Heartburn... PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

in an earlier post i saw a few girls complaining about heart burn. Girls i know this is something very common and we all know certain foods can aggrivate ur tummy so if you eat those food and u get heartburn then no worries...
BUT
If it is something constant for you and it is something that occurs on a daily basis pleeeeeeeeease get urself checked out. Go to a gasto. and tell him ur symptoms.

My hubby has been having heartburn issues for a while and i finally made him go to the doc. I thought that it was a terrible sign when he would wake up inthe middle of the night (numerous times) to take tums or something to sooth his burning. So the results of his endoscopy were nto that great. His stomach is fine but his esophagus is not so great. he has about 15 ulcers around his esoph. Now he is a strict diet and meds and we have to go back in 6 months to see if it has improved at all. My poor hubby is ok physically but his mood has been very blah since Sat. I mean it just takes getting used to but it still stinks that his esoph. looks like it went to war and back and that it can only get worse if he is not careful.

Anyhoo.. i just wanted to give u girls a headsup if it is something that u suffer from.
Also although tums are considered harmless taking them in excess can be bad for u..... somethign about the calcium and stuff.( the doc said this not me)

Your poor DH! Those ulcers can go away with medicine and diet so hopefully he will feel better soon. Did they put him on some kind of prescription meds?

Thanks for posting this

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Posted by cookiemonster

Your poor DH! Those ulcers can go away with medicine and diet so hopefully he will feel better soon. Did they put him on some kind of prescription meds?

Thanks for posting this

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yeah they put him on Prilosec 30 2 times a day. the normal is o0nce but he needs it twice.

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Posted by lilqtpie2181

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Posted by cookiemonster

Your poor DH! Those ulcers can go away with medicine and diet so hopefully he will feel better soon. Did they put him on some kind of prescription meds?

Thanks for posting this

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yeah they put him on Prilosec 30 2 times a day. the normal is o0nce but he needs it twice.

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Aww. Poor guy. I hope he starts to feel better soon!

Hey Date Twin!

So sorry to hear your hubby has been struggling with this ... it is NOT fun!

I'm currently taking Prilosec 14, it has worked miracles for me!

Hope this works for him and he doesn't need anything stronger

Thanks for posting!! My Dh has a box of tums in his nighstand. I will definitely have him ask about this when he goes to the doctor.

Hope your DH feels better soon

Thanks again for the info

I hope he gets better quickly! I used to suffer from constant acid reflux and it was sooooo bad, so I can imagine how he feels!

poor angelo!!!! i would have never thought!!! Tell him to take it easy now! awww

.this is AWESOME that u posted this.....i had acid reflux for a while & now it's finally undercontrol...and i'm now off my meds too. BUT just to really get u guys serious - if it goes untreated for a long time, the ulcers in the esophagous can actually turn into a really rare form of throat cancer. SO GET UR BOOTIES & UR HUBBIES TO THE DOCTOR! i'm not trying to freak anyone out, it's just important to treat....and it's so SIMPLE to treat & get under control.

i'm sorry about ur hubby BUT i'm glad u guys got him checked out...it'll be under control & healed up before u know it. a GREAT tip....get pure aloe(the gel not the juice) from the healthfood/natural store...it's proven to heal up the ulcers and it worked for me! U just take a heaping teaspoon & disolve it a glass of water 2x a day. hugs again

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Posted by Aug07OFCbride

uh oh...thx for the info. sorry to hear about your dh. now im a little freaked out about nate...he gets heartburn constantly and drinks more alkaseltzer than anyone i know!!!!!!!!!! what kinda doc did you dh go to for it? gastro checks out the esophagus?

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Yes we went to a gastro and I insisted on him getting an endoscopy cuz its just not normal the amount of heartburn this poor boy gets. he ate a bagel one day and he was suffering and I thought to myself its just bread why is it bothering him..ya know?!
Anyhoo pleae dont let this go cuz the doc told us that if we watied any longer it could have been much more extreme. i dont even wanna think about that.

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Posted by jtgarsik

.this is AWESOME that u posted this.....i had acid reflux for a while & now it's finally undercontrol...and i'm now off my meds too. BUT just to really get u guys serious - if it goes untreated for a long time, the ulcers in the esophagous can actually turn into a really rare form of throat cancer. SO GET UR BOOTIES & UR HUBBIES TO THE DOCTOR! i'm not trying to freak anyone out, it's just important to treat....and it's so SIMPLE to treat & get under control.

i'm sorry about ur hubby BUT i'm glad u guys got him checked out...it'll be under control & healed up before u know it. a GREAT tip....get pure aloe(the gel not the juice) from the healthfood/natural store...it's proven to heal up the ulcers and it worked for me! U just take a heaping teaspoon & disolve it a glass of water 2x a day. hugs again

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UR RIGHT...its serious sh!t and can cause irreversable damage. PLLLLEEEASE get urselves checked!!

