Re: Acid Reflux - Mold Related?

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I can only pretty much go by our personal experience and from what I

have learned from talking to so many mold survivors. My wife wasn't

diagnosed with it, no sense in paying a physician for something that

we already knew.

The reflux started getting worse over time, along with the bloating,

indigestion to where it started keeping her from getting any sleep or

she would wake up in the middle of the night throw up bile. We

definately didn't need this, because she doesn't get much sleep as it

is with the headpain. Someone had suggested to me several times about

trying digestive enzymes (natural.) I must admit probably like many

others you have your doubts with some natural medications. But to our

amazement, it worked. She followed the instructions, took it for two

days and didn't have to touch it again for several weeks. Also a close

family member always had acid reflux real bad and I had recommended

the digestive enzymes, but they didn't believe me because the doctor

had them on nexium, that really was not working. The doctor then

suggested digestive enzymes and it worked for them also. The old

saying goes of course, what may work for one, may not work for

another. But it can't hurt.

Also, most who experience acid reflux are told it is from too much

acid, when in fact is it just the opposite, it is not enough. And this

is most likely the case with us " moldies " . The reason is that your

whole digestive tract is completely screwed up from over use of

antibodics, steroids and other medications due to misdiagnoses, not to

mention what the mycotoxins are doing to it. Your enzymes, flora,

stomach acids, bacteria, yeast are all out of whack because of this

type of exposure to where your system is not capable of digesting food

normally the way it is used to. Once all of this gets out of kilter it

is very difficult to get them all back on tract. All of these used to

live in harmony with one another, keeping each other in check and once

this has been disrupted something is bound to go haywire and that is

exactly what has happened.

This is my personal opinion, I am not a doctor, but this is what I

have learned over the years by speaking to many professionals. I am

curious why our medical field prescribes Nexium for acid reflux, when

Nexium is an azole (antifungal.) Just food for thought.

KC

> I was wondering how many mold survivors have been told they have acid

> reflux?

>

> If you've been told you have it, did you realize you had it, such as

having

> heartburn or uncontrollable gas? Were you told that your vocal chord

> dysfunction (loss of voice or raspy voice) was due to acid reflux?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry to be dense, but what enzymes exactly?, do you need a script?

Nexium is very bad to take, because when you stop the acid, it

allows bacteria that would be burned up as you breath from the acid,

to enter the lungs, resulting in pneumonia, my mom got it every year

till she stopped the nexium, even with a pneumonia shot. Also, acid

reflux is a symptom. I had it for 2 miserable years, and bile

backing up, before I was hospitalized for gall bladder. I still

think that the biotoxin led to my gall bladder going, as no one in

my family ever suffered from it.

> family member always had acid reflux real bad and I had

recommended

> the digestive enzymes, but they didn't believe me because the

doctor

> had them on nexium, that really was not working. The doctor then

> suggested digestive enzymes and it worked for them also. The old

> saying goes of course, what may work for one, may not work for

> another. But it can't hurt.

>

> Also, most who experience acid reflux are told it is from too much

> acid, when in fact is it just the opposite, it is not enough. And

this

> is most likely the case with us " moldies " . The reason is that your

> whole digestive tract is completely screwed up from over use of

> antibodics, steroids and other medications due to misdiagnoses,

not to

> mention what the mycotoxins are doing to it. Your enzymes, flora,

> stomach acids, bacteria, yeast are all out of whack because of

this

> type of exposure to where your system is not capable of digesting

food

> normally the way it is used to. Once all of this gets out of

kilter it

> is very difficult to get them all back on tract. All of these used

to

> live in harmony with one another, keeping each other in check and

once

> this has been disrupted something is bound to go haywire and that

is

> exactly what has happened.

>

> This is my personal opinion, I am not a doctor, but this is what I

> have learned over the years by speaking to many professionals. I

am

> curious why our medical field prescribes Nexium for acid reflux,

when

> Nexium is an azole (antifungal.) Just food for thought.

>

> KC

>

>

> > I was wondering how many mold survivors have been told they have

acid

> > reflux?

> >

> > If you've been told you have it, did you realize you had it,

such as

> having

> > heartburn or uncontrollable gas? Were you told that your vocal

chord

> > dysfunction (loss of voice or raspy voice) was due to acid

reflux?

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

,

They are called, " digestive enzymes. " You can get them from your

health food store. They seemed to have worked for many people, but I

have also heard recently that they don't work for all people and if

they do it could be for a short period of time. They still work for

my wife and it has been almost a year now and she only takes them

now once in a blue moon. You don't need a prescription.

I was not endorsing Nexium, what I was saying was that it is an

antifungal medication (that I have been informed about) that they

are giving for acid reflux.

And yes, acid reflux is a symptom that happens to alot of people

after their exposure, along with asundry other symptoms that they

never had before. When these fungi take hold in the body and mess up

the organs anything is possible.

KC

> > > I was wondering how many mold survivors have been told they

have

> acid

> > > reflux?

> > >

> > > If you've been told you have it, did you realize you had it,

> such as

> > having

> > > heartburn or uncontrollable gas? Were you told that your

vocal

> chord

> > > dysfunction (loss of voice or raspy voice) was due to acid

> reflux?

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I allso experience extreme horseness around mold, and developed a

very scarry sore spot that has gone away about 80% now that I am not

exposed. It is true that if you have a hammer in your hand, everything

looks like a nail. When I went to the chiropractor, the pain was from

a rib mal-adjustment- go to the ent-it was silent reflux- But in the

end it was our old friend.

I never

> experienced any reflux, heartburn or anything like that; however,

when I was

> referred to an ENT doctor for " vocal chord dysfunction " because I

kept

> losing my voice… mind you, I only lost my voice when I was at the

office –

> my place of exposure, he told me I should try Prilosec OTC because my

> esophagus was red, which indicated I might have acid reflux. When I

told

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I was told I had acid reflux in 1998. I wasn't having any symptoms at that

time, but I had a endoscopy that showed grade II esophagitis, gastritis and

duodenitis. I had experienced brief stabbing pains that just lasted a few

seconds in the area near my duodenum (1st part of the small intestine) every

once in a while. This all started around the same time I was having other

symptoms of mold exposure, but didn't know it at the time. I took pepcid and

didn't have any problems for several years, then a couple of years ago, I

started having severe burning chest pain. I am now having to take 3-4 aciphex a

day. I believe it all started with exposure to mold at work, especially T-2

toxin that can cause adverse effects on the digestive system as well as all

mucus membranes and immunity. I now have severe chronic sinusitis and think

part of the " reflux " problem is due to the tremendous amount of drainage. I was

also told that I have vocal cord dysfunction at National Jewish, but it

can also be caused by drainage.

Kathyw

Kim Kauffman <tkkskauffman@...> wrote:

I was wondering how many mold survivors have been told they have acid

reflux?

If you’ve been told you have it, did you realize you had it, such as having

heartburn or uncontrollable gas? Were you told that your vocal chord

dysfunction (loss of voice or raspy voice) was due to acid reflux?

[Guest guest]

> I was wondering how many mold survivors have been told they have acid

> reflux?

In '97 I told my sister that I could no longer tolerate the mold at

her house. (The sister who called me an " arrogant bastard " for

insisting that mold could really have this effect when all the doctors

said that it couldn't).

A few years later, the whole family became sick and was forced to

remediate that " stick - stuck - what do y'call it - stickyboccus? "

My sisters husband was DXed with a serious case of acid reflux.

They never told me about being forced to identify and remediate

Stachy. Heard about it from my mother.

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