More severe gerd maybe?
February 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under Acid Reflux Q&A
creature_of_the_wheel asked:
I have gerd. I’ve never actually went to a regular doctor but have been in and out of emergency rooms for about 6 years. About 5 years ago, one of the times I had went, the ER doctor told me he thought I had acid reflux. For the longest time I took ranitidine and it worked well. When I lost a lot of weight and was down to 118 I hardly ever had problems. But now, in the past year it seems to be worse. What is really weird to me is it seems it has gotten alot worse since I’ve quit smoking and drinking sodas all together. I thought that I would feel better. My chest hurts and burns at least everyday at some point. I burp alot and can feel a bubbling coming up my chest. I also feel some pain in my arms. I’m just assuming I don’t have any heart problems since I had a chest x-ray done in March and the doctor didn’t say anything was wrong. He did say I had a big ball of gas in my stomach. I do have anxiety so when it does get worse I tend to panic. Does anyone get the same symptoms?
I have gerd. I’ve never actually went to a regular doctor but have been in and out of emergency rooms for about 6 years. About 5 years ago, one of the times I had went, the ER doctor told me he thought I had acid reflux. For the longest time I took ranitidine and it worked well. When I lost a lot of weight and was down to 118 I hardly ever had problems. But now, in the past year it seems to be worse. What is really weird to me is it seems it has gotten alot worse since I’ve quit smoking and drinking sodas all together. I thought that I would feel better. My chest hurts and burns at least everyday at some point. I burp alot and can feel a bubbling coming up my chest. I also feel some pain in my arms. I’m just assuming I don’t have any heart problems since I had a chest x-ray done in March and the doctor didn’t say anything was wrong. He did say I had a big ball of gas in my stomach. I do have anxiety so when it does get worse I tend to panic. Does anyone get the same symptoms?
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