Okay, been on a diet to help my acid reflux disease, and have lost 40 pounds, and it has helped immensly. I have however, started drinking around 3 diet cokes a day, and the last two nights, my symptoms have returned, to where it wakes me up at night and I can’t sleep.

I have been diagnosed with GERD and I rarely drink. But tomorrow is a big party and I would like to drink. I won’t drink anymore then probably 5-6 beers, I am a light weight. I’ve drank in the past and I woke up in the middle of the night with horrible stomach pain, but it passes. Can I take a Ranitidine ( A.K.A. Zantac) will that help? Please help

I woke up one day and my throat burned like crazy and i learned that it was acid reflux caused from eating too late and acid from your stomach seeping into your throat. I wanted to know what to do to help this because naturally ive just been drinking juice or water and eating lots of fruits to soothe it. Also, ive been experiencing a lot of coughing and wanted to know is this normal and what to do to prevent and help acid reflux.

Acid reflux is closely related to the food that you eat. As such, changing what you eat to include more of the safe foods can help to relieve the pain and discomfort that you feel. Although your acid reflux diet will ultimately be unique to you, you are well advised not to eat the following five items because of their detrimental effect on the stomach acid and how it affects the oesophagus.

1. Convenience foods such as fast foods, take-away food, greasy and stodgy foods and also spicy foods are the main culprits for stimulating the production of stomach acid. Thus you should remove these foods from your acid reflux diet. Unfortunately many of us eat this kind of food on a regular basis because of its convenience. So this would really call for you to change your food diet.

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We’ve all seen those funny little clay animals that sprout hair when watered. They are covered in chia seed. They have been around for years and have become an American tradition. Who would have thought that those same tiny seeds would now be considered an important source of nutrition?

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Acid reflux or heartburn is a very painful condition that is caused by stomach acids leaking into the lower esophagus. This is treated in using several methods. In the early stages of the disease, in which the heartburn is only occasional antacids can be of some help, but in the long run like in the case of calcium carbonate, actually make the problem worse. Some other medications give only temporary (approx. eight weeks) relief. The long-term goal is to find the source and eliminate it by using allergy medications or avoiding foods that cause the problem. In this case creating an acid reflux food plan is a necessity.

What foods to avoid

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going on 16 days ago i started having cold and flu symptoms. Fatigue and a scratchy throat and sneezing. By the fourth day i felt better. i was also on my period at the time and took probably around 9 ibuprofen for cramps over 3 days. i had odd back pains that faded quickly but figured it was just my period, which i usually dont get pain until it starts but i figured with the cold i was extra sensitive. Then the evening of the fifth day of the cold when i was feeling better, after dinner i had a sudden bout of diarrhea. I thought at first it was my regular stomach problems that i have where my stomach burns and is usually relieved by going to the bathroom but this was epic. i went a few time after that until it was just stomach acid coming out and felt nausea but never vomited. i think stomach acid must have come up because my throat started to burn and my nose ran though i didnt feel any burning on the way up. Since that day i cant eat or drink without feeling full, bloated and crampy and occasional muscus-ee stools that need to come out with an urgency which makes me think i would still have diarrhea if i were still eating (i haven’t eaten solid foods in about 7 days). i took maalox the first 3 days after and was able to go to work (night shifts) though it was a huge struggle. i went to a clinic 2 or 3 days after the initial bout and was given omoxicillin which i stupidly took two of and felt worse. went to my family doctor 7 days ago and he said i have stomach flu or gastric flu and the omoxicillin probably exacerbated it since its for bacterial infections, and i had a virus and that with a liquid diet and some vitamin c and an acid reducer which hasnt worked (nexium) and of which he only gave me seven, im taking the last today, that i could turn this around in a couple of days. he poked at my stomach a little and said if i had an ulcer i wouldnt be able to stand that so i guess its not an ulcer. i went back 3 days ago when nothing improved and he basically just said stick it out, we dont want to over-medicate and that he could do a stool sample but doubted anything would come of it other than what he diagnosed already.
I keep drinking gatorade, soups and gingerale. i took imodium after the second family doctor visit which left me sooo backed up for two days though i felt stronger which makes me think i may be having a malabsorption problem because once i started going again the weakness returned. I took tylenol when i first took the omoxicillin because i thought i had a fever i was so cloudy headed.
since sunday i have felt fatigued, i have had no appetite, i have lost roughly 15 pounds i feel like im wasting away. i sleep in hour long intervals here and there but otherwise can’t stay asleep and i usually feel worse in the head when i wake up. my stomach feels bloated, hot and i eat even crackers and get acid reflux that makes me lose my voice which my doctor claims isnt acid but part of the virus but which i know is bull because it only happens before or after i have a bowel movement and there is a terrible taste in my mouth and otherwise my throat and nose is fine, not congested. and my gums hurt too.
i just want to know am i ever, EVER going to get better or i have done irreversible damage to my stomach lining some how? should i eat even though i become EXTREMELY uncomfortable afterwards and that it’ll just come out an hour later in an acidic bowl movement? am i weak due to no food or because my body is still fighting the virus. i can find nothing online linking gastritis to reflux. i have NEVER been down this long with any kind of virus. i dont think im dehydrated because i still keep peeing. is the high acid in my stomach due to lack of food or because of the inflammation? someone please tell me this will go away im on the verge of a nervous breakdown and no one thinks i should go to the hospital and that i should trust my doctor please help! i am a hypochondriac but i KNOW i am not imagining the discomfort i still get with eating. and if this is a virus why has no one else in my family fallen ill (not that i would want them to because my brother is a type 1 diabetic and an addisonian). i have become obsessed it consumes my every day i need someone to tell me i’ll be all right.
my doc claims its going around and that its all normal and can last weeks, am i being paranoid? how long can i go without eating so long as im keeping up my electrolytes without some horrible thing like organ failure or some shit happening?
i also have mucus-ee acidic secretions from both…holes down below
had three nosebleeds too

My wife has acid reflux, we are heavily against drugs and big farma… i’m wondering if there is a good resource to find out what to do in order to change the diet to not have acid reflux. We are vegan which i’m reading is that meat is a big cause of it, but i’m wondering what else we can do… would just eating more veggies help? it is suppose to neutralize acid, so i would assume eating more veggies would work. Any help would be great.