About GERD can someone with knowledge please answer?!
Question: Ok if I truly have GERD wouldn't the same foods trigger it all the time? Like why would it be that if I have the same diet and eat the same amounts wouldn't it stand to reason that it isn't my "diet" making me sick? Like for instance I eat a bagel for breakfast(with cream cheese) and water .......... lunch I might have 2 slices white bread with 2 slices ham with no condiments ........... supper maybe grilled chicken and steamed peas. I can eat this every day but about once a week or so it makes me sick. I just don't understand at all. I stay away from nuts ..... seeds ....... popcorn .... popcorn makes me sooooooo sick! I don't eat fried foods and lost aproximately 50lbs in the last year. I have chronic diarrhea ...... malabsorption .......... Can someone please explain? Thanks!!
Answers: Ok if I truly have GERD wouldn't the same foods trigger it all the time? Like why would it be that if I have the same diet and eat the same amounts wouldn't it stand to reason that it isn't my "diet" making me sick? Like for instance I eat a bagel for breakfast(with cream cheese) and water .......... lunch I might have 2 slices white bread with 2 slices ham with no condiments ........... supper maybe grilled chicken and steamed peas. I can eat this every day but about once a week or so it makes me sick. I just don't understand at all. I stay away from nuts ..... seeds ....... popcorn .... popcorn makes me sooooooo sick! I don't eat fried foods and lost aproximately 50lbs in the last year. I have chronic diarrhea ...... malabsorption .......... Can someone please explain? Thanks!!
I am not a doctor, so either way you will want to talk to them, but this is what I have to say as a long time sufferer of Acid Reflux (G.E.R.D.)!
Three part answer information, what not to do, and what to do!
INFORMATION!!!!!!
I have a very severe case of Acid Reflux (G.E.R.D.). I have had to go to the hospital for some of the heartburn that I have had because the pain can become overwhelming or your breathing can be effected. It can be caused by Smoking, Drinking Beverages with caffeine (My case), Drinking Beverages with Alcohol, or can be Hereditary
The good thing about G.E.R.D. is that it can be a temporary thing and can be cured. It is never a permit thing even if you end up with it for the rest of your life it has the ability to be cured.
G.E.R.D. is caused by too much acid being created in your stomach. This can lead to or cause ulcers, esophagus damage, heartburn and/or damage in the mouth. . Other symptoms that can be found in a few cases are dizziness, tingling in limbs, numbness of Limbs, Chest/Back pain focused on the left side (in most cases), and shortness/difficulty breathing.
WHAT NOT TO DO!!!!!!!!
In most cases, stress is a factor to the reflux if you watch what you eat and reduce some of the stress it will help. If you watch what you eat for about a week you should find relief, if you do not then that is when you definitely what to listen to the doctor. Things to watch for are as follows:
Fatty Foods
Citrus Foods
Foods That Contain Grease
Fried Foods
Chocolate (including any Coco)
Caffeine
Smoking
Alcohol
Tomato Based Products
Lactose
Roughage (Berries and Nuts)
Onions
WHAT TO DO!!!!
The two foods that I recommend is Black strap Molasses and Raw honey. The apple is better for night time reflux while these will work for just about all of it. What you will do is take about a tsp. of whatever one you chose. Molasses being the better because of strength and nutrition, but must be use to the taste. What the substance will do is stick to the sides of the esophagus and do two things, one is heal and the other is protect.
On the healing end, both substances have a healing property in them, and as they sit on the walls of the esophagus they will heal it. This is also helpful if you have a sore throat in the morning from refluxing.
On the protection end, both substances are high in sugar and when acid that is refluxed comes up to that the sugar will neutralize it and it will not longer be a problem at that point.
I would also look to putting Cinnamon and Ginger in you diet, they have been know to help with digestion and will help you reduce the amount of acid needed to brake down food, therefore causing you to reflux less.
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease, (GERD,) is not necessarily caused by the foods you eat. It can be simply due to the lack of tone to the cardiac sphincter at the top of your stomach that allows stomach acid to reflux into your esophagus causing pain.
Since you have multiple GI problems, it is very difficult to say exactly what, if anything is a common denominator as a cause of your problems. But GERD is not necessarily caused by the foods you eat. The type of food you eat would however be a factor in mal-absorption and chronic diarrhea problems!
I'm an RN, and this isn't a diagnosis or medical advice, but you need to see a physician as soon as possible.
The symptoms you describe are not at all typical of GERD. GERD doesn't cause a 50 lb weight loss, or chronic diarrhea, or malabsorption. It also typically isn't triggered by the bland diet you describe. Those are serious symptoms and you need immediate diagnosis and treatment.
Please see your doctor this next week. If your current doctor made the initial GERD diagnosis, ask for a referral to a gastroenterologist. It's very important