Gerd Diet Hq

Mitchel asked:


Who can I talk to? Is there an independent organization that gives advice on this subject who does not have a bias against Chinese medicine but also is not a Chinese business person just trying to make money buy selling bogus treatments?

Any help thanks.

James

David pal asked:


I face constipation on a daily basis.previously I had been diagonised for GERD but I took treatment by then.In the morning I don”t feel the urge to empty my bowel and I have to push myself very hard,but 80% I”d fail tp empty my bowel.
I also Have some sort of ripe liquid come out from my stomach and fill my mouth badly.
CAn anybody tell me what this is?is this serious?

Brian

Jeff W. Martin asked:


Since the 1990s, infant gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or acid reflux has been increasing. From recent data, children between the ages of 3 and 7 endure acid reflux symptoms between 2 and 8% of the time, and for infants the percentage suffering increases to 20%. Those infants afflicted by disabilities of a developmental or neurological type are more at risk to GERD.

Before relating the reasons and dangers of GERD in babies, we’ll look briefly at the cause both local and immediate underlying this medical condition. In plain words, acid reflux is when the digestive system malfunctions. The weakening of the LES is the most common cause for this. The LES is the lower esophageal sphincter. When it is not strong enough to keep all the stomach contents in the stomach, then those contents move to the throat and even past the larynx to get into the upper air passage. Reflux may also occur under normal LES pressure, for example after feeding, crying, going to the toilet and coughing. However there may also be serious complications of health involved such as infections, ulcers, pain, feeding problems, issues with the voice, going sometimes as far as cancer.

In babies, diagnosis of GERD can be especially challenging; Because of the small reservoir in their esophagus, infants vomit or regurgitate more than adults. Many infants are prone to this kind of vomiting on a regular basis as mild to moderate “spitting up”, happening without distress from the mouth or nose. Because of this GERD and normal vomiting are easily confused. To compound this, indications of something wrong may be difficult to identify, especially as infants are too young to be able to explain.

When your infant suffers from GERD, a number of supplementary symptoms appear. For instance, as GERD vomiting causes pain, babies who vomit too often, cry or scream for hours on end or lie awake continuously, might suffer from this. Other symptoms can include pain in the abdomen, enlargement of the adenoids, recurrent coughing, infections of the middle ear, asthma, anemia, vomiting of blood (known as hematemesis), a high-pitched breathing sound, croup that is repetitive, arching of the back and inflamed nose and /or sinus.

The danger of neglected acid reflux in infants is also that it may lead to serious complications? An infant who links feeding to pain may refuse breastfeeding and lose weight. Potentially severe conditions such as erosive esophagitis can also result from gastroesophageal reflux disease. For that reason, early diagnosis and treatment are required to make sure that your infant stays safe and well. Seeing a gastroenterologist or an ENT (ear, nose, throat) doctor is the best way to get a verifiable diagnosis for your child.

If a diagnosis of GERD is made, then parents of the infant must make a choice of treatment. Options of treatment for an infant with gastroesophageal reflux disease are of three kinds: surgical operation, medications (over the counter or prescription), or holistic therapy.

A surgical procedure known as a Nissan Fundoplication may be done to reduce looseness between the esophagus and stomach. Surgical intervention is however rarely considered, because of risk and severity of complications exceeding those of acid reflux itself.

Prescription medicaments are also to be avoided for the following reasons:

1. Medications try to address the GERD symptoms (such as production of acid) but neglect root causes, such as lifestyle, dietary and internal triggers and factors.

2. For adults and therefore even more so for infants, medications have certain risks. Reglan and bethanechol for example have not been testing for babies as prescribed reflux medications. Cisapride with its severe secondary effect of heart arrythmia had to be removed from sales. Other common medications have even more serious secondary effects, including pneumonia and Tourette’s syndrome.

3. Any kind of medication can cause dependency, and infants are particularly at risk concerning their autoimmune system that is still growing with the baby.

