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From: Dulli
Date: 10/16/00
Time: 12:00:31
People, in my case, I think I have finally discovered my cure after 8 months. My problems started back in Feb of this year. There have been many studies that support some kind of connection between allergies and gerd. Also, people on this board continually complain about "globus" feeling of something stuck in their throats. Well, I originally had vague stomach pains, and bloating. Got on Prevacid. Got more weird pains, bloating, constant burping, general uncomfortableness. Also, stool was colored weird! Light brown, yellow, mixed colors, undigested pieces of food, etc. Stopped taking prevacid, Got unbelieveable heartburn! (never had it before taking Prevacid - rebound effect baby!). Heartburn subsided, but then, constant globus. Endoscopy showed only minor inflammation of esophagus / stomach junction. No hiatal hearnia, gastritis, H Pylori, etc. My investigations got into high gear. I was constantly concentrating on their being something wrong with my digestion and my stomach. One day finally realized, after reading some other info, that my globus wasn't coming from my stomach, it was coming from up above. I was swallowing, contantly! Meaning - I was swallowing saliva, and/or something else. I have always had hay fever, allergies, etc. Also, I have always been very active - lots of excersise until this year. I have been very busy with work and other things, and have not been able to excersise AT ALL. I started noticing that when I excersised a little bit, I felt better, and the globus was better. Also, the globus and burping got better when I ate or drank acidic things! In terms of diet, I have been starving myself, and had not been eating right, along with excessive drinking(alcohol). So, after experimenting with vitamins, supplements, ant-acids, etc. I have come to this conclusion: I have chronic post nasal, and / or throat DRIP. Mucus is constantly forming in me, becuase I am succeptable to irratants. The drip, caused stomach problems because it would lower the acidity of my stomach, food wasn't being broken down efficently, and all the mucus, and drip caused the weird stool. Also, all the burping (becuase drip contains air) caused the GERD, and burning of my esophagus. Becuase I was always previously active, my blood flow helped clear my sinuses, troat etc. Now, being sedetary, along with bad diet, and heavy drinking, my sinuses were a wreck. So, as of last week, I started taking a regular multi-viatmin, increased my excersise (for blood flow), added chewable C vitamin (I don't eat enough citrus - and alcohol depletes it), and a few times a day, increase the blood flow to my head and sinuses (by bending over and feeling the rush of blood to my head, or standing on my head) - IT SOUNDS STUPID, but really helps. I have since noticed that I need to swallow less, the globus is gone. More reglular stools, bloating is gone, heartburn is gone, burping is gone. I FEEL GREAT ! I have weird sinsations in my sinuses (like pressure changes), so I know I am on the right track.
I really think that the Vitamin C helped alot, and I was probably deficient. Also, the whole sinus thing could be sinitus (chronic infection of the sinusis) and blood flow, and vitamin C could be working together to cure this? However, my mucus showed no signs of infection (only thick and white, not yellow or green!)
I also noticed, that I am breathing better than I have all year. I never noticed that my breathing was previosly diminished. When I ate acidic things, this would cut down the mucus, and make me feel better, lessening my gerd. I feel that the gerd was due to the needed burping, and general "mucus soaked" contents of my stomach escaping upward. Also, If I was continually swallowing DRIP, my LES would have to be contansly OPEN! causing the gerd.
I am not sure if anyone that reads this will believe it, but I am convinced, and I hope this letter helps some people with a-typical symptoms. I believe a majority of people probably do have problems with Hiatal hernias, Hpylori, etc. Again, good luck to you all.