Stomach acid and pharyngeal pain Posted: 04-25-08 04:09am
I have struggled with heartburn for quite
some time. At first I would take rolaids
when needed but I guess it just got
progressively worse. I started using
Prilosec OTC as it is cheap and plenty
effective. Well this evening I had
something new and frightening happen to
me. My heartburn has always been the same,
I get a slight warm feeling in my upper
chest and I know to take rolaids to
relieve this. (if I forget my prilosec).
So tonight with no prior symptoms I
suddenly burped and had a little acid come
up, but this was not your usual bit of
reflux... It set my throat on fire, It
took my breath badly, I had to calm myself
and breathe slowly through my nose. It
was extremely painful and I took 4
rolaids, 2 swigs of pepto and drank milk
to help. I'm going to see my Dr. asap
but, I wanted to know what the internet
could reveal. I've never experienced such
a thing and it was horrible. Even after
and hour It is still slightly painful to
swallow. Its like i drank concentrated
HCl.
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Acid Reflux Answer A4012 Posted: 05-01-08 14:31pm
It is likely that nothing serious
happened. Larger amount of stomach acid
probably entered the pharynx and
pharyngeal muscles contracted very strong
in order to push the acid back into the
esophagus. This strong muscle contraction
probably caused this prolonged pharyngeal
pain.
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