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Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a good Christmas. Steph, I know things have been

rough this last week for you, and I hope things improve soon for you

all.

The reason I'm writing is that for some months now Jazzie has had

night time gulping and loud swallowing at night, which her GI says is

reflux. She was on omeprazole and domperidone, which slightly

improved things, but not much. I stopped the omeprazole without

noticing any worsening of her condition. She was facing a nissen

fundo op if things didn't improve.

I noticed the last few nights that her gulping had stopped and

mentioned it to DH, who replied " Oh that's the ginger you are giving

her in her pancake " . (SCD). He had spoken to his mam the other day

(she has been diagnosed with a hiatus hernia and was also on

omeprazole). She bought herself an alternative treatment book, and

had started taking ginger after reading it should help, in a drink.

She has not taken the PPI for a week now, and has had no heartburn.

Coincidence?

If anyone is interested, I could post the pancake recipe. I have

also started giving Jasmine ginger in her diluted orange drink. I

warm it up and call it her " Christmas Special Juice " . She also

likes it cool, again with orange juice, and topped up with fizzy

water - Orange and Ginger beer!

With us though, it took a few weeks for it to work. MIL says it

worked after a couple of days for her.

HTH

Glynis

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Dear Glynis

This is so good. Ginger is supposed to be quite anti-inflammatory too

isnt it? Is Jazzie still doing OK on solid food? I so hope the good

results continue.

Hugs Caroline

xx

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Hi all

I've had reflux-like symptoms for a few months - a definite feeling

of fullness high in the stomach/throat like something needs gulping

down that isn't really there.

Antacids seemed to worsen things for me so we quickly figured it was

possibly due to low stomach acid (rather than excessive acid). Top

three remedies that worked for me were:

- Ginger (again!)

- Small amount of lemon juice 10 mins before a meal (around 1-2 tsp).

(Jean's tip for stimulating stomach acid)

- A herbal concoction called Iberogast (see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberogast for a nice little summary)

We haven't found a UK supplier for Iberogast and got it through

eVitamins (quite expensive with customs charges). It definitely seems

to have helped, though, and I think has reduced my need for lemon

juice. Reflux symptoms are currently all-but gone. It's definitely

worth considering, especially if you can find a cheaper supplier!

Best wishes and happy new year

Tim

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a good Christmas. Steph, I know things have

been

> rough this last week for you, and I hope things improve soon for

you

> all.

>

> The reason I'm writing is that for some months now Jazzie has had

> night time gulping and loud swallowing at night, which her GI says

is

> reflux. She was on omeprazole and domperidone, which slightly

> improved things, but not much. I stopped the omeprazole without

> noticing any worsening of her condition. She was facing a nissen

> fundo op if things didn't improve.

>

> I noticed the last few nights that her gulping had stopped and

> mentioned it to DH, who replied " Oh that's the ginger you are

giving

> her in her pancake " . (SCD). He had spoken to his mam the other day

> (she has been diagnosed with a hiatus hernia and was also on

> omeprazole). She bought herself an alternative treatment book, and

> had started taking ginger after reading it should help, in a

drink.

> She has not taken the PPI for a week now, and has had no

heartburn.

> Coincidence?

>

> If anyone is interested, I could post the pancake recipe. I have

> also started giving Jasmine ginger in her diluted orange drink. I

> warm it up and call it her " Christmas Special Juice " . She also

> likes it cool, again with orange juice, and topped up with fizzy

> water - Orange and Ginger beer!

>

> With us though, it took a few weeks for it to work. MIL says it

> worked after a couple of days for her.

>

> HTH

>

> Glynis

>

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