GERD
Transcript: CAN I take two main medications daily : - Ran-Pantoprazole 40mg - Buscopan (Hyoscine ButylBromide) 20mg 1. I take one Ran-Pantoprazole 40mg tablet twice daily. This medication is taken 30 minutes or more before a meal is eaten in the morning and in the evening, the reason for this is because the medication can be put into action before the stomach recivces food that could potenially trigger acid backflow. The role of this medication is to bascially "turn down" the acid production in the stomach. 2. I take two Buscopan 20mg tablet twice a day and one Buscopan 20mg tablet once a day, making a total of 5 tablets a day over a span of three times a day. This medication is also taken 30 minutes or more before a meal is eaten, two in the morning, one at lunch time, and two in the evening. Untreated affects I myself suffer from a serious Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease along with a few other disorders/ diseases and this is my story. In June 2014, I was like any other sixteen year old, enjoying the summer months eating ice cream and going to the beach whenever I could. I was a healthy young girl who ate nothing but organic food and ice cream once in a while and who never ate junk food. Little did I know that my whold life would suddenly change permanatley. As the summer months went on I started to experincing serious burning and cramping pains whithin my abdomincal as well as my upper chest area. After eating every meal I was doubled over in pain and felt very neasous along with the burning and cramping. My last thought was that I had something seriously wrong with me, I assumed for three weeks that I had been just fighting off the flu or a gastric/ bacterial infection. Once three weeks had gone by my parents and I started to worry as I was in such extreme pain that I could not move, it was July 22nd when I got rushed to the hospital for the first time. Laying in the ER after getting x-rays and lots of blood taken,the doctor finally came into the room I was in and told my parents and i that my whole digestive tract was so innflamed espically my upper portion, that it would be best for me to stay in there care until they could get specialist to see my within the next day or two. Scared is an understatement for what I had been feeling at that moment, not knowing what was actually wrong with me and why I was in so much pain. Q & A "Heartburn" is the most common symptom of GERD, heartburn is a burning sensation that starts in the chest area and moves upward into the throat. It leaves an acidic taste within your mouth up to 3 hours which is not pleasent. Another common symptom is burning or cramping in the mid abdominal section that can cause sever pain. More serious symptoms may include vomiting, horse voice, and trouble breathing. GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease high acid fruit such as: grapefruit, lemon, orange, ect. tomatoes/ anything tomatoe based coffee any jucies: gatorade, fruit juice chocolate seasoned potatoe chips peppers sugar dairy products seeds salt and much more fish with exceptions meat salad with minimal dressing almond milk green vegtables except peppers pasta and butter muffins/cookies water rice some organic fruits There are two main ways to treat GERD. Medication or surgies is the answer to most cases of GERD. Many medictions can be prescribed to treat the heart- burn and pain but cannot cure the disease completley; how- ever, the disease can go away if the case is mild. Surgey is an opption for peopel who have serious cases, to fix the LES. 1. What does it feel like to have GERD? - It feels like heartburn times 1000 with chest pain, stomach aches, nausea, and no energy. 2. What is most challenging about having the disease? - I take it day by day; however, the most challenging thing would have to be living each day with stomach aches and chosing the corrcet foods. 3. What are your meals like? - 4. Is there anything you used to eat but cannot eat now? - 5. If GERD is not treated correctly or treated at all it can cause more serious affects then just intense heartburn. When the acid enters the esophagus, it starts to burn wholes in then lining and when this happens the tissue has to repair itself. If the tissue rapid starts to repair itself then esophagus cancer can result in the rapid cells repairing the tissue. Can and Cannots of having GERD SYMPTOMS TREATMENTS My testing/ surgeries The main cause of GERD is a weakened or relaxed lower esophageal sphincter(LES). A weakend LES occurs mainly when someone is over weight causing the LES to open as well as eating to much food and the types of food that a person consumes such as high acidic foods, coffee, onions, and chocholate. When the LES relaxes it is allowing food to enter the stomach; however, the LES does not close back properly allowing the acid to flow into the esopahgus. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is a chronic conditon within the lower esophageal sphincter caused by stomach acid entering the esophagus. The lower esophageal sphincter opens