GERD causes central apnea/asthma

[asthma13]

can GERD really cause asthma and central apneas?  is 80mg nexium too much per day or 40mg is better?  I was also prescribed zantac but don't know if it helps

[ill13632]

it seems ok to take charcoal- it's supposed to bind with toxins and carry them out of your body?
anyway I feel some uncomfortable slight burning when I drink hot liquids sometimes or cold liquids
I had a flex sig negative but haven't had endoscopy in a while

[ill13632]

the GI diagnosed me with GERD and put me on nexium/zantac.  I still feel nauseous sometimes but the bleeding has stopped at least.  I take this herbal amrita bindu that I read helps asthma sufferers, 3 spoons 2 times a day and hope that it cures my asthma
also I've taken canasa suppositories

[ill13632]

sleep apnea is terrible I'm constantly tired and not fully conscious, in a terrible fog and my thinking and memory seems damaged by the low oxygen levels
you can get a sleep study at a lab to diagnosis it

[ill13632]

you can get Gaviscon in generic over the counter.  I'm trying it and got some charcoal tablets too.  hopefully my breathing nightmare will end

[selmaS]

  Sorry...JMHO  for me means  just my honest opinion.....

[ill13632]

I was teaching in Indonesia and started having breathing problems there and when I returned to the US they began to worsen and I started having sleep apnea in NY (didn't have symptoms in Indonesia or ever before)

[ill13632]

I've tried everything including dulera, singulair, symbicort, xopenex, combivent.  even prednisone doesn't help and that can cause brain damage in the hippocamus neurons according to some researchers  
I take d mannose hoping that it will feed my neurons and prevent them from dying from the steroids

[ill13632]

wow thanks so much! I took nexium and zantac and it seems to help nausea a little.  I take canasa and the bleeding in my stools seems to have stopped.
but the terrible thing is sleep apnea that is just crippling my life.  
some people say that with central apnea the brain senses some sort of threat from GERD and acid reflux and stops the signal to breathe.  I wheeze though all the time when I exhale.  I exhale for less than a second and then the breath stops!  but not when I inhale?

[Smiley2000]

Hi there,

I was on 60-80mg of Nexium per day, but I did not get my diagnosis of GERD from an ENT!

You should go and see a Gastro Enterologist and get some tests/procedures done:  Endoscopy (to determine cause for GERD, i.e. Hiatal hernia, LES dysfunction, etc.) and 24hr PH or Impedance study and see if you even NEED the high dosage of Nexium.

GERD is very complicated and can indeed make Asthma worse for some patients, but you need to be checked out by a GI and then get treatment.

Hope the info helped :)

[Smiley2000]

It took my a while to figgure it out, but I think JMHO:  just my humble opinion?

[Tammy2009]

I get wheezing and shortness of breath from my GERD.  To the point it took about 6 months of appointments with a respiralogist to determine it was not asthma at all.  I was given prednisone doses to start at home before contacting a doctor because everyone thought the symptoms were from the so called asthma.  So of course I became wheezy and uncomfortable, took prednisone dose like I was suppose too, stayed the same or slightly better, finished taper and felt better in a couple of days.  

Prednisone is a HORRIBLE medicine for your stomach, so it was helping the lung inflammation (we are pretty sure I'm micro-aspirating acid or food) but it also increases the chances of reflux which started a horrible cycle of symptoms.  

Gaviscon is what is helping me, none of the PPIs (type of drug that nexium is - which is one I tried) did anything.  Gaviscon coats the stomach and esopagus so the acid can't irritate it.  Takes about 3-4 weeks of regular use though for my lungs to settle down though from a bad flare-up..

[Flycaster305]

I'm old and don't understand text message language.  What is  JMHO?

[selmaS]

  They would do an endoscopy and other testing, it is not in the groin or that type of hernia....this is different.A hiatus hernia or hiatal hernia is the protrusion (or herniation) of the upper part of the stomach into the thorax through a tear or weakness in the diaphragm.

See a GI dr for this issue not an ENT. JMHO

[asthma13]

how do you know if you have a hernia?  the doctor checked my groin, there are these red streaks, I though it was from prednisone
the ENT gave me nexium because he thought it would help my asthma but no big improvement even on 80mg/day

[selmaS]

   Hi...it is possible to have breathing issues with GERD....especially if u have a hiatal hernia or a sliding hernia which can move and put pressure on ur diaphragm.

If u have asthma it may be due to family history or to meds, such as an allergic reaction. Talk with ur Dr about these concerns and share all symptoms when starting new meds with him/her so he/she can best advise u.