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Posted by jtgarsik

.this is AWESOME that u posted this.....i had acid reflux for a while & now it's finally undercontrol...and i'm now off my meds too. BUT just to really get u guys serious - if it goes untreated for a long time, the ulcers in the esophagous can actually turn into a really rare form of throat cancer. SO GET UR BOOTIES & UR HUBBIES TO THE DOCTOR! i'm not trying to freak anyone out, it's just important to treat....and it's so SIMPLE to treat & get under control.

i'm sorry about ur hubby BUT i'm glad u guys got him checked out...it'll be under control & healed up before u know it. a GREAT tip....get pure aloe(the gel not the juice) from the healthfood/natural store...it's proven to heal up the ulcers and it worked for me! U just take a heaping teaspoon & disolve it a glass of water 2x a day. hugs again

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It can turn into esophageical cancer too, which is why chronic heartburn has to be treated. I've got mine under control, but take a zantac now and then when I do get heartburn, or if I anticipate eating a meal that will trigger it.
My grandmother had esophageical cancer. Don't know if it a hereditary type thing.

One of the types of esoph. cancer is due to chronic inflammation due to chronic acid irritation. It' pretty bad because by the time it's caught it's spread.

My hubby is on 2 meds (and a third when he's stressed) for horrific ulcers. He's allergic to prilosec.

Good luck to yours.

I hope he gets better soon
Thanks for the info!

wow!! good thing you made him go get checked!! guys always want to push things off when it comes to doctor visits!! When I was 19 I had a routine exam and my doctor tested my blood for all different things, and it came back that I had helicobacter pylori (h-pylori as they refer to it). If untreated, I would've had an ulcer. I had to take biaxin & prilosec for a month, it wasn't fun, but at least I was cleared of it. at least now your DH is on the road to recovery!!

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Posted by lilqtpie2181

in an earlier post i saw a few girls complaining about heart burn. Girls i know this is something very common and we all know certain foods can aggrivate ur tummy so if you eat those food and u get heartburn then no worries...
BUT
If it is something constant for you and it is something that occurs on a daily basis pleeeeeeeeease get urself checked out. Go to a gasto. and tell him ur symptoms.

My hubby has been having heartburn issues for a while and i finally made him go to the doc. I thought that it was a terrible sign when he would wake up inthe middle of the night (numerous times) to take tums or something to sooth his burning. So the results of his endoscopy were nto that great. His stomach is fine but his esophagus is not so great. he has about 15 ulcers around his esoph. Now he is a strict diet and meds and we have to go back in 6 months to see if it has improved at all. My poor hubby is ok physically but his mood has been very blah since Sat. I mean it just takes getting used to but it still stinks that his esoph. looks like it went to war and back and that it can only get worse if he is not careful.

Anyhoo.. i just wanted to give u girls a headsup if it is something that u suffer from.
Also although tums are considered harmless taking them in excess can be bad for u..... somethign about the calcium and stuff.( the doc said this not me)

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Is this on the same lines as Acid Refux Disease?

~dancer and chef~
charlotte and michael

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Posted by dancerandchef

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Posted by lilqtpie2181

in an earlier post i saw a few girls complaining about heart burn. Girls i know this is something very common and we all know certain foods can aggrivate ur tummy so if you eat those food and u get heartburn then no worries...
BUT
If it is something constant for you and it is something that occurs on a daily basis pleeeeeeeeease get urself checked out. Go to a gasto. and tell him ur symptoms.

My hubby has been having heartburn issues for a while and i finally made him go to the doc. I thought that it was a terrible sign when he would wake up inthe middle of the night (numerous times) to take tums or something to sooth his burning. So the results of his endoscopy were nto that great. His stomach is fine but his esophagus is not so great. he has about 15 ulcers around his esoph. Now he is a strict diet and meds and we have to go back in 6 months to see if it has improved at all. My poor hubby is ok physically but his mood has been very blah since Sat. I mean it just takes getting used to but it still stinks that his esoph. looks like it went to war and back and that it can only get worse if he is not careful.

Anyhoo.. i just wanted to give u girls a headsup if it is something that u suffer from.
Also although tums are considered harmless taking them in excess can be bad for u..... somethign about the calcium and stuff.( the doc said this not me)

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Is this on the same lines as Acid Refux Disease?

~dancer and chef~
charlotte and michael

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acid reflux plays a HUGE factor in esophagus(sp?) ulcers which can lead to cancer...treating it is so important!