I am a 17 years old - dealing with severe acid reflux - any suggestions?

Question

Hello, I am a 17 year old guy and I have been dealing with acid reflux for around 14 years. The main symptom I always dealt with was regurgitation of my food from the stomach into my mouth. I taken medications over the years such as prevacid, nexium, pepcid, zantac (which I take now), etc. Zantac helps a little bit, but the food still wants to come up. The latest problem I have encountered was heartburn (which I never had) and acid. I was wondering if anyone had problems that are similiar to mine or any good advice. Thanks for the support.

Answer 1

I had a similar problem (not as severe as yours) and Zantac (back when u could only get it with a prescription) actually took care of the problem. I guess if you have tried all of that and it still persists then go to your doctor and have them give you something different (anything that you haven’t tried yet).

Answer 2

Your medicines that you have taken over the years are making your acid reflux worse. Acid reflux and heartburn are the same thing and they are caused by the same thing. You think they are caused by too much acid in your stomach, right? Because that is what your doctors tell you. That is not what causes them. They are caused by not having enough acid in your stomach. Think about it this way. You have two buckets. One is full of acid and one has only 1 inch of acid in the bottom. You drop a large peice of plastic (both the same size) into each. Which one do you think will get eaten faster? Obviously the one in the bucket full of acid. It is the same with your food. You need to put more acid in your stomach to help your food digest. Go to the store and buy apple cider vinegar. Drink 1T before each meal for a month, and stop taking your "medication". You should notice a significant difference. I used to get cronic heartburn and acid reflux and I tried this.. I was skeptical, but I haven't had heartburn in over 6 months. And though it tastes bad, it is far cheaper than all the medications you have tried. Then, if you do get heartburn after this, occasionally, you can just take some apple cider vinegar when the symptoms occur.

Answer 3

Jason, what your dealing with certainly is not reflux. 14 years. his would mean you started at 3 years of age.

There is a flap/ valve at the lower end of your esophagus near your stomach, This valve could have not formed correctly during your mother's pregnancy, or your having issues with this area of your digestive tract. Bottom line is your going to need diagnostics for this issue. A simple upper GI investigation will clear up and discover anything remarkable. It's good to note that constant exposure to stomach acid on the esophagus area will in fact produce some pretty serious issues down the road. Have this investigated ASAP.

Answer 4

I have acid reflux too! I use Prilosic, it helps. Any way if I read it right you cant get food down to your stomich? Well that happened to me and it was cause my esophagus closed, because of my acid reflux. HAve a doctor check it out. I don't know if I was any help.

Answer 5

You probably should not drink anything with caffeine, eat anything acidic or spicy and definitely sleep with your upper body propped up.. Acid reflux can cause MANY complications later in life if untreated including Esophagal cancer.

Answer 6

Would you be willing to try a very simple natural method that would help digestion and heal your stomache lining?
Bromelain healed my husband of heartburn that he had for years~it is pineapple in tablet form and can be bought in health food stores or online, not expensive and as a matter of fact can be bought at www.puritan.com online and right now at this time they have a buy one get two free
you can get a phone number on their site if you want to order that way too

Answer 7

Umm my brother has acid reflux and he takes this medication called Prilosec and that really helps him. u shouldn't eat out too much eat really healthy things not a lot of junk food. i kno this isn't a lot but maybe that medication will help. good luck!

Answer 8

stay away from acidic foods such as fresh fruit, pop, tomatoes, etc.

incline the head of your bed. raise up the matress and place a folded blanket under it.

try to eat a small snack before bedtime, such as crackers or a piece of toast. this will absorb some of the acid.

also talk to your doctor about the symptoms and see if you can increase your medicine.

Answer 9

I had it to.... for years I took expensive pills for it Nexxium at $150.00 a month....
I finally quit drinking alcohol,,,quit eating McDonalds everday..and lost like 25 pounds I don't take anything and I am fine today......

Good Luck

Answer 10

walk around outside when it starts and drink from a bottle of water, think good thoughts, talk to people, say hi to everyone to stay calm, using self control instead of pills is the way to live longer and better.