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Stephanie on Acid Reflux
Monday, November 28 2011
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! Today is the day after and I suddenly realized how much better my stomach is feeling since I went back on Prevacid. Last Thanksgiving I was trying to maintain myself on Zantac and it wasn’t going well. I ate very few things at the Thanksgiving meal and really stuck to the absolute safest reflux... Read more
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Stephanie on Acid Reflux
Monday, November 07 2011
When my daughter was little, she was a miserable baby most of the time. She had pretty significant reflux and could literally soak me to my underwear when she spit up. Despite all this she was gaining weight, growing taller and had no respiratory issues.
She cried most of the time, only slept when upright and needed to be held almost... Read more
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Stephanie on Acid Reflux
Wednesday, October 26 2011
Recently, I went to see my primary care doctor about my reflux because despite my treatment with over the counter H2 blockers, I was experiencing severe abdominal pain. He suspected an ulcer and referred me to a Gastroenterologist (GI). He then gave me 10 days worth of Dexilant (a dual release Proton Pump Inhibitor) as a free... Read more
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Stephanie on Acid Reflux
Thursday, October 13 2011
In the first part of this series, I documented my experience with my primary care doctor who suspected my new abdominal pain was an ulcer. He referred to a Gastroenterologist, commonly referred to as a “GI doctor.”
The GI doctor spent about half an hour with me discussing my overall symptoms. I told him how my medication... Read more
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Stephanie on Acid Reflux
Tuesday, October 11 2011
When looking into reflux symptoms one of the relatively new things for doctors to consider is eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). While considered rare, it’s becoming more commonly diagnosed. In fact, the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders states that the current belief is that it is found in more than 1 in 2000 people and... Read more
