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Posted 9/22/2015 2:58 PM (GMT -5)
Question for the board. As you probably know by now I've been fighting a chronic sore throat for a while now. The belief is that originally it was caused by lyme and/or babesia but now that symptoms have lessened its still there. I'm being treated with an antifungal (clotrimazole) which doesn't appear to be doing much good. Before this I was on Diflucan for a month which also seemed ineffective.

Not all the time but many times I get hoarse after I eat. I've heard this is a common symptom with acid reflux. Could I be dealing with this? Is there any way to tell outside of medical tests/procedures? Is a hoarse voice after eating also something that happens to people with a yeast infection? Thanks.
Posted 9/22/2015 3:31 PM (GMT -5)
The symptoms for too much acid in the stomach and not enough are very similar, actually. So it would be easiest to see if you have enough stomach acid. The original site where this article can be found is down for construction right now, but I did find this:

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Posted 9/22/2015 3:38 PM (GMT -5)
I developed acid reflux about 13 years ago. It made me cough. Having two kids with asthma my mind went to asthma but I could check my oxygen rates. I went to my Internist and he said Acid reflux. He told me that the next time it happened to take 4-6 tums and if it went away short term then we would know. It did and I went on prevecet.

Has there been any discussion about having an Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy? Why not rule out that this something other than a side effect of the Lyme or Lyme treatment?
Posted 9/22/2015 4:54 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks for the replies. What's complicating the situation is when I was originally seeing doctors for the "at the time" unknown illness I was prescribed Prilosec which did nothing because it was lyme/babesia symptoms. I believe the cause of the sore throat is now something else either yeast, GERD or an undetected bug. I am on ABART and ABAB so I don't think it's Bartonella. I did see a ENT LLMD who thinks he saw yeast in my throat via a scope and that's why we're going down the yeast route. If this does nothing over the next month I'll mention trying acid reflux route. Thx.
Posted 9/23/2015 8:09 AM (GMT -5)
Have you been tested for H. pylori?
Posted 9/23/2015 12:11 PM (GMT -5)
traveler no i have not. the thought right now is we're dealing with yeast. i assume if no progress is made we'll look at other options. i'd love to get tested for candida if there is such a test. when last i saw the doctor he said he saw a thin white film on my tongue indicating yeast so we'll see.
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