Hey everyone,
What causes this? It is sometimes so awful. I have carefully tried to identify foods or drinks that bring this on. I know that fizzy drinks and citrus drinks seem to be the main culprits or is this an underyling problem especially when it has been with you for a long long time. I try sipping milk but in the past it worked but it seems to make it worse now. Anything salty brings it on it is getting to a point where I am scared to eat or drink anything, horrible feeling especially when you go to bed and sleep on one side or the other.

Any help please
Take care. x

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Hi Janet,
I suffered terribly for about 20 years from acid reflux. It's mainly caused by the hydrochloric acid getting past the valve to the stomach allowing the acid to rise in the oesophagus.It can be a cause of Hiatus hernia which can in extreme circumstances lead to cancer in the oesophagus. First call is the doctor who should send you for an endoscope before pescribing medication which usually means a proton pump inhibitor.This is the part in the stomach which produces the acid to digest the food.
I suggest you eat small meals so that the acid doesn't have such easy access to the oesophagus.Smoking and drinking as well as certain foods makes the situation worse. Also sleep slightly elevated to prevent the acid rising.
Actually once I started energy work I found my acid reflux all but disappeared and I don't need any medication now.
L&L
Dave

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Reflux is generally caused by too little acid, not too much. I usually recommend HCl to alieviate the problem, and also digestive enzymes. Works well.

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Hi,
Not sure how a proton pump inhibitor causes more acid.Normal pescription in the UK is Omeprazole also known as Losec and other names.One tablet daily is enough to rid you of acid reflux.Another tip is avoid swallowing air as when the air comes back up it burns the Oesophagus.
L&L
Dave

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Hi David, Losec actually reduces your HCl, which is NOT what you need if your acid is low.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I think I will see the doctor, better to be safe than sorry. I have taken Rennie and Gavosgone (sorry about the spelling) in the past but it made it worse and my mother said I should drink milk, the milk has a very nice soothing effect but then it does not get rid of it.

This is quite interesting, I will post another reply once I have visited the quacks!

LOL x

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Hey again, I just wanted to say that this became really bad when I started to take Bach Flower Remedies so I have now stopped.

Any views on this?
Jx

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Perhaps if you address the cause, which is probably low acid, not the problem (symptom) then you will sort it.

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Hi there,

In my understanding of reflux it is not whether there is too much or too little acid, but where it is able to go. Your stomach needs to be acidic for the particular enzymes present to function and the stomach protects itself from this with a thick layer of mucous. In reflux, the stomach contents are able to get through the sphincter (muscular valve) at the top of the stomach and enter the oesophagus. This doesn't have a protective layer of mucous and is then irritated and damaged by the acid. In normal functioning, this sphincter shouldn't open except to let food into the stomach. When someone has reflux, it is because the sphincter isn't tight enough, or has opened at the wrong time.

General advice is to avoid alcohol, caffeine and fatty food and to eat small regular meals. I used to regularly have it and also found that milk but not yoghurt made it worse. One of the best things I tried was slippery elm powder. You add a teaspoon to a small glass of cold water, stir it up and drink it whenever you feel pain and before bed. It acts to form a coating in your oesophagus to protect it. Slippery elm isn't very pleasant to take as it forms a thick gelatinous liquid, but really helped.

Stress is often a main contributing factor, so trying some de-stressing techniques like yoga, meditation or just whatever you find relaxing will also help.

Good luck!

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Hi Marion

Thank you for taking the time to respond. The information you have given was actually quite calming!!! Thank you!!!

Will post another comment soon and give an update as I am sure this subject will help others.

Have a good day!
J

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Interesting you say that, Jon. I did read an article that said exactly that, and it made sense to me - as an ex-ex-ex nurse. But as I am not in the healing field I didn't store the info - on my computer or in my head. I will try and source it again and post it. The source would have to be either Dr Mercola or Mike Adams from Natural News.

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Hello Everyone,
In my practice I came accross patients with similar problems. I am not a medical doctor but a healer. To my understanding every so called medical or physical illness derive from some sort of emotional trouble.
In the case of my patients, I identified, too little acid that came about from the malfunction of digestive enzymes. Also I found that my patients were quite subdued, having troubling thoughts or events from the past that they were unable to digest.
Giving in to circumstances or somebedy's will power might be an istant "peace maker", however, it can cause a lot of problem in the digestive system.
I would suggest to make an inventory of your life. Who you are, what you want and who do you want it with. Also ask yourself if love yourself enough and for what.
Although the citruses are taking acid away from you rather then giving, I would suggest a soup spoonful of olive oil with some freshly squeezed lemon in it every morning before breakfast. Lot of water and some mind clearing exercise.
I hope it helps.
Love and epace
Zsa Zsa

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I can't agree that EVERY problem we have is caused by emotions, that is just not right. What we put into our body can cause imbalance, so not only look at emotions, but mental patterns, food, electrical systems, hydration, enviromental, not just emotions, although they may be the main cause but definitely NOT the only cause.

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Jon, I totally agree with you that everything is not emotional, to be quite honest, I am getting tired of everyone talking about this emotional stuff. I mean come on if I ate a table spoon of salt and my throat started to burn right down to my stomach, can you call that emotions????? I am not being horrible I think sometimes we need to really look at things for what they are. So the point of the "salt" is that maybe sometimes we need to adjust our diets and lifestyle... what do you think? Sorry to sound blunt everyone but it is getting to point where everyone is talking about energy imbalances, emotional imbalances etc. of which I totally agree in some cases but come on, lets stay real and focused! Not everything is energy imbalance, it could just simply be that you had a hot spicy meal last night, too much glasses of wine and you woke up feeling groggy, dehydrated and with gut ache.... now that is definately not emotional or energy, that is something we do ourselves knowing full well that we will not feel quite bright the next day.

Love and Light x

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Jon, I find myself agreeing with you again!
But maybe this needs to be another Thread because we are going off the original topic!

Anyhow...Take 'cancer': Environmental pollution I do believe it is the biggest cause for the increase we are seeing. I was a registered nurse in the 50s. Our text books said that cancer ocurred only in people over 40. I can still see the text book Touhy, I think it was called, and yet while nursing in the Children's Ward, during that time, I saw babies coming in with it. So I became interested in the subject and with my limited understanding did a lot of research. I remember reading how the atomic testing, that had been going on prior, was releasing every known radio-active partical into the atmosphere; plus man-made radio-active isotopes- which had never before been on the planet, but now were in the atmosphere because of these tests. Scientists had no idea what their effect would be in the future.
Gosh, I've forgotten all this now. But take Strontium 90. Apparently the bone likes strontium, and it will attract it (like attracts like), but to receive a dose of Strontium 90 was detrimental. (I would have to look this up again, but from memory, these radio-active isotopes agitated the cells and caused disturbance by isonising the cells they came in contact with; and some of these isotopes had half-lives of thousands of years.) Look up 'half-lives of radio-active substances' if you don't understand what that means.

I do believe that the other biggest cause stems from the Emotional Body: emotional problems stemming from this life and, just as importantly, our past lives. But which one is the cause for an individual case - I'll leave that to others more informed than me.

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Suzanne wrote, Jon, I find myself agreeing with you again!
Sorry Suzanne, I will try to write something, somewhere, you don't agree with, (wink)

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Hi Janet,
I agree all is not caused by emotional or energy imbalances but our lifestyles are often ruled by our emotions. Lack of exercise affects our energy systems which also affects our immune system.Everything is linked and we need to look at the complete picture including diet in our lifestyle.
L&L
Dave

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I wonder why Janet does not have a profile?

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