Trouble eating due to excessive burping...what can I do? Posted: 03-15-06 08:56am
Hi, thank you for your time.
My girlfriend has gassy problems after
eating. I have found another person on the
forum with the exact same
Everytime she has a snack or meal she
burps and sometimes the food comes back
up. This happens after 5 minutes and
continues for a couple of hours.
This has been an ongoing problem for
several years, and been getting worse.
She has been to the doctor once, 6months
ago and was told to take gaviscon tablets
before eating. This doesnt really help at
all.
I'm really worried because she doesnt eat
properly and gets bad cramps.
Any advice will be greatfully recieved
Thanks
Quote from another posting my GUEST
"Gall Bladder, Stomach Problems??
Posted: 02-18-06 8:10pm
Hi,im 27,female, and ive have been having
exactly the same problems for 8 months
now, I get a lot of pain and discomfort in
my sternum/breastbone, and also just below
it. When I eat, mostly when I have dinner
in the evenings my food doesnt always feel
like it is going down properly, it sits
halfway down for a while and it feels like
I need to burp and it will all come back
up. Quite often I burp up watery stuff,
sometimes sick and sometimes the food ive
just eaten, not huge amounts but enough,
and its not very nice! I also sometimes
get a really heavy feeling in the bottom
of my chest? Im always burping, I never
used to and its really embarresing
sometimes! Ive been to my gp and ive been
on nexium for 6 months although it hasnt
really helped. Ive had a barium swallow
and that didnt show anything, my gp sent
me to a consultant and he then sent me for
an endoscopy examination, this also didnt
show anything? Im waiting for a follow up
appointment to see where I go from here? I
know this information doesnt help you much
but dont get your hopes up that an
endoscopy will show the cause of the
problem because it may not,as I found out,
I hope you find an answer soon though
because these symptoms are horrible and I
sympathise with you having them as I to
have been very uncomfortable for a long
time now, with no answer for it? Good
luck! "
These symptoms can manifest if you eat
with open mouth or speak a lot during
eating. You can request an endoscopic
examination and ca ontrast X-ray with
barium of the esophagus and stomach in
order to help diagnose this disorder. You
can also perform a Helicobacter pillory
serology.
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