Indigestion

There's a test where you breathe on something. You could ask the doc for it. Google it to find out more. It was included in the bloods the doc did when my reflux started, because I was suddenly very poorly with what I thought was a virus. But they definitely don't have to do a blood test to check for it.

about the breath test here

jingl the article said that stress may be a factor.
That means that stress makes some people's reflux worse but may not affect others.
To say that stress makes no difference to your own symptoms and to deduce from that, that the Huffington Post don't know what they are talking about, just makes you sound illogical and ill-informed.

Oh. Sorry I spoke missis. I am, of course, totally ill informed. On everything. Practically illiterate too.

I am leaving the thread in a huff.

Bye.

Actually, I am being dragged out for a walk. In the rain.

I am being tested for h-pylori via a stool test. Sorry, folks, perhaps too much information?

No. Not tmi. Interesting. There are three ways of testing for it then, breath, blood, poo. Wonder what makes them choose whichever.

Did you know that for the breath one you have to drink urea?

No. But DD says it can be made. So, not necessarily from urine.

Still wouldn't fancy it was though.

No, bet it tastes vile.

Nothing's easy, is it?

I wish I could see this Dr.
Dr Karna D Bardham. He is at Rotherham hospital and talks the most sense I have heard on this subject.

Why do I think that PP doesn't know what I do jingl ? Because the proof of the pudding us in the eating. Literally!

I know that if I avoid gluten, I have no headtburn/reflux/indigestion. If I eat one piece of toast for eg. I can get away with it, but any more then I'm in trouble. I've proved this time and time again and I don't need any double blind clinical trial to tell me this.

I know that gluten intolerance is also a factor in other conditions, such as hyperthyroidism, and my daughter has been advised by her specialist to avoid it.

Further a friend in their 40s has just been diagnosed with celiac disease. He suffered ever increasing symptoms over the years before being diagnosed, suggesting that an intolerance had turned to a full blown version of the condition. This means the small intestine in hypersensitive to gluten leading to difficulty in digesting food and results in actual damage to the lining of the small intestine. This is not a condition which develops overnight.

There is much still to be learned about how our guts work as it's a very complicated subject. But if something works for you then I tend to apply the theory that if it quacks and has webbed feet then it's a duck

I remember years ago asking an Ed Psych 'are there degrees or different kinds of autism?' because a pupil was causing me to query the accepted understanding of the condition and being told 'no' - well we now know there are, and since then I've tended to go with my own gut feeling (no pun intended). Incidentally 5 years down the line when the condition was finally understood the boy was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.

Yes I am sure my gluten intolerance has gradually developed - now looking back. If I eat any gluten now unknowingly - I get an immediate and painful reaction which lasts for as long as it takes to go through my system. I have never bothered with a diagnosis - don't want to eat ANY gluten to prove it as it is so unpleasant.

There's a heck of a lot which can go wrong with the digestive system, some things are only now being identified.

My DH has recently, after years or problems, been diagnosed with BAM - Bile Acid Malabsoption. Often previously diagnosed as IBS. The test is new and still unavailable in the USA. It can't be cured, but can be managed and our lives have improved considerably!

I had the dreaded endoscopy (not as bad as I feared) before Christmas and what I'd suspected was an ulcer turned out to be a small hiatus hernia (apparently very common in 'older' people - especially those slightly overweight - ie, me) and Barratts disease, which I had to look up (also common in the over 60'), and which has to be kept an eye on as it can develop into cancer.

So please, if you're worried about your indigestion do get it investigated.

I do wonder if a lot of the problems being blamed on gluten aren't down to one of the other myriad of ingredients now added to bread and wheat products. I'm not saying whitewave that you aren't gluten intolerant as you obviously have identified it. (It took me ages to find I'm garlic intolerant!), but I find it difficult to believe that suddenly, half the population is gluten intolerant. I can't eat 'supermarket' bread or cakes, but that's down to the other stuff that gets added. Especially the raising agents which continue to do their job in my tummy until I nearly explode!

I have had bouts of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) since my late 20s and whenever it has been bad I have dropped wheat from my diet and had an immediate improvement. Now that I am getting older I am finding I am less tolerant to wheat so have been following a gluten free Low FODMAP diet for the past year and have felt so much better for it, though I do struggle with the restrictions of this diet. It's a diet that is now being recommended by NHS dieticians though you should be following their precise recommendations (and not go it alone as I have done).

When I am out I just try to avoid certain foods, but am reluctant to make a fuss if I am with other people as I realise gluten won't harm me as I am not celiac, I just suffer the consequences later and hope I am on my own!!

Quite possibly there's a connection .Nfk just as there's been an explosion in the amount of wheat based products we eat now that everything is freely available in supermarkets.

In the past it was more likely that bread, pies, cakes, biscuits, etc were made at home. Not only did we know exactly what went into them but we didn't have so much of these because it had to be made not bought.

I get pain which travels around chest and back and up sides of throat I am taking lanzoprazole daily I drink tonic water which seems to help feels like trapped wind but pain can be horrendous does anyone else get this if so what do they do ?

I have been on Omprozel for a year and started to think it was making me worse. I was getting urgent needs to run to the toilet. I decided to stop about 2 weeks ago and the heartburn came back horribly. However I stuck it out, and I'm much better now. I know what triggers the heartburn (cream, pastry, cake, white wine etc) all the unhealthy stuff anyway, so I avoid them. I found I could eat anything while on the tablets, but that was making me put on weight. I feel better being drug free now and controlling my diet.

Well NFK I can eat everything without any reaction whatsoever except products containing gluten. So stuff like soy sauce etc. causes an immediate reaction as well as the obvious stuff. It isn't a question of a slight stomach pain, but I get that, mouth ulcers, achy joints and skin reaction as well as obvious toilet troubles. So no question of a band wagon - wish it was!

Off the subject of gastrics,how are the carpets Elegran

Coeliacs is an autoimmune disease and not an intolerance and there's no dispute about the existence of this condition. Testing involves a blood test and duodenum intubation, where a sample of the small intestine is taken for analysis.

Researchers have noted that other ingredients in wheat flour or wheat-based products may actually be the cause of some digestive symptoms rather than gluten sensitivity. It could be fructans, or another component in wheat that is the issue. Fructans, or Fructose is the sugar found in some products, including wheat and is similar in some ways to a lactose intolerance.

Some schools of thought argue for seeing your doctor before introducing any elimination diet, as is can be harmful to restrict your diet. Many products which are good for us contain gluten. I personally think this is good advice. As I said before there is an explosion of interest in gluten free foods and many people actually believe going gluten free is a healthier option for all. For most of us it isn't, so perhaps it's wise to be cautious.