I am suffering from GERD as diagnoised by my physician. The endoscopy showed LAX LES with small hiatal hernia

gc_misra questioned: I am suffering from GERD as diagnoised by my physician. The endoscopy conducted showed LAX LES with small hiatal hernia. I have been taking essomeprazole 40 twice daily for last six months. I am completely on recomended diet, no non vez, no spices, no oilly food, no tomato and no cold. But I [...]

Acid Reflux, GERD, or something else?

Julie P questioned: I have been having this terrible taste in my mouth for about 6 months now. It is very foul and sometimes like metallic. When this happens my throat and the back of my tongue and gums burn preety terrible as well. I don’t have any other symptoms but I went to a [...]

Do I have GERD? Acid reflux?

Kurt W questioned: For the past three months I have experienced acid coming back up to my throat. Some days I feel bloated and burp a lot. I have quit drinking and changed my diet. Recently, I started the Alkaline diet. It seemed to work at first but today it came back. I usually feel [...]

More severe gerd maybe?

creature_of_the_wheel questioned: I have gerd. I’ve never really 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 [...]

Diagnosed with GERD, been taking Prilosec for 2 weeks. No changes. am i too impatient?

enix_palo questioned: It felt like it all just started on one day, my stomach had a warm sensation and it felt tight. I didn’t know what it was, i thought i ate something terrible that made me sick so i waited 5 days till i was able to get some cash to go to a [...]