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Old June 12, 2010, 11:40 AM
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Post Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER),

I ´ve been suffering from Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER), for almost two years now, and I have to be really careful with what I eat, I´m still madicated. One omeprazol every morning and until recently 3 motilium tablets one before each meal. the doctor supressed me the motilium and after one week, I began to feel all that terrrible buring pain in my esophagus every night especially in bed. I decided to take a motilium before dinner everynight and it works. I wonder if this medicine causes another desease in the long term. Does anybody know ? Or do you know any remedies to help me stop taking the medicine. Thanks
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Old June 12, 2010, 11:46 AM
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Cuando el ácido del estómago sube a la garganta.
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Old June 12, 2010, 12:57 PM
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My husband suffers the same disease. Doctors have prescribed him a lot of medicines which have caused him polyps on the stomach. An alternative medicine doctor advised him to drink the juice of a small potato (licuada con una licuadora) a quarter before meals. It works.
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Old June 12, 2010, 03:54 PM
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And with that juice he´s feels like cured? ANd what ever happened to the polyps? WHat medicine did it cause it? Do you remember the name?
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Old June 12, 2010, 05:08 PM
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I had this problem a couple of years ago, and apart from having a one-month treatment with omeprazol and a six-month treatment with two other medicines, my doctor made these recommendations that I still follow:

· Start some stress-handling activity (like exercising, a new hobby, etc.).
· Avoid drinking/eating things that are either too hot or too cold.
· Avoid coffee, animal fat, fried or spiced food, alcohol, chocolate, refined sugar... or anything that you associate with heartburn.
· Eat fiber-rich food.
· Never spend much time without eating: eat something (light as a piece of fruit or half a cup of yoghurt, nothing too hard to digest) as soon as you wake up, between formal meals and right before you go to bed.
· Avoid drinking a big amount of liquid before you go to sleep.


I think the most important part of this all is changing the way I ate, which has been a really difficult thing to do. (Over time, I have been able to include some "dangerous" food in small amounts and I tolerate it quite well.)
The second hardest thing was to find time and start anti-stress activities.
But it's been over one year that I don't have that problem anymore, and I'm finding it's worth the change... and a side-effect of it is that I've even lost some weight, which had always been a difficult task for me.

My recommendation, apart from trying to change your way of life, is that you should ask your doctor about an endoscopy, or tests for any other source of the illness (not only the way you eat), so he can give you the right medication for it.
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Nowadays I have that trouble with my stomach, but that kind to sickness are caused for the bad alimentation that nowadays we have in this new style life.

When you eat a lot of food with many condiments in the same ingredients that are made in the food, you tend to have troubles with your stomach and the acid that you have in your stomach tend to be dangerous for your own healthy.

I suffer a lot of with my stomach when I eat food with a lot of condiments, then I try to eat more healthy, of course when you can do it, because when I'm traveling in anyplace, I have to eat the first that I find in the street and it's hardest to choice the correct food for your body.

But the exercise help you to balance your metabolism.
After the exercise is more healthy that when you only are watching the TV in your easy chair.
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Si no me equivoco la enfermedad esta se denomina/denominaba en castellano "síndrome del píloro", creo.
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Si no me equivoco la enfermedad esta se denomina/denominaba en castellano "síndrome del píloro", creo.
I will correct my last post right.

Why is it called that way? I got it thank you.

It's strong the name.
Valla nombresito.

Why (is) it named that way?
Called they are the same right?

In the structure always I do mistakes, I'd like to know more about the structures, I'd like to know more about that.
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Why is named of thus way it?
Why is it called that way?

Why the name?

I do not know.
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En realidad es el esfinter vago, es decir que no cierra bien. Probablemente debido al estrés. Cuales son las actividades anti-estrés?
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and a side-effect of it is that I've even lost some weight
No me sorprende, con esa lista de prohibiciones casi no queda nada que puedas comer.
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· Avoid drinking a big amount of liquid before you go to sleep.


THis is probably one of the most important things.
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It has a name and it's called Esofagitis.

Really it's pretty that situation in your stomach. Then you should to go with a doctor a Gastroenterologo in your city.
Because you would can have more troubles in a future with your esofago and that illness can be the cause of a cancer.

