Acid reflux - severe belching ?? Please help :-(

[Siobhan87]

Somebody please help me, I am becoming more and more miserable by the day!!
Two and a half weeks ago I started feeling really gassy in my chest and felt like I had a huge bubble of air under my rib cage/my tummy and kept burping but not normal burps, it felt like trapped wind stuck in my oesophagus and they are constant.  And kept getting an acidic taste in my mouth.  Also my upper tummy was/has been making the most awful noises, it sounds like I have gallons and gallons of water in my stomach when I don't after I eat or drink something! So a few days later I went to A&E about it (couldn't get a GP appt as I was working night shifts at the time), and she did blood tests for my gall bladder and a rectal examination which all came back normal, so the doctor put it down to an acid reflux (I am 22 years old by the way).  Prescribed me lanoprazole and said to keep an eye on it.  Took them for a few days, helped the symptoms for a few hours but kept happening so went back to A&E, saw an absolutely useless doctor who couldn't wait to get rid of me who also said acid reflux and said the lanoprazole will take weeks to kick in.  Anyway symptoms persisted over days, I tried everything - assilone, peptac, drinking water/milk, which helped for a short time but not long enough! So went to my GP and he thinks it's my gall bladder and has referred me to have an ultrasound of my upper abdo this week (it's on Wednesday 28th April).  Anyway a couple more days passed and I kept having the constant belching, all the time, and like I say they are like trapped wind burps, constant!! Driving me insane and my tummy keeps making the wishy-washy noise so I went BACK to my GP and saw a different doctor, who thinks it's IBS (irritable bowel syndrome - been told I have that before), as when she examined my tummy it hurt in certain places that she pressed, and I have been opening my bowels more than normal - no diahorea at all, just soft stool - normal colour also.  So she said my bowels are inflamed.  I requested to have a gastroscopy so she has sent off for me to have one done.  I also told her that where I am constantly burping all of the time, it has made it feel like I have a lump in the back of my throat, she said that is caused by stress (I have been stressing over it BIGTIME and been crying almost every day cos it's so so uncomfortable and ruining my lifestyle), and she said the acid also causes it as it aggrevates my throat.

Please can someone who has these symptoms talk to me! And tell me if all this constant belching is normal.  I am going for a blood test tomorrow morning to check my pancreas is all okay and that will rule out any problems.  

Please help I just find myself crying all the time cos I dunno how to control it :-( and I am such a paranoid person I keep thinking worst case scenario which obviously isn't helping as stress makes it worse... but I can't help it :-(

[selmaS]

  Hi and welcome to the GERD forum.

Stress can be a big contributor to reflux....so you will need to try and relax and it can take time b4 you begin to see the benefits of the meds and altered diet....you should also modify your lifestyle as well.

The med you are on is a proton pump inhibitor....if in another 30 days you still feel this way, talk to your Dr about trying a H2b which is a histamine blocker....it seems many of us with LPR or silent reflux also have post nasal drip....and  an over production of histamines....so it may be beneficial  to block those instead of the acids in your stomach...

All you can do is try different things....keep a journal to find your food triggers...and keep track of your moods as well...

Keep us posted on your progress.

[rk1234567890]

HI , i wanted to ask will this help in my situation ? I'm running out of options don't know what to do any more!

[rk1234567890]

HI , i wanted to ask will this help in my situation ? I'm running out of options don't know what to do any more!

[rk1234567890]

Hi , i have totally altered my diet , but there is no relief what so ever. I went to see another doctor he said its because of stress probably , but seriously its been 2 months now and its not getting any better , i have been using Lansoprazolo  for the past month now , but now sign of relief at all. I feel so horrible , i can't even explain , this is the worst thing that probably happened to me, i seriously don't know what to do !

[Gallee]

Hi, had all the problems with trapped gas and belching. Try a good quality digestive enzymes with betaine hcl. Works like magic. Problem is caused by low stomach acid. You can test yourself using the bicarbonate of soda test. Google it. Low stomach acid causes poor digestion. You need stomach acid to trigger the release of digestive enzymes and correct function of stomach valves. Undigested food gasses off in small bowel causing bloating. This gas and bile mix is forced back into the stomach where the presence of some acid reacts to form even more volatile gas hence violent belching. Remedy. Take digestive enzymes that have betaine hcl with each meal. Eat more protein and less carbs.

[sambryllee]

Hi there, can we buy that in pharmacy w/ no Dr. Permit?

[Smiley2000]

Hi there,

Do you want to try a few natural things and see if it works:  swap your normal coffee with decaffeinated. If you have a lazy or hypotensive LES then this would definitely help.  And no chocolates!  You'll feel the difference in about a week's time.

You can opt to see a Dietitian or ask for a referral to see a Gastro Ent and get some tests done.

Please let me know how you are going.

[Imajerk]

Frankly even decaff coffee gives me a worse reacation than small quantities of chocolate. We are all different. Everything suggested is worth trying, but let's not forget it's trial and error for everyone here.