Food help

No side effects been years x

This is first ive had all these symptoms but the lump in throat been going on 6 weeks chest pain only been this past week but its making me feel really unwell and scared . This group is amazing though and i have seen all my symptoms are normal . All my doc says is try this tablet and come back next week if no better . Just want someone to tell me its definatley this .

When i get get chest pains or the start of the pressure buid up in chest before the intense pain starts i take a heaped teaspoons of baking soda(Sods bicarb) in about 200 ml (or evem less) of water (i normally  take Enos Fruitsalt ) and i walk about the house .. I burp a lot (sometimes go to the loo and that seems to help)  and pains seems to settle down ...if not i will more of the Enos about 5 mins later. If I regurgiate food at any time (most time it hasnt hit the stomach coz not acidic) i spit it out immediately and that may happen 3 to 5 times after a meal and that helps.

​nearly 2 yrs ago was diagnosed with oesophagitis, Barretts , chronic gastritis...was on many different meds (apart from PPi and H2blocker cant remeber the others) 2nd scope 3 months later showed Barretts was minimal so gastroenterlogist took me off all meds... now i just use Enos when needed   

Hi Julie yes chocolate tomatoes sauces and pastry flare mine up but having anxiety makes it 10 times worse. The more my anxiety is bad the worse my reflux is xx

I used to drink mint tea, but someone said that it's a no no because it relaxes the oesophagous, like coffee wine chocolate etc does.

mine food triggers change tho. Some days I can eat strawberries and another day they are like poison. I really don't understand why that happens.

i think that now I'm on a low dose of antidepressant my anxiety has dropped so has my acid reflux.

hope everything settles down for you soon. Xx

Thank you. Lemon and ginger tea is very good for reflux. I drink it. Yes same as me my food varies each day. I eat little and often now which works better for me xx

Do you make your own or teabags.

not really keen on lemon flavoured things but anything worth a go xx

I buy tea bags but you can taste more ginger than lemon. Quite nice really xx

yes i have the lemon and ginger tea bags as you say quite pleasant. xx

Yip me too i really like it .

I have heard that organic appple cider vinegar can help reflux haven't tried it yet, think I will look up how it works first. I think the only place that sells it is H&B.

Yes I've heard that to xx

When i had my gadtritis i used it all the time and it works wonders . Havent tried it for my acid reflux xx

Can i ask if either of you have this symptom . Wake up every morning feeling like i could be sick . Its as if mucus in throat is all the way down to stomach . My chest starts to rattle later on in day i try to cough to move it but i never spit anything up (sorry) apart from this problem i feel fine .

Yes Carole when mines really bad I feel sick on a morning gets better towards teatime, but full of mucus on a morning xx

Yes I get this too and I find that the morning is the worse time for the lump in my throat and food sticking. Does get better through the day. My bed is propped up but maybe it needs to be higher? Wonder if it's the lying down through the night that causes it?

Thanks just when things get better the next day i feel worse again . Really didnt understand how ill this makes u feel x

Thanks nice to know im not alone . Mine too is worse in morning but is late in afternoon before i can cough to move mucus xx

Yes Carole,

I too get this, I think Raffa is right laying down seems not to help, as I am aware that mucous from the nose at night runs down the back of the throat and lays on your chest that doesn't help.

L x

I actually didn't realise that mucus was a symptom of reflux. Sometimes I can suddenly just get completely blocked up like I've got a cold and then my nose starts running but it clears eventually as isn't a cold - weird?

It makes you feel horrible xx

Hi Raffa,

My Gastro told me that we all make about 1.5 Litres of mucus a day mostly we don't notice it we need it to lubricate our gut and stop acid build up it also keeps the lungs and other organs lubricated. some foods can aggrevate it apparently like Eggs beer wine bread wine and pasta to name but a few, I suppose that is why we with acid reflux get stuff stuck on its way down. and they reccommend you drink plenty of water. just abit of useless info.

L x

Wow that's really interesting. I think I need to see a nutritionist. I'm not good with my diet at all as tend to stick to anything bland. No fruit or veg much 😔

Don't leave veg out of your diet Raffa especially green vegtables as they are full of Vitamin K and you need that for a healthy gut, mostly all of the vitamins we need to keep us healthy are made in the gut.all taking goodness from each other to keep us ticking.

L x

Hi there me again how are you feeling? I've had an awful week or two including spending a lot of it hardly eating and having to sleep sat in a chair - not great. Saw doctor and said I couldn't cope with it and he said to up the lansoprozol from 30mg once a day to 30mg twice a day. I'm really worried about doing this though as they make me feel bloated and nauseous already but more than that, I'm very concerned about the latest research into these types of drugs. I'm guessing most people on this forum are taking similar?