LPR disproven but symptoms getting worse and with a pattern
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I just received the resukts of my rapid spit tests, manometry and impedance tests all at once. They're all clear, but my LPR continues and is worsening greatly. I figured out something important. My symptoms can change in a matter of minutes based on whether or not I use Gaviscon Advance. They're equally distressing, but I keep bouncing between them, I just have no idea why:
With Gaviscon Advance:
- Extremy tight throat (much less mucus)
- More burping
- Hurts/hard to swallow
Without Gaviscon Advance:
- Thick, heavy amounts of post nasal drip
- Difficulty breathing
- Tight chest
- Some difficulty swallowing (no pain)
A single gulp of alkaline water can bring in the mucus/tight chest/breathing problems on in seconds, but Gaviscon Advance sometimes takes a few uses to make things change. Why would 2 things reknowned for LPR treatment make me worse in different ways?!
Also I wake up perfectly fine in the morning, until I swallow, which kick-starts the symptoms. No clue why, especially since the evidence says I don't have reflux. Please help me!
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gallee Daxter
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magali34165 gallee
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I have been suffering from anxeity for several months now. But in the past 3 weeks, i have a sore throat that won't go away, and it super red. I don't have any cold symthoms. Went to my gn Dr. and hr gave me anitbiotics which did nothing for me! But he also prescibed a anit-acid pill.
- Sore throat/almost burning
-dry throat
-sometimes clearing my throat
-sometimes a little hoarness
I have an appointment with the ENT 1/11/16. But my anxiety of course takes me to the worst which is cancer!
So I went into google, and of course all kinds of things comes up, but I came upon LPR, and it got me wondering if thats what I might have. Everyone seems to have in common the sore throat. Beacuse of my anxiety, I would wake up with my heart beating fast, and feeling like i needed to throw up, at times i basically made myself throw up, which of course was only yellow acid, and now I am wondering if I could have cause LPR.
I am one very worried lady here. Crossing my fingers its not cancer.
Memommie Daxter
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vicky888 Daxter
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if all your tests came back normal, have you asked your doc's opinion about esophageal hypersensitivity and functional heartburn?
I read some articles with success stories of treating gerd/lpr patients who do not respond to ppis with low dosage of tricyclic antidepressants e.g. amitriptyline (elavil, endep etc).
moonbuggy Daxter
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My ENT says we all swallow lots of mucus every day - some are more sensitive. I've just had a Nissen done last week and my symtoms are worse. Have you looked at Laryngeal Sensory Neuropathy.
I have also been told by an eminent reflux expert that allergies can cause similar symtoms. Dairy in particular (casein and whey intolerance),