Feeling a little worried , please help guys

Your oesophagitis was caused by acid refluxing from your stomach into your oesophagus.

To reduce the inflammation, you must first tackle the acid. The diet fads may or may not be suited to you. We are all different and react differently to foods. Keep a food diary to determine your own particular triggers to avoid.

Next do take your lansoprazole correctly. The normal dose is 30mg per day, taken pre-emptively every day preferably half an hour before breakfast, but to eliminate your oesophagitis, you may need to take double this for a few weeks. These drugs become more effective after a few days but, depending on the extent of your oesophagitis, it can take a few weeks to eraditicate it.

It is extremely unlikely you have cancer. However, the persistent acid reflux can cause a permanent change to the cells lining your oesophagus - Barrett's oesophagus. These cells are less sensitive so your pain would actually reduce. However, Barrett's cells do have the ability to mutate over time via ldifferent levels of dysplasia to cancer but the risks are very low and usually take years if they are to happen.

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Hi I have that pain like a burning pain up and down the esophacus for 14 months i have been on omperozole 40mg and gaviscon had two cameras down the nose and diagnosed with a inflamed red pharynx probarbly caused by acid reflux.The pain was in a scale of 1 to 10 a 10. I have changed my diet and for rhe past few days have stopped the meds to see what will happen and my throat feels a bit better , am going for a barium swallow in ten days i dont know what this pain is either and it does scare you as you dont get any answers off the ent specialist so know how you feel

Hello Nogs,

The pain I've often felt, with gastritis, was not always quite like the usual heartburn feeling, and during the worst era of the trouble it was very persistent, and often involved stomach, rib and other chest pain too.

As Barretts says, the food matter can be variable between people, but some foods which commonly cause heartburn feelings or aggravate reflux and other stomach troubles, are fried foods, high-fat foods, high-salt foods, carbonated drinks, caffeine, alcohol and chocolate. Spicy and hot foods can also aggravate the trouble for some people. Minty foods relax the lower eosophageal muscle, which can allow acid to come up easier, so they are bad. I use a fruity toothpaste.

Wholewheat bread, cereals, bananas, hardboiled eggs are a few of the foods that suit me, but there are pulses, rice, various beans (not kidney beans) and many other things you could try. Chicken was the best meat for me, due to its low fat, but even that could impact on me at times.

Also best is several medium meals per day, rather than fewer bigger ones, so that you don't overfill and stretch your stomach. Eat relaxed and chew well. Be sat upright for and after meals, not bent or slouching, so you don't squash your stomach and press its contents upwards.

Stress and excercise that affect the stomach are also to be avoided. Be as calm and stress-free as you can.

Another thing which helps me is to not burp after about ten or so minutes after eating, as this can bring acid up.

It's a hard thing to have to deal with mentally as well as physically, so you're not alone in that. I hope you gain some improvement in time, for it can take a while.

Best wishes.