Were you aware that the best way to protect your infant from discomforting and painful symptoms of GERD is to choose a holistic approach in conjunction with comprehensive changes towards a natural lifestyle and diet?

Studies done recently show the benefit of all natural holistic treatments of GERD. For instance, studies done by Ravelli, Tobanelli and Volpi which appeared in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 2001, showed that formula based on cow’s milk can result in delayed gastric emptying in infants with allergy to milk proteins. Studies by Rudolph, Mazur and Liptak also published in this journal indicated that changing from cow’s milk formula to a formula based in casein hydrolysate could be better for infants who vomit. And also, for infants with GERD, breastfeeding turns out to have significant advantages compared to any formula for babies, because milk from the ****** is better for the digestion and gives faster digestive transit.

The conclusions above as well as many others reinforce the theory that infant GERD is not local in its manifestation (the esophagus only), but in fact that it is a bodily reaction to a set of factors that are internal, dietary and environmental. This explains why the holistic approach taken by holistic medicine which focuses on protecting your infant from gastroesophageal reflux disease can be safe and also the most effective choice in the long term.



Rick

max a asked:


Hi a few weeks ago i was diagnosed with GERD. I am a college student and like to have fun on the weekends. But alcohol definitly makes my GERD alot worse. Is it likely after my 8 week Nexium treatment, i will still be able to consume alcohol(on a much less basis). Or will i have this problem with me for the rest of my life when it comes to alcohol, please help.

Dennis

iheartmusic043 asked:


I have had Gastroesophogeal reflux since 2006 and my G.I. doctor gave me a list of what I shouldn’t eat. I used to have it really badly and was on like 20 different medications like muscle relaxers (which is a new treatment for GERD) and really strong acid reducers. I stopped taking them around November and I don’t go to the doctors because Ihaven’t gotten sick like my mother (who is a nurse) said I would from not taking my medicine. My mom also stopped taking me to the doctor because she said it would be stupid to do so since I don’t take my medicine. Any suggestions on the food?

Shawn

Anna Hart asked:


A diet for GERD relief must begin by understanding what it is we want to relieve. What is GERD? Technically speaking, GERD is an irritation or inflammation of the esophagus. It is believed that the condition is due to stomach acid flowing back up into the esophagus. The esophagus is the pipe that carries swallowed food from your mouth to your stomach. Where they meet, a ring of muscle called a sphincter separates the stomach and esophagus. This lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxes to let food into the stomach, and tightens to keep stomach acids from flowing back, and coming into contact with the sensitive lining of the esophagus.

GERD is an acronym, created for quicker, easier pronunciation and use of the term “gastroesophageal reflux disease.”

* Gastro refers to stomach.

* Esophageal refers to esophagus.

* Reflux means to flow backward

* Disease is the illness.

A diet for GERD relief must recognize that the problem is muscular. The LES is not functioning properly. If this is somehow caused by food, the issue must be addressed in diet. Let’s look at some possibilities.

Meal Times

A diet for GERD relief can help with GERD that occurs during sleep. How? Rather than change the type of food in the diet, the GERD sufferer should leave more time between the evening meal and bedtime. If you suffer from GERD, acid reflux, or heartburn, you may be going to bed too soon after your evening meal.

Researchers in Japan found that a shorter interval between dinner and bed is associated with an increased risk of GERD. Reporting on a 2005 study, researchers said that they saw a significant connection between shorter dinner-to-bed time and GERD.

Japanese researchers used 147 patients who had experienced GERD symptoms during the previous year and 294 matched “control” patients who had not experienced GERD symptoms during the previous year. Each was given a questionnaire to evaluate the normal time between finishing dinner and going to bed.

Study participants who went to be bed within three hours after the evening meal were 7.45 times more likely to suffer heartburn as those who waited four or more hours.

Dr. Yasuhiro Fujiwara and his colleagues from Osaka City University state in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, “It is generally recommended that patients with GERD refrain from eating within three hours of going to sleep”.

