Heartburn Support - Young GERDs?

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Young GERDs?

pharris2000

2006-08-22, 8:22 am

Dear all,

My nephew wondered if you might be able to advise him. He's about 29
and has not suffered from chronic reflux in his life. He has suffered
from irritable bowel syndrome on and off for a few years. He is a
little overweight (only a stone or two) but did tend to rush his food a
bit. Recently he has had worse IBS and so made a concernted effort to
chew his food better. Last week whilst eating a sandwich it felt like
it got stuck in his esophagus. He drank some water to ease it down but
ever since then he has been getting wind from his stomach belching up
his esophagus, bringing acid with it. Even if he eats just a mouthful
of well chewed food or a sip of liquid, his stomach still makes a
slight burping sound, and its feels like its burning and his throats
get dry and sore. Interestingly, the symptoms are LEAST sore first
thing in the morning, despite lying totally flat without pillows. It
seems to triggered more by the escape of wind during waking hours
rather than acid leaking up during the night. He is still getting
heartburn too, and he's only young. Does this sounds like he is on the
slippery slope of GERDS, something worse or is this GAS problem more
likely to be IBS/stomach related and will pass with prescription
antacids? He is going to see the Doc and I'll let you know any useful
info. Any advice you can give would hopefully help put his mind at
rest.

Regards,

P Harris

Howard McCollister

2006-08-22, 4:23 pm

"pharris2000" <pharris2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1156250058.356663.38480@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Dear all,
>
> My nephew wondered if you might be able to advise him. He's about 29
> and has not suffered from chronic reflux in his life. He has suffered
> from irritable bowel syndrome on and off for a few years. He is a
> little overweight (only a stone or two) but did tend to rush his food a
> bit. Recently he has had worse IBS and so made a concernted effort to
> chew his food better. Last week whilst eating a sandwich it felt like
> it got stuck in his esophagus. He drank some water to ease it down but
> ever since then he has been getting wind from his stomach belching up
> his esophagus, bringing acid with it. Even if he eats just a mouthful
> of well chewed food or a sip of liquid, his stomach still makes a
> slight burping sound, and its feels like its burning and his throats
> get dry and sore. Interestingly, the symptoms are LEAST sore first
> thing in the morning, despite lying totally flat without pillows. It
> seems to triggered more by the escape of wind during waking hours
> rather than acid leaking up during the night. He is still getting
> heartburn too, and he's only young. Does this sounds like he is on the
> slippery slope of GERDS, something worse or is this GAS problem more
> likely to be IBS/stomach related and will pass with prescription
> antacids? He is going to see the Doc and I'll let you know any useful
> info. Any advice you can give would hopefully help put his mind at
> rest.

The symptoms described are suggestive of GERD. Aerophagia is a very common
associated side effect of reflux, with resultant frequent belching.

HMc

Vanny

2006-08-23, 8:23 am

Many babies and children have GERD and recurring media otitis (inflammation
of the middle ear) in children is thought to be associated with reflux.

So 29 is not young.

If he has GERD he must radically change his lifestyle in addition to taking
PPIs. This includes losing weight, cutting out all alcohol, coffee, black
tea, milk, sweets, fizzy drinks, etc (see article below). If that does not
work then surgery will be called for.

Lifestyle changes for the management of GERD:
http://www.gicare.com/pated/ecdgs39.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/proton-p...ors/article.htm "Which PPIs
are approved in the United States?
Available PPIs include omeprazole (Prilosec), lansoprazole (Prevacid),
rabeprazole (Aciphex), pantoprazole (Protonix), and esomeprazole (Nexium)."

GERD article
http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc85.html

All the best,

Vanny

"pharris2000" <pharris2000@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1156250058.356663.38480@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Dear all,
>
> My nephew wondered if you might be able to advise him. He's about 29
> and has not suffered from chronic reflux in his life. He has suffered
> from irritable bowel syndrome on and off for a few years. He is a
> little overweight (only a stone or two) but did tend to rush his food a
> bit. Recently he has had worse IBS and so made a concernted effort to
> chew his food better. Last week whilst eating a sandwich it felt like
> it got stuck in his esophagus. He drank some water to ease it down but
> ever since then he has been getting wind from his stomach belching up
> his esophagus, bringing acid with it. Even if he eats just a mouthful
> of well chewed food or a sip of liquid, his stomach still makes a
> slight burping sound, and its feels like its burning and his throats
> get dry and sore. Interestingly, the symptoms are LEAST sore first
> thing in the morning, despite lying totally flat without pillows. It
> seems to triggered more by the escape of wind during waking hours
> rather than acid leaking up during the night. He is still getting
> heartburn too, and he's only young. Does this sounds like he is on the
> slippery slope of GERDS, something worse or is this GAS problem more
> likely to be IBS/stomach related and will pass with prescription
> antacids? He is going to see the Doc and I'll let you know any useful
> info. Any advice you can give would hopefully help put his mind at
> rest.
>
> Regards,
>
> P Harris
>