Re: Burning All Day Long

Posted By Tina on January 24, 1999 at 14:28:37:

In Reply to: Burning All Day Long posted by Tina on January 16, 1999 at 15:01:06:






I am a 37 year old female.  I have had problems with burning in my throat and upper stomach since I was 27.  I have IBS and have had my gallbladder removed.  Since July of 1998 I have had frequent times where I burp, and burn all day long and into the night.  Actually when I lie down it gets better; but when I sit up at night I feel the burning coming up my throat.  At times I have this burning when I have bowel movements.  I had stomach ulcers diagnosed in 1995 and took prilosec to heal them.  These symptoms now are so frequent and severe - burning in throat, esophagus, right side of stomach.  I have been seeing a gasto-doctor; he did an endoscopy in August 1998 and said I had esophagitus and gastritis.  He put me on Prevasid and Propulsid.  Things go better until October.  Then I would have 3-4 days of constant burning as described above - no pain.  There is however soreness in the chest area where I burn so bad.  I am having difficulty at times swallowing - I can feel the food going down my esophagus.  I am now taking 20mg of Prevasid two times a day and 20mg of Propulsid 2 times a day.  Last week the doctor put me on Carafate Liquid 4 times a day.  Things seemed to get better - I finished the Carafate Thursday after using it for 10 days.  By Friday night I had severe burning - it was as if a volcano was in my stomach and esophagus.  After calling my doctor this morning, he said he wanted me to take more Carafate. Also, he said this was a lot of medication and that I should be getting better.  He said this could be bile reflux??  What is this and why is it so persistent.  If the Carafate does not work he said I would have to have the endoscopy again.  If the endoscopy didn't show anything except esophagitus and gastritis, should I take another test so soon?  Also, could this be stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, or barrets esophagus?  Please respond to this, I would really appreciate your help!