My strange GERD story. Advice needed.
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I'm 30 years old. I have a unique story and unstopable heartburn, gerd over 2 years. It began very strange. First of all I felt strong burning sensation in my anus, prostate place (I made all possible sexual disease tests - all clear).
One week later I was diagnosed with candida in my genitals. After three weeks I felt sour taste in my mounth. My tongue became white/yellow. More water I drank, more burning I had. After two months of candinda treatment with flukanazole, drinking a lot of water and candida diet stuff, and clinical tests didn't show that I have candida anymore. But my organism felt not good, I still had burning sensation in my "lower" body areas which became more well when I droped candida diets.
From the begining in three months I lost 1/4 of my body weight. But my
tongue looked not good, I had terrible gerd and very big burning in my mouth. Gastroendoscopy showed nothing exept one healed erosion in the stomach. H. pylori test was negative. I have never eat a lot of junk food in my life
Today my conditions getting worse and worse and run out of money on various medical tests and consultations. Nearly all the symptoms remains the same as it was from begining. I sent my saliva couple times to laboratory for candida testing, and results were negatives. But if I do "home candida test" spitting saliva into the glass in the morning, I see big mass of white cloudy content. Actually my saliva white cloudy all the day. I can't gain weight, sleep 5-6 hours and wake up but sleeping is not deep because of gerd burning, so feel tiried. Even drinking a glass of water provocate big heartburn.
On February this year, my stomach was tested one more time. So today, after a year results: several erosions in esophagus, gastritis and erososion in stomach, intestinal metaplasia, H. Pylori - negative, and A LOT OF STOMACH ACID MIXED WITH BILE IN THE STOMACH (!!!). BEFORE GASTROENDOSCOPY I DO NOT EAT ALL NIGHT AND HALF OF DAY(!!! how can a lot of acid be there???). I was prescribed omeprozal 20mg twice per day, but I think it gives just 20% of releaf. All these 2 years I just feel a bit better after eating - then burning stops about 80% for 2-3 hours.And I feel better after bigger meal (pizza, several pankakes, pasta). Diet food makes me feel much worse. Spicy food affect me not much I think, but i try not to eat such things. All day long I feel burning mouth, especially when I am hungry. I think stomach generate acid all the time and more than need. Even a glass of water provocate GERD. Then I band over, I feel that burning sensation ir my mouth became much greater.
My organism just generates acid, and I can't control it. I understand that I need to take medications, but it's just makes my symtomps weaker, but do not affect root of cause of the disease.
My story is not typical. So I'm looking for the help here. Maybe there are
people who knows or guess what is going on with me and could give an advice. Maybe I'm not alone here with such situation. Any thoughts would be very appriciated.
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tiswas24537 arthur62499
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apparently this is amazing for the stomach ,and even cures stomach ulcers.
maybe worth also looking into a akalin diet . .
i would look up a registered homeopath to, they take all your symptoms in to consideration and treat the whole person not just your symptoms getting your body back in balance is whats needed ,
are you filtering your water or are drinking bottled . tap water is full of chemicals which will only make matters worse
arthur62499 tiswas24537
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Actually I run out of money doing all my tests and visiting doctors. I aggree that heartburn is a sympthom and the root cause is in another place. But how to find out it by myself... I tried to read internet all this time, but unfortunately the solutions is not seen
I drink several months alkaline water of PH8 from my local store. But it impact me as other kind lower PH containing waters.
tiswas24537 arthur62499
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ahmad97104 arthur62499
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The best way to counter all those is plain and simple: PPI (omeprazole) and a strict diet. Mind that improvements tend to take a lot of time and one small mistake will make you feel bad for a week. 3 months in and I'm still struggling with it. Although I feel 65-70% better.
For some homemade remedies, try the suggestion of tiswas: cabbage juice. You might bad with for a few days but it's gonna relieve the pain very quickly and help heal your stomach faster.
arthur62499 ahmad97104
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Yes I aggree that diet should help, and your preposition to use PPI with a diet is a simple but also briliant idea. I see second vote for cabbage juice - worth to try also. How many should I consume per day?
davea0511 arthur62499
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Once you get on PPI (omeprozole, etc) it's extremely difficult to get off. I'm just starting omeprozole, and have decided on a completely different strategy ... first getting rid of my candida, and then increase my stomach acid during meals (betain hcl), process and flush out the stomach as fast as possible (ginger before, ACV before and after each one, lots of extra water), massive dietary change, sleep at incline mattress with wedge, strenuous exercise routine. So glad I discovered this other protocol. If that fails ... PPI's will always be there ... but it's a life sentence with lots of downsides.
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janet74211 arthur62499
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arthur62499 janet74211
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jenny1306 arthur62499
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arthur62499 jenny1306
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50 Billions is a lot more. Maybe need to try... Do you take only probiotics or and some others supplements, special diet?
frederick_22022 arthur62499
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Try surfing the net for info on "bile reflux".
Take care and good luck.
arthur62499 frederick_22022
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Am I wrong?
I have a theory, that bile could enter a stomach and make it higher PH, then body will release more acid to neutralize bile and make environment more acidic. But it is not medicaly proven nowhere.
Also my tongue could be covered not with candida but with some bile.
I have bile in my stomach as I was said after gastroendoscopy. Also my heartburn symptoms is less when I walk. Maybe it pushes to the stomach when I sit. And my spine is not very good shape.
rex_44766 arthur62499
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natashaloo rex_44766
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arthur62499 rex_44766
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About alpha lipoic acid I didn't read anywhere. Besides Mayo clinic website is very informative source of gastro disease.
arthur62499 natashaloo
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