who are years post surgery...
Can you expand on your discomfort? perhaps give some more detail? Also what kind of wrap did you get?...
ME! Its when acid goes all the way up to your throat.These are the extra-esophageal symptoms of reflux. I was on Nexium 40 and saw huge improvement. but recently had the surgery which was quite a...
My best advice would be to drink alkaline water. I believe it saved my esophagus as its the only water i drink. I have been refluxing for 20 years and only been diagnosed,medicated,a nd recently...
Sorry forgot to mention the Pulmonologist will probably perform some kind of a breathing test ....
Hi worrywort. The answer is yes. That was part of my problem too.I have GERD and my symptoms were extra-esophageal which means they manifested outside of the esophagus.Throa, eyes and lungs. People...
Hi the only transnasal endoscopy i'm aware of and had done was at an EarNoseThroat doctor to see larynx,pharynx and upper part of the esophagus. I'm not sure they use that route (nasal) to see all...
LOL! So thats what they'r called! One week post OP and trying to put a name to the friggin thing! I believe digestive enzymes help alot post nissen. LOOOOOOOL @theacidrefluxman They'l just have to...
Hi Background: LPR causing vocal and respiratory stress and good deal of pain. Hiatal Hernia found after the usual Run-a-round at the doctor market. LES pressure was nonexitent. Hate drugs so took...
Mook My reflux was being caused by the presence of a hiatal hernia, where the lower esophageal sphincter rides above the diaphragm causing it to relax not shut off properly after ingestion of food ....
P.S my throat did not look bad at all either, but it felt worse than childbirth at times! good luck...
Hi Sure sounds like LPR. Get a pharyngeal PH test. this should rule out (or in ) the possiblity of LPR(ask Doc about it, if he does'nt know ditch him and go to another until you find one who knows...
Very wise thing to say indeed. Doctors have no idea. LPR victim here who has been told by multiple ENTs for over 10 yrs that the 1. burning sensation in throat 2. hoarseness 3. vocal cord stress with...