I have acid reflux or Gerd but lately I have had a uti and having to take cipro and have extra burning in my chest area. I also have panic attacks at times too. Reading the side effects of it is enough to make you panic.
Why am I having burning in chest and hard to burp sometimes?
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- 31 May 2012 by darkniteraven
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- cipro, urinary tract infection, panic disorder, gerd, side effect, burning
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meyati31 May 2012
My throat is extensively burnt from GERD. That could be your problem-if any of your esophagus is destroyed, you get air into your stomach and you get stomach gas like effects. saying that you normally burp is a clue about your throat.
endlessPred31 May 2012
My medications cause heart burn so am on medication for it. It is important to get this seen by a GI doctor. Many causes are involved including laying down after eating, eating before bed, foods that we know make us sick, like greasy, hot spices, etc.
Getting up and walking is a good start. Elevating the head of the bed by three inches helps. Sitting in a chair may not help unless you are sitting straight up, slouching causes problems. So does obesity and too many bubbly drinks.
Panic is whenever we feel out of control. You will be less anxious by taking three very deep breaths whenever you feel stressed. Slow intake, slow exhale. Repeat until you are calm.
Sounds like it is time for a visit to the doc and a full checkup. Over the counter remedies are not the best unless your doc prescribes them. I think you can be better a lot sooner once you see a good physician. Keep in touch.
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SeeknFind31 May 2012
I have an esophogeal hernia, a hole type thing, and burp air constantly. I like prevacid 24 hour after trying all the others including prescription ones. You ought to think about getting an endoscopy, the scope for the upper digestive tract, it tells the whole story and not a hard test like the lower one, if you get my drift lol
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An MRI also shows the damage. It's also less invasive and more comfortable than an endoscopy. It shows other problems. Prevacid works by stopping the production of excess stomach acid. If a person tends to have dry mouth, constipation, etc. it is possible that person could suffer dehydration from prevacid. It works well for many people. Zantac neutralizes excessive stomach acid, which is good for people prone to dehydration. I don't know if it's true, but the first of this month, my doctor said that Zantac is better for people with severe burns. So, now I have photos of severe burns, and a digital disk that shows the burns to be worse. Because I haven't developed throat cancer from this, the doctors now assume that somehow my body has some secret that prevents cancer. I do know that when I get strep throat, that I can feel it down into my stomach. The esophical valve somehow prevents that most of the time. I just don't have one.
meyati, very interesting, about the dehydration and constipation, didn't know that from prevacid. Prevacid is the only one that stops the burning for me though, except Dexilant which costs a gazillion bucks w/o insurance. Am open to any other suggestions? like I said zantac doesn't stop the burning.
A person can take 2,800 mg of Zantac a day-I was that bad. I was taking 900 mg pills, 3/day. I really didn't have a choice, as I did dehydrate after a week on prevacid. My doctor knows this, so maybe he's saying that Zantac is best and blah, blah, blah about the severe burns to make me feel better. Sometimes doctors do that. I think that he was happy to have his diagnosis confirmed. Problem is that if you're really bad-it took months for the Zantac to take effect-I really didn't have a choice-just as Zantac doesn't seem to benefit you. I was under the stress of my husband, now X, seemed to have a nervous break down or something and became abusive. I was still stressed out for about a year after the divorce-then my body started reacting in a positive way. Does your doctor give you an estimate when things should start working? Some do and some don't. This one does, and gives options of what the next step is.
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My doctors expected me to develop throat cancer in the mid-90s. For some reason my voice is very pleasant and young sounding, so doctors are really surprised when they look at the pics in my chart. So whatever is keeping my voice young, is possibley keeping me from suffering from the worst. Both of my grandmothers sounded like young women. Just ask question in a friendly way, you never know when there'll be a change, and the person that you talk to knows how to help you.
Hang in there-don't eat at night-which I'm sure that you know all about- and let me know how it goes.
can't make this long story short, sorry... had stomach issues all my life, am 61 now. About 15 years ago took my gallbladder out, Oops it wasn't that. Many many MRI's, upper GI series a few times, NOTHING. About 7 years ago I get this hernia surgery which is supposeded to fix it, it did for about 2 years. Again, MRI's etc, nothing. Then a new gastro does the endoscopy with biopsy and I find out I have had Celiac Disease all my life and my insides were shot. Thus the hole that wasn't supposed to come back. This gaastro tells me all the docs say that but it always comes back. Now 2 years on gluten free diet and my insides are healed but still have the hole, GERD. This gastro says it's a "mechanical" problem and does not advise doing anything about it. So I burp alot, no reflux. But I have burning in the middle of my chest, throat etc. Zantac used to work but stopped. It's a catch 22, pick your poison on meds.
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I did want to add that story because the MRI"s and non invasive tests showed nothing, year after year after year. The endoscopy and biopsy told the story.
Maybe I'll try upping the Zantac and see if a higher dose works like you said.
best wishes to you and take care
Forget to say that this is it for me, won't get better.