Bad reflux from lyme antibiotics (help!!!)

Have you tried ginger tea? Fresh ginger is the absolute best to use, and you can sweeten it with stevia, xylitol or honey. I sometimes need to drink up to 3 cups a day using about 1 tablespoon of minced fresh ginger. It might be worth trying.

Many make the mistake thinking they have too much stomach acid when in reality they have too little.:
/branchbasics.com/do-you-have-enough-hcl-stomach-acid/

hansacenter.com/simple-at-home-test-for-low-stomach-acid/

You might want to check to be sure you know which you are dealing with.
scdlifestyle.com/2012/03/3-tests-for-low-stomach-acid/

Traveler the first link in your post is broken.

I have reflux, and yes the sore throat is awful. I got mine after antibiotic usage as well.

Are you gluten/dairy free? Those can be big triggers. I'm seeing a functional dr for Lyme, and she singled out bananas and eggs as common triggers. I'm ok with coffee, just no milk.

I do best with a paleo like diet, though I do allow rice/quinoa.

Don't drink within an hour before or after eating.

If you play around, you maybe able to find your triggers. If you can eat a gut healing diet, it may save you from suffering too long. Also, reflux meds are not a good thing to stay on.

Good luck...GERD can be a stressful thing. Which reminds me, stress can worsen it 😕

Just my two cents.I have yet to be diagnosed yet.Seeing a llmd soon.In the very begining of my 7 month journey of symptoms i constantly felt a golfball size lump in my throat it has went away.I sometimes wake up with a soar throat and i get heart burn on a regular basis now use to be pretty rare.But now i get it from any and everything i eat.

gkamom said...
Traveler the first link in your post is broken.

Thank you. I will never understand why internet sites post articles then make it so you can't link to them. Grr!! I've replace it with two threads now. Thank you Gkamom!!

HI Traveler,

I did HCL for a long time with no results 😔 As well as digestive-enzymes.

I've read drinking interferes with digestive juices, and that its best to drink before or after. I literally "time" my drinking and eating...somewhat. LOL.

Out of all the antibiotics I've been on, minocycline was the only one that bothered my esophagus...

I tried taking Alka seltzer gold about 10 minutes after and it helped immensely.

I had it so bad, I can actually say I'm an expert on Acid reflux (not like I want to be LOL).. AND I FIXED IT!!!!! I can eat anything today.

D-Limonine was a MAJOR part of my answer, not the PPI drugs they give you. Jarrow is the best brand for the money. I would not BS you. It works for most that try it, but is still not known much. Take it before bed, you might burp orange a little untill you heal. Your LES is acid burned and needs to heal to shut all the way.

I can imagine people reading right now.....what the $@!? is D-limonine?

My reflux was so bad, I needed to sleep in a recliner so I wouldn't suffocate! They said the only fix for me was the LES rubberband operation. Acid would hit my teeth at night, it was a nightmare. Those gastro Drs are NUTS and dont believe in any natural solutions.

D-limone is an orange peel extract type of enzyme. It coats the top of the stumach acid (so the LES valve heals) and detoxes the liver. The stuck open LES keeps getting burned, the D-limone makes it heal.

I also went on a leaky gut diet 3 months (easy, like palio, its good easy, basic food) while my LES was healing. Took really good probiotics opposite time of ant-candida herbs. And its important to jack up the head side of the bed with cut wood blocks about 6 inches. Cut up a few 2X4's. More pillows will not work- makes it worse.

If I ever feel it starting (maybe 2X a year( I took another D-limonein.

Note: CANDIDA (from ABX use) can for sure cause acid reflux. So you most likely also have Candida.

Pete- "her bands stretched" ?

She already had the operation? (the rubber band put atop the LES valve) I feel sorry for her if she did. If it were up to surgery Drs, we'd all be "droids" by now.

LES: lower esophageal sphincter. The closing were the throat meets the stomach. Acid beats the he// out of it. The second "up" barrier in the UES, behind the thyroid, and Hashimoto can bother this one.

Note: We have like 6 sphincters in us LOL!

Nightime reflux were you almost drowned, choking in horror with acid in the airway, is as scary as it is dangerous. Most think they are waking from a heart attack the first time it happens. You wake choking , gasping for air, with liquid (acid) in your airway. This is part of (or is?) infant death syndrome. If you cant get up (infants, or the paralyzed) you choke, cant breath, and die.

Glad thats over (knock on wood).

Astroman I called her this morning and told her about this D-Limonene and she is ordering it today. We both looked up on the internet and it is going to be hard for her getting off the Protonix but it is doable.

Her doctor told her he stretched her bands and that she needed it done again next month.

Thank you so much for this information!! I know she is going to be more aggressive in own health now. Really, thank you.

gkamom said...
I'm confused. Are fermented foods different that things with yeast (like breads)?

Fermented foods would be higher in acid. Wouldn't that lead to more issues with GERD?

Is the thing here that too little acid and too much acid can cause the same symptoms?

One other thing nobody has mentioned is food sensitivities. When I took some foods out of my diet my sore throat went away. I know it was a food sensitivity because I stopped throwing up in the middle of the night after eating egg whites for example. When I stopped the egg whites, GERD slowed down, I stopped throwing up and my sore throats got better.

Sorry to add more questions,
Kim

Yes, fermented foods are very different than things that have yeast in them. While dairy products are called cultured and not fermented, the same idea applies to them as well. All dairy is not evil (LOL!), cultured dairy is actually good for us! Same with fermented foods - they actually restore the diverse bacteria in our digestive tract.

Yes, too much and too little stomach acid can cause the same symptoms. I only scanned this article, but I think it fits the bill: blog.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/2013/07/31/too-much-or-too-little-finding-a-healthy-stomach-acid-balance/

And I agree about the food sensitivities - I'm allergic to soy and MSG, which are hidden in many foods. Once I found this out, my intestines have been much happier now that I avoid them!

And don't be sorry for adding more questions! You may have just asked what others were wondering but didn't post them for some reason!

Here's a thread on Candida

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3555423