Can acid reflux makes your upper throat feel full?
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Cactus Jack asked:
I’ve been asking a lot of questions lately on acid reflux because people here have been a great help.
I’ve been asking a lot of questions lately on acid reflux because people here have been a great help.
Just wondering if acid reflux can make your upper throat feel full and if it can make you feel like you are having food stuck in the back of your mouth (where the throat/mouth meet).
Does anyone have thie experience?
Also, do people find apple juice helps? I was told it does.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:24 am
milk helps me when it happens try laying down and let your stomach expend and try and digust or barb
June 15th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I occasionally experience acid reflux (heartburn) but have never experienced that feeling. However, acid reflux can make you feel like you cannot breathe and can cause anxiety.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Hi,, I’ve never had this feeling with acid reflux. For a long time tho I did go around feeling like I had something stuck in my throat,, made it hard to swallow. I had a dozen tests done and they never did find out what it was. Then I went to an ear nose an throat doctor. It was allergies. He said it was quit common for allergies to make your throat feel tight or like you have something stuck in it. He gave me a scrip for it, and it s all better now. Hope this helps
Violet
June 17th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
oh yeah! when i had it i litterally had stomach acid in my mouth! lay off the spicy food, greasy food, chocolate, pop etc. sleep with your head elevated. you can try laying on your right side. this helps your stomach drain. most importantly, get some meds! i take prevacid 30 mg every day and it doesn’t bother me at all. don’t let it go on untreated, the stomach acid could eat a hole in your esophagus.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I have not found Apple Juice to work, however, depending on an indivuals diet it may.
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 with hereditary), Drinking Beverages with Alcohol, Stress, Anxiety 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), shortness/difficulty breathing, and a feeling as if you have food stuck in your throat.
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
Oranges (Juice and fruit)
Lemon (Juice and fruit)
Foods That Contain Grease
Fried Foods
Potatoes (Starch)
Buffalo wings
Chocolate (including any Coco)
Caffeine
Smoking
Alcohol
Doughnuts
Brownies
Cake
Tomato Based Products
Lactose
Sour Cream
Cottage Cheese
High amounts of Carbohydrates
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.