Gastritis, Hiatial Hernia, or Acid Reflux?
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I'm not sure which I have. Here are my symptoms:
It started with bloating, stomach cramps after eating, dull chest pain, and burping/regurgitating food. I also had some nausea on empty stomach. I took nexium for 2 weeks and ate a super bland diet and I felt much better. When I started to feel better I started eating bad again and went back to spicy, acidic foods. Now it seems I have symptoms again, but this time a little different. I still burp/regurgitate food, but now I feel like it hurts to swallow food sometimes - like something is stuck in my throat behind my sternum area, and I get the heartburn feelings too after eating.
I don't really wanna go to Dr yet bc my insurance is terrible so it's very expensive, and when I eat blandly it does seem to go away. Thoughts?
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fernando90225 Philly89
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Hi there. You know the old saying. When I do this It hurts. Well then stop doing that. No pun intended. That is for spicy foods ok. Now the pain in throat could be acid reflux. The acids from stomach shoot up your esophagus causing burning and unpleasant feeling of something stuck in your throat. Try a acid reducer like pepcid or prisolec. Take as recommended. And stay away from spicy foods ok. Try a bland diet for a couple of weeks to see how you feel. I know it's hard to eat bland food but try it you might like the outcome. Anyhoo see how ya do. Hope this will help you Philly. GoOD LuCk. Bye.😎
Philly89 fernando90225
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My thing is though that I did do the bland diet for about a month, and it did help. But now that I started eating normal again it came back - so do I have something maybe more serious wrong that needs Dr to fix and just eating bland won't cure it. I don't want to eat bland forever lol =( a month was hard enough!!
pippa58442 Philly89
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barb49619 Philly89
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Well you didn't get these symptoms overnight and they're not going to go away overnight I would definitely keep up with the way you're eating the bland diet stay away from spicy foods you didn't get this overnight and it's not going to go away overnight you did not get this overnight
barb49619
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I am sorry this conversation repeated itself but that's what happens when you do talk and text I would try this plan diet for a couple months and I would definitely get some over-the-counter antacids to get this stomach to heal before you start going back to the way you were eating before your stomach has to heal so give it time and drink a lot of water and stay away from the acetic Foods it isn't always the best but you got to give your stomach time to heal
Philly89 barb49619
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Yeah I'm going to try doing that again =( It just sucks bc I don't want to eat bland forever lol =( a month was hard enough!!
farah41194 Philly89
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Sounds like GERD. You have to allow your body time to heal. You cannot revert to a bad diet the moment you feel better. That's the mistake a lot of people, myself included, have made. Maybe go back on the nexium and try over the counter antacid for immediate relief. Stick to bland diet for a few months. Try probiotics.
Philly89 farah41194
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Yeah I'm going to try doing that again =( It just sucks bc I don't want to eat bland forever lol =( a month was hard enough!!
farah41194 Philly89
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It's not forever. It's just for now.
arindam09940 Philly89
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