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Hiatal Hernia, acid reflux and Ceoliac Disease ...

Rogol72

By Rogol72
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Just throwing this out there to the forum. Does anyone have experience dealing with a small hiatal hernia whilst having Coeliac disease? I’m on AIP and sometimes experience acid reflux. Beyond the obvious dietary foods to avoid, what supplements are good for acid reflux … magnesium? Someone mentioned that iodine can help with muscle tone, could this apply to the LES muscle tone? I've heard anecdotally that sometimes small HHs can be reversed or go away. Thanks in advance! P.S. I don't take PPIs.

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Chewable vitamin C works for me.  Or a glass of real grape juice.  Celiacs can't oxidize their food.  Vit C oxidizes it for us.

Consume foods high in antioxidants.

Histamine and mast cell disease are common among celiacs.

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Scott Adams Grand Master
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I do recall others who have dealt with a hiatal hernia, and sure enough when I did the search I found over 700 results here. Perhaps going through some of these older posts might help?

https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=hiatal hernia&quick=1 

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plumbago Experienced
plumbago
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I know this is an old-ish post, but thought I would respond here for reasons that will become clear. Yes, when I was diagnosed with Celiac, the scopist also observed a hiatal hernia. It was of little interest to me at the time - roughly 13 years ago - because 1) I had no idea what a HH is/was, and 2) had no symptoms from it. I was told it is extremely common.

Then I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, and it was suggested this is possibly due to a deviated septum - at the time I did not really fit the metabolic profile of someone who has severe OSA. Now I'm wondering if the hiatal hernia had something to do with it.

Fast forward about 12 years, and now, occasionally when I bend down a certain way (this usually happens after a day at work, strangely), I will notice something pop out between my ribs, it seems like it's below the sternum too, in the epigastric regions. It's a kind of sensation that sort of grosses me out. It's an unpleasant surprise, I'll put it like that. So I will stand up, move around, and maybe massage it, in the hopes that it goes back where it belongs.

When awake, I don't really have any acid reflux issues, but this pop-out thing is really bugging me. I suppose it has to do partially at least with losing muscle tone.

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