Follow-up to recent lump in throat post- more questions

[Anonymous]

OP,

Also, are you overweight or have gained weight recently? My sister is very heavy set and gets the burpy GERD. My mom has GERD but it's mostly mucus. I would try to eat a balanced diet, vegetarian or not. Sometimes people go overboard on something, e.g., protein in trying to eat healthy. Also, try to eat slowly, chew with your mouth closed and try not to gulp down a lot of air when you eat. (Now that I'm older I get it occasionally if I haven't eaten and I wolf down something to eat.)

If the medicine is making you vomit, probably best to cut back. Short term use of the anti-acids is okay but in the long term it increases stomach acids so you don't want to be taking them daily, otherwise you won't be able to wean from them.

When you go for the GI appointment, see if they will test you for Celiac disease. It's an autoimmune disease where your body can't break down certain types of gluten, like that found in wheat. To get an accurate result for the test, you need be eating wheat/gluten, so don't limit it from your diet without the test first.

Stress can definitely make acid reflux worse. Try to find ways of de-stressing--mediation, yoga, exercise.

[Anonymous]

It could be thyroid growths or just a swollen thyroid. A simple blood test will determine thyroid levels and if you need further testing.