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Posted 12/8/2021 8:02 AM (GMT -5)
Hi,

I was wondering how many of you have had LPR for several years and how the symptoms have evolved in the mean time? Have they gotten better, worse with more complications, or pretty much unchanged?

I should emphasize that I am talking about the "pure" LPR people with no heart burn, so no GERD symptoms. There are many articles in the internet about the symptoms, causes, and treatment of LPR, but you are hard pressed to find an article talking about the progression of LPR with time.
Posted 12/9/2021 10:44 AM (GMT -5)
I've had LPR (with no heartburn) for about 4 years now. Even though I went to two ENT's during that period, I never knew what it was until about a month ago. The main symptom was an annoying salty/sour throat mucous. It's gotten worse the last few months, getting into my mouth. Lately my tongue has been burning and it hurts to eat certain foods or brush my teeth. I've started a diet where you have to eat small meals and all the foods have to be at pH 5 or higher. The book used for that is "The Acid Watcher Diet" by Jonathan Aviv, MD. I'm meeting with a health advocate today at the hospital to see what she recommends as far as medical procedures. Whether I have them or not, I still want to make changes to my diet, as in the book. I also have some Gaviscon Advance (from the UK, different than the Gaviscon from the US) coming, ordered on Amazon. I'll try that if the diet doesn't help as much as I'm hoping it will. Good reviews for the Gaviscon Advance. I chose the tablets rather than the liquid. The ENT I just went to never heard of it.
Posted 1/4/2022 6:43 PM (GMT -5)
Gavison advance is much thicker than the standard Gaviscon, even to the point of being hard to get out of the bottle. I'm not sure if this is the intention, but it is so thick I can easily imagine it coating the esophagus for much longer than more fluid antacids. In effect, it's a double concentrate, as you need half the normal volume, though the formulation is slightly different too (more potassium, less sodium).
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