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From: Judy
Date: 4/29/00
Time: 4:00:18 AM
Remote Name: 209.239.214.238
I do have some heartburn, but it's only occasionally enough to think about. When I took antihistimanes last month, it was spasming so hard I was crying. I get other gastro disturbances, burping a lot after eating the wrong things (especially cranberry juice), early morning nausea if I'm not on any kind of drugs, etc. But my main symptom is throat soreness, hoarseness, respiratory. And interestingly, I've been wondering the same thing. I just made an appointment with an ENT to have a throat endoscopy, which somehow never got done when he diagnosed me. I am now pondering whether I should have made the appointment later in the month with a GI for an endoscopy. Although it seems to make sense to me to look for damage there as well. Let me see if I can understand the physiology of this thing: people who have throat symptoms have them because the LES is loose and for some reason, goes up into the throat more often than in other people. There was a theory on a voice site about the UES being he only muscle involved in such cases, but I thought it was just one theory. Maybe somebody else can explain this. Because if there's a different loose valve involved, maybe the two new procedures wouldn't really work for us.