A diet for GERD relief will, therefore, include early evening meals.

In addition, GERD treatment calls for smaller meals, reducing the amount of food in the stomach at any given time. This permits the stomach to work more efficiently, and reduces the amount of pressure placed on the LES.

Foods You May Want to Avoid

As stated, GERD is a muscular disorder. The LES is relaxing too much. This relaxation can be caused, for some people, by certain foods.

A diet for GERD relief should test this theory be avoiding certain foods to determine if they are at fault. The following are thought to aggravate GERD. They may or may not aggravate your symptoms.

1. chocolate

2. creamed foods

3. fast foods (most)

4. fatty foods

5. milk

6. oils

7. peppermint

If you have GERD, with inflamed lower esophagus, you may want to avoid, or at least limit, caffeinated drinks such as coffee, soft drinks, and tea. These are thought to irritate the inflammation. Citrus fruits and their juices may also irritate.

Aside from these limits, you should be able to eat other foods.

Helpful Tip

People differ. Foods that may aggravate or irritate one person may have little or no effect on another. Conduct your own, honest experiments, expecting the best. You may be able to eat most of these foods.

CAUTION: The author is not a medical professional and presents the above information for educational purposes only. Please seek the advice of a physician if heartburn, acid reflux, or GERD persist.



Dora

Gilly asked:


So basically I’ve been having problems swallowing for a couple years now. I HAVE to drink something in order for food to go down. It’s really annoying because I can’t eat anything without also drinking something.

So I went to my family doctor and he said I have GERD and told me to take Prilosec OTC. And so I did take the full treatment (14 days), but it didn’t really help that much. The GERD symptoms weren’t there, but I’d still have to drink something in order for food to go down.

I went back to my family doctor a couple months later and told him I’m still having problems, so he told me to get an Upper GI or barium swallow done. I did that and everything came back normal. So the doctor once again just said to continue taking Prilosec OTC. He also told me nothing is wrong which made me furious with him because I’m telling him something IS wrong.

Then my family doctor told me to get an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) done. Now I thought I was getting somewhere, because when the results of the EGD came back, they said I have inflammation in my esophagus, or esophagitis. For some reason I was really happy. I think it’s because I finally knew what was wrong.

So the specialist doctor who had done the EGD told me to take prescription Nexium, which she said would help the inflammation and GERD. But I’ve been taking the Nexium for months now and it’s not helping. I really think that maybe I should also be taking medicine specifically for the inflammation. So I just don’t know what to do, and I’ve just about had it. I’m tired of it all, I just want to be able to enjoy a meal like everyone else and not have to constantly be taking sips of water.

Please help… ANYONE! Any suggestions, tips, comments, reccommendations anything! I’m sooo desperate, just help me someone :’(
I’ve done blood tests to see if I’m allergic to anything and that came back normal.

Wouldn’t the Upper GI or EGD show hiatal hernias?
And I don’t have any dry coughs.

Bobby

msnoose asked:


This is the antibody that can cause ulcers, does cause pain in the abdomen, IBS symptoms, GERD & so forth. I was told I need to get the “Perv PACK” & take the combination of antibiotics for 2 wks & everything will be fine. I can’t believe it took years after doctoring for stomach spasms, pain etc for a doctor to order the blood test that shows I have it!

Georgia

peterhutch asked:


H-2-receptor blockers. Over-the-counter H-2-receptor blockers, such as cimetidine (Tagamet HB), famotidine (Pepcid AC), nizatidine (Axid AR) or ranitidine (Zantac 75), are available at half the strength of their prescription versions. Instead of neutralizing the acid, these medications reduce the production of acid. They don’t act as quickly as antacids, but they provide longer relief. Take these medications before a meal that you think may cause heartburn because it takes them about 30 minutes to work. They’re also effective in reducing reflux at night if taken at bedtime. Some H-2-receptor blockers can cause infrequent side effects, including dizziness, diarrhea, headache, kidney problems and temporary ****** enlargement in men. In rare instances they can also react dangerously with other medications.

