Undetectable reflux? Pepsin, trypsin and bilirrubin

i have chronic posterior laryngitis which all ENT's have said it's due to reflux, i had ph monitoring and a bilitec which came back negative but i spit yellow saliva every morning, wake up with a sore throat, foul taste, bad breath and have dysphonia since 8 months now, i know of one person who had this and the usual tests didnt detect her reflux either, she had to get a chemical analysis of her saliva that revealed digestive enzymes and a bunch of other stuff, has anyone heard of something similar, i want to analize my saliva to know whats damaging my throat but nobody does this in my country Chile




here's a pdf of my bilitec http://www.zshare.net/download/8893350453792b5a/ i have a 23 min supine bile reflux episode but the dr says i have no bile reflux so im confused, bilitec measures bile in the esophagus and my problem is in the throat maybe that had something to do idk, im very tired of all this dr's dont believe me but my laryngoscopies keep showing a swollen larynx and i keep spitting that nasty yellow stuff, please help

ps: i had an endoscopy done which showed a bile pool in my stomach the dx was duodenogastric reflux

Post Edited (Neptunian808) : 4/13/2011 12:12:14 PM (GMT-6)

None of us here are professionals so we can't diagnose you, but from what you tell me... You're refluxing bile laying down? But the doctor won't call it bile reflux? I don't know....sorry. Your doctors need to talk to each other.

Hi Neptuinian, you aren't alone..I too have bile reflux more from a clinical diagnoses but not easy to prove from tests. They are taking my gallbladder out hoping it helps some. I would seek another opinion if I were you, I don't know what the medical field is like in Chile but you need a good GI dr..sometimes it takes a little while to find the right one. Don't give up!

I had four differen't specialists tell me different things about what they think I have..the surgeon didn't want to believe i had reflux even though i have severe erosive esophagitis until he did his own tests and made me do a barium swallow. I would ask for them to do a similar test on you!

Post Edited (bittersweet603) : 4/13/2011 7:27:01 PM (GMT-6)

Hi Neptunian,

Do you mind sharing your doctor's name and the name of the clinic where you had the Bilitec performed? I am trying to track down doctors familiar with using Bilitecs.

Thanks in advance!!