Hiatus hernia

Oh we have all types of hiatus hernias on here.

A thread a while back revealed rollers, sliders, and other types, too.

I have a sliding one.

It's most problematic when I don't eat healthily- cooked cheese is a killer for me!

I think almost everyone finds tomato type, acid foods are a real problem.
I swear sometimes just the word "tomato" is enough to set me off.

I get acid reflux, heartburn, and really painful indigestion.

I have one - very common and causes acid reflux (heartburn) for many people. I was prescribed Lanzoprazole (similar type of drug to Nexium - Esomeprazole) and it worked well, but then I started getting side effects. Now I manage it with a mixture of one of the ...azoles sometimes, Gaviscon tablets and Rennies! Checked with my GP and he seems fine with my self medication. I was also advised to avoid orange juice.

It's better to treat any symptoms of acid reflux by neutralising or blocking the acid as the inflammation it causes is not good long term.

Oh yes, Rennies!!!
I'm awash with them.

Thankyou everybody. It's good to know I'm not alone and there are remedies.

I had an X-ray because of my endless cough so I suppose it's a good thing that my lungs are clear.

I don’t get any reaction from food but I get breathless bending over. Yes, I know, don’t bend over 😂

Hiatal hernias are really common. If you’ve only recently been diagnosed, you may even be able to recall what might have caused it.

Pressure will have caused the tear. You may be someone who has put on lots of weight/insists on lifting heavy items/has had a very bad cough/spends lots of time bending and gardening/eats heavy meals/wears restrictive clothing and tight belts. Whatever the cause, it is possible to limit the pain or problem by eating small, frequent meals. Also by not putting any pressure on stomach muscles, by not eating supper within 3 hours of bedtime, by putting something under the head of the bed to raise it and help prevent you lying flat - but definitely not lifting the head of the bed yourself - and maybe keeping a food diary in case you are suffering regular pain or gastric problems, so any food item that upsets you can be avoided.

I suffered this problem 50 years ago, carrying massive sacks of dog food up a slope at a friends’ Kennels. Within a year it had pretty much settled. Years later I had pain and a Doctor advised me that I should try losing some weight I’d put on. It worked because it’s mechanical : take away the pressure and it usually settles down again.

Hopefully you’ll have to resort to regular medication only infrequently. 🤞

I have a Sliding Hiatus Hernia. Always makes me laugh as I get little pictures in my head. 🤣

I am just on Lanzoprazole.

Oh, just seen ‘endless cough’. Hopefully, if that’s better, it won’t aggravate the hernia.now.

Yes, I was diagnosed with this a few years ago following a scan for something else and found the concept of my stomach moving upwards a bit bizarre but live with it reasonably OK. Was advised not to eat large meals (don't anyway) but little and often. Take Omeprazole regularly and Gaviscon liquid pink stuff when it gets really troubling. It's manageable most of the time, I find. A 'sliding' one, Miss A, that sounds interesting(!?).

I have one too Grammaretto diagnosed after the old camera down the throat. I take Famotidine daily as I can’t take any of the zole family of drugs. The annoying cough is acid in the oesophagus, my GP prescribed Gaviscon Advance too, a dose at bedtime.
Tbh I hardly know about it now.

Primrose53

I have a Sliding Hiatus Hernia. Always makes me laugh as I get little pictures in my head. 🤣

I am just on Lanzoprazole.

Mines a slider, too.
Can imagine it in a little bobble hat, coming down a slide.... "Wheeeeeee!"

Ruby41

Yes, I was diagnosed with this a few years ago following a scan for something else and found the concept of my stomach moving upwards a bit bizarre but live with it reasonably OK. Was advised not to eat large meals (don't anyway) but little and often. Take Omeprazole regularly and Gaviscon liquid pink stuff when it gets really troubling. It's manageable most of the time, I find. A 'sliding' one, Miss A, that sounds interesting(!?).

I think a sliding one mostly lives a quiet, settled life, but slides out of place (upwards?!) at times, bringing lots of acid with it.
Something like that, anyway.

I have Hiatus Hernia and have a prescription from my GP for Gaviscon. It provides relief.

Also Omeprazole capsules.

It's useful having all this new knowledge.
Sliding hernia

It could very easily be caused or at least aggravated by lifting heavy clay sacks and kiln shelves (I'm a potter)
I try to enlist help but where are people when they're needed!
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I have been prescribed some antacid . Doc says I'm not overweight (I am a bit) she did say go easy on dairy and now you say tomatoes!
what's left to eat . Chocolate?

I too have a sliding one, it drives me crazy. I have the gastric cough on top of my COPD one, I know it annoys everyone!!!

Funnily enough, I find cereals play mine up, as do bananas.

To be honest, when it's bad, everything aggravates it.

It's only really aggravated by me being greedy, though, in the first place.

If I eat a fairly bland diet, I feel nothing wrong at all, then a skip the omeprazole (will I ever learn!)

The omeprazole is what keeps it calm in the first place.

Bumping this up

I've got one that was discovered during an Endoscopy for something else.
The doctor didn't seem to think that it was important , just pointed out that he'd noticed one. Didn't say what type it was.

I don't have too much trouble with it to be honest and don't suffer too much with indigestion.

Initially the hospital doctor prescribed Omeprazole but as I was not really suffering because of it (just the odd bit of acid reflux occasionally) I didn't ask the GP to prescribe anymore.
The "proles" apparently can have side effects if taken for too long ? so I decided to give them a miss.

I’ve had endless discomfort with my HH ever since Xmas and an excess of rich food and alcohol. Going back to a sensible eating regime didn’t rectify it and I can’t take PPI’s so I e been struggling. Now I’m on Famotidine which is helping. I’ve bought a device called IQoro which is supposed to exercise the weak muscles that lead to a HH. It can take 6-8 months of usage to be effective, I’m on month 3 but I’m hopeful.

My mother had one and always slept almost upright . When she visited up we put a folded cot mattress under her mattress.
I had weeks of a very sore throat and no amount of antibiotics cured it . I was even sent to hospital to have a tube put up my nose and into my throat . Turned out to be caused by reflux .

I'm pretty sure I have a hiatus hernia caused by a bad cough throughout February. I don't have heartburn but do have a slightly weird sensation when I swallow and in my upper abdomen. May I ask if they also cause wind and/or flatulence? I'm having lots of problems with those and have ruled out other possible causes.