What problems does GERD cause exactly?
I have GERD. Now, ever since I was in my late teens I have gotten pain in the right side of my chest not long after taking ibuprofen for migraines. It feels like the ibuprofen gets stuck in my chest and just doesn’t want to go down for at least a couple of hours. So my migraines go away and are substituted with chest pain. Sometimes I even throw up from the pain.
Back in 2006 I started having nasty stomach acid and didn’t know why. It just hit me out of nowhere one day and has been around since. So I’ve always taken zantac/ranitidine and it helps but only sometimes. I also throw up from it every time the zantac doesn’t work. I finally went to a doctor about it after getting frustrated with it happening everyday to me for so long. I was diagnosed with GERD.
So I want to know if my chest pain I get from taking ibuprofen stems from my GERD. When I started to get the chest pains in my late teens was that when the GERD was starting? What exactly can be done to help stop the GERD completely?
Please don’t tell me to take the apple cider crap because that makes me throw up and doesn’t help me at all. It also doesn’t matter what I eat or drink because I get bad stomach acid anyway. The only time this doesn’t happen is if I don’t eat and I’m sure as hell not going to not eat.
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic digestive disease that occurs when stomach acid or, occasionally, bile flows back (refluxes) into your food pipe (esophagus). The backwash of acid irritates the lining of your esophagus and causes GERD signs and symptoms.
The actual problems caused by GERD are:
-A burning sensation in your chest (heartburn), sometimes spreading to the throat, along with a sour taste in your mouth
-Chest pain
-Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
-Dry cough
-Hoarseness or sore throat
-Regurgitation of food or sour liquid (acid reflux)
-Sensation of a lump in the throat-
Lifestyle changes may help reduce the frequency of heartburn. Consider trying to:
Maintain a healthy weight. Excess weight means puttingssure on your abdomen, pushing up your stomach and causing acid to back up into your esophagus.
-Avoid tight-fitting clothing. Clothes that fit tightly around your waist put pressure on your abdomen and the lower esophageal sphincter.
-Avoid foods that trigger heartburn. Common triggers such as fatty or fried foods, alcohol, chocolate, mint, garlic, onion and caffeine may make heartburn worse.
-Don’t lie down after a meal. Wait at least two to three hours after eating before lying down or going to bed.
-Elevate the head of your bed. An elevation of about six to nine inches puts gravity to work for you.
-Don’t smoke. Smoking decreases the lower esophageal sphincter’s ability to function properly.
I hope by doing this you get get lot of improvement and if the heartburn continues abnormally, I suggest you to consult a doctor -
Ibuprofen is whats called an "NSAID", which can make your stomach irritated – they’re not recommended if you have GERD or a ‘funny stomach’.
Theres a type of drug called a PPI – basically it decreases the amount of acid in your stomach, which makes your reflux less severe, and you get less pain. This is something you should definitely discuss with your doctor!
Things like antacids only help when you actually have symptoms, but the PPI stops you from getting symptoms in the first place!
Zantac stops the histamine, which can also help, but if you didnt find it very useful, then you should discuss with your doctor whether a PPI will be good for you.
Also, talk to a doctor about which drugs you can take for your migraines, that wont make your reflux worse.