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Cd And Reflux


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anerissara Enthusiast

Just wondering how many people here also have reflux? It seems like it often goes along with celiac's. I don't have a problem with it but my son gets reflux that hurts so bad it keeps him up at night whenever he gets wheat, and my daughter had reflux pretty bad as a toddler so I'm wondering if she might have the same problem. Does anyone else notice reflux increasing when they get glutened? And do you struggle with reflux as well?


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Jnkmnky Collaborator

When my son was an infant the reflux was wicked. He was on "baby zantac". Neither of my other children had reflux.

jknnej Collaborator

I have it and Nexium has saved my life.

Guest AmandasMommy

amanda and i both have it. dr said when shes on the dietfor a while it will go away. i hope so. and ive had it most of my life, i wish the drs would have known about celiac disease when i was younger.

rmmadden Contributor

I believe the two are inter-related. It just seems to make common sense when you think about it.

I actually started a topic on this a while back which you san see by going to Open Original Shared Link

Best of Luck!

Cleveland Bob B)

Guest AmandasMommy

yes i too have celiac disease with lactose intolerancy, acid reflux. although i am thirty somthing, and just found out, when i get back from vacation, im gonna have 13 blood tests, upper gi, sonagram and a colonoscopy.....yay :(

terryjean Rookie

Yes I have celiac disease with reflux along with asthma, diabetes, interstisial cystis, IGA deficiency. I take Nexium 40mg twice daily...... & pepcid as needed.

Terry

Dumont, NJ


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bmorrow Rookie

I also have reflux and had surgery for it before Celiac was diagnosed. I am now being tested for Lupus because of all the joint pain and the fatigue.

steve-o Apprentice

I had a big problem with reflux, but since going gluten free, it has totally disappeared.

Officially, I don't have celiac disease (negative biopsy & bloodwork only showed elevated IgA Anti-Gliadin), so I've "challenged" myself a couple times, just to see what happens. As soon as I re-introduce gluten into my diet, the reflux comes back.

jknnej Collaborator

Terry,

Does Pepcid help when your reflux is really bad? The past two days I have had terrible heartburn and I do take Nexium once a day. I"m wondering if I need to up my dosage. I didn't know you could take Pepcid as well. Does it help? I've got to figure something out!

terryjean Rookie

Hi! I already take (2) 40mg Nexium daily .................. and add the pepcis to that when needed................... Yes it does help~

(1) don't eat and lay down

(2) don't eat before bed

(3)easy on spices

You can chck with your doc........... but this is what I was told! I also added 150mg of zantac before I went to the pepcid as per my doctor!

Hope it helps!

Hugs, Terry

Lesliean Apprentice

My presenting symptom was reflux and after 2 years of Pepacid I diagnosed thru Enterolab and the reflux went away within weeks of being gluten and dairy free. Also a congestion in throat and nose and ears went away. Only then did I realize all the gastro problems had not been normal. As well as irregular periods, heart rate...

KAthyB Newbie

My 19 yr old celiac daughter was up to 40mg nexium 2x daily and xtra strength pepcid 2x daily and a 3rd nexium if needed after a ph probe on meds showed that the usual dose was not blocking enough of the acid. She decided on her own to take a "drug holiday"....24 hours off meds...she learned that these "holidays" are often helpful in one of her nursing lectures...(never skip insulin)....she resumed the following day starting at one Nexium one hour before her dinner and the reflux is very much improved. She did this on her own....I would not recommend trying this without a doctor's advice...but she feel so much better...she was looking inot surgeries but was told that they are risky....she agrees that reflux is probably worse if she gets some gluten...this usually only occurs when she eats out and is not assertive enough about the cross contamination issues.

Kathy

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griffithkat Newbie
Just wondering how many people here also have reflux?  It seems like it often goes along with celiac's.  I don't have a problem with it but my son gets reflux that hurts so bad it keeps him up at night whenever he gets wheat, and my daughter had reflux pretty bad as a toddler so I'm wondering if she might have the same problem.  Does anyone else notice reflux increasing when they get glutened?  And do you struggle with reflux as well?

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I have been to the hospital twice for reflux nothing seem to help. I went to the health food store and they gave me activated charcoal...It's a miracle.. I never go anywhere without some. It knocks the pain out within 10 minutes

judy05 Apprentice
Just wondering how many people here also have reflux?  It seems like it often goes along with celiac's.  I don't have a problem with it but my son gets reflux that hurts so bad it keeps him up at night whenever he gets wheat, and my daughter had reflux pretty bad as a toddler so I'm wondering if she might have the same problem.  Does anyone else notice reflux increasing when they get glutened?  And do you struggle with reflux as well?

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I have it so bad that I was diagnosed in 2003 with Barrett's Ring around the esophagus. I thought all I had was occ. heartburn. I urge all of you who have reflux to be "scoped" (endoscopy). This is nothing to fool around with, it can turn to cancer, especially in men. Just another thing we have to worry about. I take Prevacid every day and I have to be checked for the rest of my life.

judy05 Apprentice
yes i too have celiac disease with lactose intolerancy, acid reflux. although i am thirty somthing, and just found out, when i get back from vacation, im gonna have 13 blood tests, upper gi, sonagram and a colonoscopy.....yay :(

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Be sure you have the EGD if you haven't already!

Guest BellyTimber

Yes I get this sort of thing especially a cough that has lingered a couple of months.

Perhaps I need to get it checked alongside my migraines.

:rolleyes:

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