Acid reflux

Old Boar

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Location
West Wales
There is a very simple test for acid levels in the stomach. Take a teaspoon of baking powder in some water and wait. If you belch within 30 seconds, your stomach acid is OK. (You should belch a few times too). If you do not burp at all, or only little burps after a few minutes, you have low stomach acid. This too can cause heartburn and acid reflux. Apple cider vinegar helps with this - a pudding spoon in the day sorts it out.
A feeling of burning in the chest is a different feeling to acid reflux. Usually with acid reflux you feel it quite low down in the middle of your ribs, and standing up straight and tall and a few deep breaths calms it down. A chest infection burning is more general and is usually worse first thing.
I know you cannot face going to the GP - but can you face going to see the chemist?
 

will6910

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Location
N.i
Spoke to my doctor this morning. Well my mother did. Explained how I am and where I hurt and it sore and makes me sick. Was up all night coughing and being sick again. She's leaving me some dissolve in mouth tablet for acid thingy to help ease it and to stop me coughing. Tho I felt better the majority of time I fed sheep this morning. So with any luck Il be on the mend
 
The worse thing you can do is take gaviscon long term. Gerd is caused by diet, eating later, wrong foods, overweight, poor nutrition etc.
Have a look at natural remedies. I think it involves taking acid tablets and acid food to rebalance the gut.
 

MickW

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Location
South West
Go to the doctor your not a child, I had acid reflux didn't go to the docs for ages it turned out to be a heart condition (yes I do have one) He put me on medication for the heart never had acid since that was ten years ago.
Your healths worth the pain in the ass time in at the doctors so make the appointment.
 

JCMaloney

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Location
LE9 2JG
Watch what you eat & when you eat it.
Late night spicy food/wine etc is very bad.

Apart from that get to the GP to get the cough checked out before it turns into something that really floors you, then you`ll be no use to man nor beast. :)
 

Jamin

Member
I had the same years and years ago. Would get burning in throat and chest so went to docs, he gave me omeprazole for it and take one a day and been fine since except when I run out!
 

will6910

Member
Location
N.i
My doctor works through my mother as she's officially my carer. Where I'm sore when cough is exactly where it was sore whej mother found out about hers to. Doctor agreed and still have to get my tablets yet as they left me wrong kind to start with
 
I had the same years and years ago. Would get burning in throat and chest so went to docs, he gave me omeprazole for it and take one a day and been fine since except when I run out!
Having head the side effects of omeprazole my husband came off them (his dad was also on them) Better to find out the reason for acid and its a natural imbalance in the gut. My OH now follows a strict diet - paleo based and doesn't hardly touch alcohol over the years seen an improvement only when he is stressed does it return. Also went for the fitness and building the core muscles up. Omeprazole has been proved to bring on Alzheimers.
 

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