Elevation of the upper body at night generally is recommended for all patients with GERD. Nevertheless, most patients with GERD have reflux only during the day and elevation at night is of little benefit for them. It is not possible to know for certain which patients will benefit from elevation at night unless acid testing clearly demonstrates night reflux. However, patients who have heartburn, regurgitation, or other symptoms of GERD at night are probably experiencing reflux at night and definitely should use upper body elevation. Reflux also occurs less frequently when patients lie on their left rather than their right sides.

Patients with mild symptoms are treated as needed with non-prescription remedies like antacids, a non-prescription H2 blocker, or the non-prescription proton pump inhibitor (PPI), omeprazole (brand name: Prilosec OTC). For patients with more severe symptoms, or for those who do not respond adequately to non-prescription therapies, continuous treatment with a prescription-strength H2 blocker or PPI is recommended. H2 blockers and PPIs both work by decreasing the production of stomach acid that causes many of the symptoms of gerd.

Decreasing the size of portions at mealtime may also help control symptoms. Eating meals at least 2 to 3 hours before bedtime may lessen reflux by allowing the acid in the stomach to decrease and the stomach to empty partially. In addition, being overweight often worsens symptoms. Many overweight people find relief when they lose weight.

Treatment for GERD and heartburn ranges from over-the-counter remedies to surgery. Here’s a rundown on the pros and cons of your heartburn treatment options.

Pay Close Attention to Your Diet—Foods and drinks that aggravate GERD include spicy foods, acid based foods, greasy foods, alcohol, and caffeine. Before you bite into that pizza or fried chicken, think about how you are going to feel a couple of hours from now. Before you drink those beers, followed by that cup of coffee, think about the last time you did that and were up all night. If you are suicidal and enjoy great pain, drink that big glass or orange juice on an empty stomach. Sometimes changing your diet can be the key in controlling acid reflux.

Whereas the stomach has a protective lining so that it doesn’t succumb to the acid, the esophagus has no such lining. That’s why upwardly mobile stomach acid burns, sometimes so badly that you may think you’re suffering a heart attack.

Medications ranging from over-the-counter antacids to prescription drugs are used to treat acid reflux. Find out what your options are and which are best for you.



Pamela

Jeannie Crabtree asked:


We would all like to find a treatment for this very uncomfortable problem known as heartburn or GERD .

The real heartburn treatment is in you hands. Before you rush out the Drugstore for antacids, or to the Doctor to get a prescription, check out your kitchen and diet.

The first area of heartburn treatment and GERD treatment is looking at your diet and nutrition and making changes. Look at both what you eat, drink, and the stress that you are under or carry around with you and make crucial adjustments.

Fats, spices, pastries, coffee, chocolate and tomato products can all give susceptible people heartburn and so a natural heartburn treatment is to start eliminating them from your diet or at least drastically reduce them.

There is a natural heartburn treatment that you can take to ease your symptoms along with looking at the foods you ingest. Ginger is nice. You can buy fresh ground powder at some health food store or in the spice section at the grocery store. It also comes candied, in capsules or pickled. Ginger is considered a tonic for the digestive system and many have found to be a natural heartburn treatment.

You want to add more fresh vegetables, especially dark leafy greens into your diet. They have an alkalizing effect. This helps with your acid problem as well as giving you needed minerals and vitamins in your diet. Many nutritionists, including myself now recommend 7 to 9 one half cup servings of vegetables and fruits per day.

This is all a learning process and well worth it. Why not get started on in a natural method of GERD and heartburn treatment and eliminate some foods from your diet for a while? Keep a diary for two weeks about your heartburn treatment diet and write down your reactions and what foods you eat on your heartburn diet. As you make changes, you should see a lessoning of symptoms.



Sarah