Go now with a doctor.
The stress is the second cause of the illness.
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Old June 13, 2010, 11:22 AM
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En el caso de mi marido, es el cardias el que no cierra bien, se queda ligeramente abierto (y camino de la hernia de hiato, claro). Omeprazol y sus genéricos le provocaron los pólipos, aunque la mayoría de médicos dicen que no (y yo no me creo nada). Ahora, gracias a un médico naturópata y homeópata (no te hablo de curanderos, es médico titulado y abandonó la medicina tradicional porque curaba más enfermos con la medicina alternativa), puede comer casi de todo. El año pasado se alimentaba de pasta hervida (viuda, aliñada con aceite de oliva) y pollo o pescado a la plancha, no podía tomar ni fruta ni pan: sólo pasta hervida y pollo a la plancha. Ha estado un año así y desesperado. Después de la dieta y del omeprazol, volvió a hacerse la gastroscopia y le detectaron los pólipos. Entonces decidió ir a este médico. Primero le hizo una limpieza del organismo y ahora, gracias al zumo de patata, dice que se encuentra mucho mejor. No come nada picante ni chocolate, pero al menos puede comer frutas y verdura (le encanta la fruta).

Tuvimos que comprar una cama articulada para que pudiera dormir un poco incorporado, dicen que eso va bien. En cuanto al estrés, pues bueno, es profesor y ya sabes cómo son los críos hoy en día...

Por probar lo de la patata no te pasará nada y el sabor no es demasiado malo. Limpia bien la licuadora antes y después de cada uso, eso sí. Con los alimentos crudos no se juega.

Hasta el próximo año no tenemos que volver a hacer la gastroscopia, a ver qué tal. Yo espero que hayan desaparecido los pólipos (toco madera).

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@Robin: Como actividades anti-estrés, el médico me recomendó hacer algún tipo de ejercicio del tipo yoga o tai-chi, pero dijo que cualquier ejercicio para distraerse un poco de las monsergas diarias funciona.
También sugirió algún tipo de hobby (fotografía, tejer, manualidades, inscribirme a clases de algo nuevo, etc.). Lo que hago es tomarme una hora diaria para hacer cosas que me gustan y aprender algunas cosas nuevas (aprender a hacer joyería simple, volver a bordar y tejer, armar rompecabezas, comprar un libro de fotografía digital y aprender a usar mi cámara... cosas así).
Todo eso me ayudó mucho desde el principio, porque así permanezco consciente de que necesito darme tiempo para mí y parte de ello es cuidarme.
Yo no predico, pero ojalá te sirva mi propia experiencia: algo que me ha servido muchísimo es asistir a grupos de autoayuda. Primero fui a un grupo de Comedores Compulsivos Anónimos, para controlar el drama de "¡no puedo comer nada!" y ahora voy una o dos veces por semana a uno de Neuróticos Anónimos, donde he ido aprendiendo cómo manejar mi trabajo y mis asuntos personales para no sentirme tan abrumada.


@Pjt: Eso pensé al principio, pero después de un año, la actitud cambia y te das cuenta de todas las posibilidades que no habías visto antes. Hoy como casi de todo y ya no me cuesta tanto trabajo.
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El año pasado se alimentaba de pasta hervida (viuda, aliñada con aceite de oliva) y pollo o pescado a la plancha
¿"Viuda" aquí quiere decir "sin salsas"?

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@Pjt: Eso pensé al principio, pero después de un año, la actitud cambia y te das cuenta de todas las posibilidades que no habías visto antes. Hoy como casi de todo y ya no me cuesta tanto trabajo.
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Sí, pasta viuda es pasta sin ninguna salsa, hervida y nada más; bueno, con aceite, para que no se pegue.

Angélica, me tienes alucinada. Comedores compulsivos Anónimos y Neuróticos Anónimos. Sí que tenéis asociaciones anónimas. Aquí no hay tantas (que yo sepa ludópatas, alcohólicos y creo que ya no hay más ).
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DURAnte cuanto tiempo ha tomado el omeprazol? Porque mi médico me dijo que si que peude producir polipos. Yo tb soy profesor. No se ha planteado operarse? Un amigo mío lo hizo y le va genial.
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No me acuerdo, creo que lleva unos tres años con este tema. ¿Operarse? Noooo . Además, tampoco le dan garantías. Nosotros apostamos por las medicinas alternativas. Yo tenía una alergia en los ojos que no me dejaba ni vivir (ni ver, claro). Gracias a la homeopatía estoy mejor.
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Old June 14, 2010, 02:05 AM
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No sé, yo conozco a dos personas con el mismo problema, el cardiax flojo se operaron y están genial. Yo me lo estoy planteando.
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