Has anyone cured their acid reflux?

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BrendaLee
BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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I have severe reflux that burns my throat and affects my breathing. Has anyone with similar symptoms managed to cure (or greatly reduce) their reflux and get off of the meds after losing weight?
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  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    I found a good thread. It looks like it's 50/50 whether weight loss cures it or not. I hope I'm one of the lucky ones.
  • Jess5825
    Jess5825 Posts: 228
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    You may have a hiatal hernia. Your stomach pushes up through your diaphragm into your chest cavity. I had mine repaired an I haven't had heartburn or reflux since.
  • beecautious
    beecautious Posts: 21 Member
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    well I had it really bad at one point and my doctor (gastroenterologist) prescribed me Dexilant......my miracle pill
  • craigers13
    craigers13 Posts: 241 Member
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    Mine completely went away within 2 weeks of changing my diet......soooo nice not having to sleep propped up on pillows
  • superstarcassie
    superstarcassie Posts: 296 Member
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    I have! I used to take prescription acid reflux medication daily. I have been off of it since losing weight. Now I only get an occasional flair up-mostly from overeating or eating spicy or salty foods.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    You may have a hiatal hernia. Your stomach pushes up through your diaphragm into your chest cavity. I had mine repaired an I haven't had heartburn or reflux since.

    I do, actually. I would love to have it repaired. It's definitely something I'm going to consider if losing weight doesn't cure the reflux.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    I have! I used to take prescription acid reflux medication daily. I have been off of it since losing weight. Now I only get an occasional flair up-mostly from overeating or eating spicy or salty foods.

    That's what I wanna hear!
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
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    I have pretty severe reflux. If I drink something cold and lie down, I can feel it backing up into my chest. It happened before I gained weight.

    But the heartburn started pretty abruptly. I can pinpoint the exact month it happened. I had been able to take aspirin up until then. I not only took it without food, I could take it without water. All of a sudden I couldn't tolerate it. I had heartburn all the time. Zantac was my friend, and I always had a bottle of mylanta around. That went on for years.

    Then I needed antibiotics for something else. I suddenly stopped getting heartburn. All I can figure is I had H.pylori and the antibiotics treated it by accident. I still have reflux, and I still avoid lying down with a full stomach because it can't be good having your stomach contents coming up like that, but I rarely have pain.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
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    I have acid reflux and a hiatal hernia. The reflux isn't gone, but it is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than it was when I was heavier. I used to take Prilosec twice a day to keep it under control (AND ate tums like candy too). Now that I'm thinner, I take one Prilosec a day (basically because the doctor who did my endoscopy said not to allow the acid to back into my throat as I had pre cancerous cells from it not being well controlled for too many years) and I do just fine. A few weeks ago, I ran out of Prilosec and ended up going 4.5 days without it - I did fine. No issues at all. I suspect I could go off it, but I won't risk it after being warned to not let it happen.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,071 Member
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    My diet consisted of several of the common causes (greasy foods, spicy foods, chocolate, alcohol).

    Once I eliminated "most" of those, good to go.
  • mhotch
    mhotch Posts: 901 Member
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    My reflux started going away after about 25lb loss. My total was 45lbs. Now I only get it with certain foods. I cannot eat bagels, hotdogs, cheese its, fatty {restaurant} hamburgers, and too much pizza. So I just stay away from the foods that hurt.
  • camsamdad
    camsamdad Posts: 53 Member
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    I use to drink baking soda nightly but when I was eating healthy I did not need it. with that being said 2 years ago I had my gallbladder taken out and now I never have heartburn or acid reflux.
  • RisyaLifsheTova
    RisyaLifsheTova Posts: 305 Member
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    I have severe reflux that burns my throat and affects my breathing. Has anyone with similar symptoms managed to cure (or greatly reduce) their reflux and get off of the meds after losing weight?



    Ever since Ive lost weight I no longer have had acid reflux!!! I mean when I was 320 EVERYTHING would trigger it. Pizza, Peppers, Cucumbers and other things. It was getting ridiculious! But since Ive continued losing weight I no longer have that problem! It feels so good! I use to get it so bad it would make me throw up. :( I hated it with a passion!!! I wish you the same luck!
  • AngelikaLumiere
    AngelikaLumiere Posts: 862 Member
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    I have been diagnosed with hiatl hernia and acid reflux and doing two things has eliminated about 98% of my symptoms. I raised the head of my bed about 4 inches and I avoid eating within 3-4 hours of going to bed. I don't take any medications anymore and if I feel "the burn" I drink some water and/or take a couple Tums, but I don't usually wake up because of acid reflux anymore, unless I eat too close to bedtime.
  • CHEFCH♥ZZ
    CHEFCH♥ZZ Posts: 127
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    my pulmonary specialist gave me protonix years ago(8). its pretty amazing. he told me reflux can effect my asthma so....yeah, good stuff :)
  • jfunk29
    jfunk29 Posts: 4
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    I completely cut out pop and mine is almost completely gone. I still get it once in a while if I eat a lot of fruit but it is bearable. Before I stopped drinking pop I was getting it multiple times a day and it woke me up multiple times at night.
  • pamperedhen
    pamperedhen Posts: 446 Member
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    I am in my BMR and when I was 104 lbs I still had issues with GERD. I since have a hiatal hernia and need to have an endoscopy:sad: I am really scared. But, I hope and pray that your issues will be healed with you losing weight! Remember every body reacts differently and that what makes you you! I wish you all the best!!:flowerforyou:
  • josavage
    josavage Posts: 475 Member
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    After dropping about 25 pounds it went away for me. I used to take Prilosec every day but I haven't needed it for about a year.
  • Aliciaaah
    Aliciaaah Posts: 379 Member
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    I used to have HORRIBLE heart burn everyday. It lasted probably around a year or two. When I started taking walks every day it completely went away. When the walks stopped it came back. Then I realized my trigger foods and I haven't had heartburn since. Nutrition and exercise is amazing!
  • 1Timothy4v8
    1Timothy4v8 Posts: 503 Member
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    ME ME ME ME

    I had such bad Acid reflux, I was starting to snor at night cause my throat was soo burned up by it, I had to take tums daily, and the doctor gave me acid reflux medicen, but I am kinda a hippi at heart and never took it.

    I learned one thing that helped during the burnning was red apples, it really did help I just made sure to have one a day, then I lost 31 pounds and I don't have any problems AT ALL,

    Some times I will feel it kinda comming back when I eat to much of certain foods but it goes away fast, eating more good foods and loising weight helped SOOO much,


    I am sorry your going threw this I know how awful it is, I hope you get relif soon =)

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