Nauseous and feeling like a lump in my throat?

Hi there, i too have been suffering with both acid reflux and slight hiatus herrnia for just over a year and been on many meds like omeprazole, lansoprazole, ranitidine and sucralfate, none of which completely worked, i then after doing the intolerance tests cut out all dairy and wheat and have noticed a big reduction in acid reflux.  Im not saying it works for everyone but definately worth a try. Good luck

I have been on this similar journey.  I would isolate the foods you eat to find if there are any real triggers, but at the same time really limit the use of the meds.  The PPi's are the worse.  I used famotidine for 4 months and just stopped cold turkey without any issues.  I can drink a couple of cups of coffee with no issues and other foods they told me to stay away from.  Personally, I would be your best judge/dorctor of what works for you.  The doctors feel like LPR or silent gerd is really hard to diagnose so they just give out meds and don't look to much closer. I had that lump for months and it freaked me out.  I would suggest follow sleeping up with a wedge or pillow, sleep only on left side, never right.   Don't eat and lay down or go off to bed.  Stick with fish and chicken for main dinners and I had no issues with eggs for breakfast.  I lost 15 lbs and now trying to gain that back.  Anxiety is a major issue with this throat thing. Try to monitor that as much as possible.  I have been using diazepam in small amounts to help with that, but don't take before bed, only when you are stressing out. Keep telling yourself you can get thru this.  There is so much negative stuff out there, just ignore most of it and heal yourself.  It worked for me. I never thought I could feel good again. 

The feeling of something stuck in the throat (globus), is reported by 50% of patients with extra-oesopjhageal reflux (commonly known as LPR).

Gastro-oesophageal reflux carries mater from the stomach into the oesophagus - usually through a malfunctioning lower oesophageal sphincter due to your hiatus hernia. PPIs like esomeprazole (Nexium) etc reduce the acid so the reflux is less damaging. However, they don't really address the reflux and even non-erosive reflux can cause problems.

Travelling full column the flap valave of the upper oesophageal sphincter was never really designed to prevent this. The cricopharyngeal muscle can go into spasm and tighten in a preventative effort - which causes that feeling of the lump in the throat.

It's probably nothing to do with whether you may be gluten or lactose intolerant, you really need to attempt to reduce the reflux itself.

The www DownWithAcid org uk book has a major section on reflux describing its action, its complications and management thereof.

I have very similar symptoms as you, and this have been changing my life a lot too.

I have the tight throat feeling constantly for two months now and sometimes when i swallow i will even hear a clicking sound.

I have been taking PPI for ten days now, i used to have a throat burning sensation but at least that is gone.

When did you start having this?