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254 5 Tue, 26 Mar 2013
I have had gerd for years and if flares up at times but taking nexium has always worked to get it under control. For the last month I have been taking nexium, some times doubling the dose and it isn t working any longer. I have a constant burn and irritation in my throat and am horse with a...
465 5 Tue, 31 May 2011
Where can I find a Doctor in Hyderabad for Hearburn. Or what kind of Doctor should go to ?
4 3 Mon, 26 Feb 2018
Please help. I suffer from GERD, and as of the past two months, I ve been in seemingly endless uncomfortability. I ve been taking Nexium for a little while, but as of this past week, it has ceased to work. I had an endoscopy this week as well, which revealed absolutely nothing. I am as healthy as...
95 3 Thu, 19 Nov 2015
I recently had a pretty bad experience with GERD and since I ve been taking Nexium and Zantac when needed. But now when I do any strenuous activity including running, or walking up a flight of stairs I get this intense burning in my throat and it makes it hard to continue exercising. Is this...
901 3 Tue, 19 Mar 2013
Hi, For the past 2/3 years i ve been suffering from severe heartburn on/off. I am currently taking omeprazole which is losing it s effect on me and I m due to have a gastric endoscopy in the next few weeks. I was wondering if heartburn can be a side effect of taking the cerazette mini pill as i...
324 3 Mon, 28 Jan 2013
Yes, I have a constant feeling of my throat being squeezed and feeling and when I swallow , it feels like there is a lump in my throat. I have been diagnosed with GERD and am hopeful that if I go off all caffeine (coffee, alcohol, tea, and diet drinks) this feeling will subside. Have you ever...
538 3 Mon, 28 Jan 2013
Hi I had accid coming back in my troat for a year.doctor put me on omeprazole 10mg and I managed. Last month acid was coming back with lots of symtoms exess saliva ,burping.feelig like food stuck but I eat normally . Last week seen doctor [junior] put me on omeprozole 40 mg and referal to GI...
493 3 Fri, 10 Aug 2012
I ve been diagnosed with GERD and have had issues for about 8 months. The past 2 days my throat has been hurting, before it was just discomfort. Today I noticed the back of my throat is whitish in color and the past couple weeks my dry cough has gone to a cough where I m spitting out mucus . I ve...
411 3 Sun, 25 Sep 2011
My friend just got out of the hospital, he was being treated for pneumonia and asthma . His complaints include the feeling of being choked, phlegm in the throat that s hard to expel and he has to drink water so some phlegm will come out and whenever he has the choking feeling, he also gets dizzy...
154 3 Sun, 15 Jan 2012
Good day doctor ,i am a man32 yrs old,1.75m high,68kg weight,i feel like vomit whenever i eat,i feel a kind of blockage in my chest during swallow and i do have ocasional cronic chest pain .I was diagonised of warm later ulcer and i have treated both but the symtom persist,pls help.
3 2 Fri, 31 Aug 2018
Hi, I had very severe GERD as a teenager which resulted in having a Nissen Fundoplication when I was 18. I have been symptom free since, until about 7 months ago (I am now 44). My symptoms have returned, and are very severe. I have been trying to control it with OTC medication, but without...
3 2 Wed, 13 Jun 2018
My doctor took me off Prilosec and put me on Omerprazole. This new medication is not working. Then he put me on another medication Rabeprazole......this gave me pains in my stomach, my heart felt like it was racing and I was constipated all the time. I took myself off this med and went back to my...
3 2 Mon, 9 Jul 2018
My name is David. Lately I ve been getting heartburn, from what I think is from a prescribe prescription.. So I stopped taking it. No heartburn, but the other day I had to walk maybe 2tenths of a mile to get picked up. I was in now hurry but I started to feel like the heartburn came back. After I...
3 2 Wed, 16 May 2018
I am newly diagnosed with colitis and started on Apriso a moth ago. I am having Esophagitis that I believe is triggered by it. Are there any hints about taking the medication that prevents this and is there any suggestions for the discomfort that does not interact with the Apriso.
3 2 Wed, 18 Oct 2017
I have acid reflux, I also have other problems, I have been scheduled for a endoscopy, which I do not want. I have been getting heavy yellow phlemn. in addition i have a pacemaker and have had colon surgery. should i have this test. or can it be substituted by another test?
3 2 Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Hi I m jesi I would like to ask for the past 2 weeks I feel nauseous when talking or yawning I feel a tickle sensation and the throat feel nauseous it s so irritating as I m scared that I will vomit... I have GERD problem so I dunno this associated the nauseous feeling please explain a way ......
39 2 Mon, 25 Apr 2016
Dear doctor, What the cause of weakness of a sfinkter if a person has extremely healthy diet, life style , never smoke or drink. Is it possible to develop Barrett cells if I only have gerd about 8 weeks and never had it in life before. The protonics hot helpful for me , any other medication would...
53 2 Tue, 22 Sep 2015
Good Day Doctor, Please help me what will I do and what is the best medication I need, I was diagnose 3 years ago that I have GERD until now, and I have also Indigestion problem. Sometime It s hard for me to sleep. Please advice me. Thanks and God Bless John
43 2 Wed, 4 May 2016
My husband recently found out that he has an oesophegeal ulcer which could become cancerous if neglected. Nothing has been said about diet, etc. How serious is this and how should he be treating this besides taking a med like Aciflex (not sure of the spelling)? I am really concerned and not sure...
61 2 Tue, 28 Jul 2015
I have severe gerd. I recently had an upper scope. I have been having breathing problems that feel like I can t take a deep enough breath. Not every breath but sometimes. It feels like it is in the diaphragm area, not my lungs. It is making me tired and stressed out. I have had this before but...