Hi,

All I can say for certain is that acid coming into areas where it is not meant to, can make you feel weird and pretty lousy. I wouldn't be surprised if you can have burning in less common areas. I have had burning in my back area when I have had an acid reflux flare up. There are nerves behind the esophagus and back area that might also react in some ways. I have wondered what the symptoms of a spasming esophagus can be sometimes when I haven't felt well in a flare up. My gastro says the symptoms of reflux can change. Try not to worry too much

Just stay on top of it with your doctor if it doesn't calm down.

You may want to read the book "Fast Tract Digestion IBS" by Dr. Norman Robillard. I bought "Fast Tract Digestion Heartburn". His explanation of how digestive orders begin and how to deal with them made sense to me.

I have also felt burning, but in my back and throat at times. It's been a slow process, but my symptoms have been reduced since following Dr. Robillard's diet tips. I have gone off my Nexium without feeling any worse than I did while I was on the drug. I was afraid to go off Nexium, but developing a small intestine bacterial infection from lowered stomach acid prompted me to try. I went to two doses of over the counter Zantac a day at first, then slowly lowered the dose to one a day, then none.

I am also reading "Why Stomach Acid is Good for You" by Jonathan Wright. You can read the reviews of the books on Amazon.com. Both are cheaper if you own a Kindle and can buy that version.

The most important thing is to educate yourself and try to keep a positive attitude. Be honest with your doctor. I thought mine would throw a fit because she is a strong advocate of Nexium. Instead, she was happy that I was doing so well when off Nexium and Zantac.

Stress only worsens the symptoms, so do whatever you can to pamper yourself and stay calm. I wish you well.

I have burning in my arms I swear it feels like the burning in my stomach which may be due to acid reflux I just really don't know but the burning in my arms started at the same time my other issues started. I have been diagnosed with acid reflux but yet to be diagnosed with any thing else. I have an endoscopy coming up so I guess i will no more as I go. I hope you doing well and good luck, Vicki.

I agree totally with Puppydog and Vicki! It can be managed without meds and Vicki is going through that now and doing a great job and hasn't tried the meds yet. That is also how I have managed it 90% of the time. I felt like the meds gave me more burning symptoms! It is not good to eliminate acid in the stomach over a long period of time either. I think meds are ok in the short term but we all have to manage it the way we feel best with.

I will look up the heartburn book. Good tip!

I hop everyone feels good today!

Lesley

Thank you for your replies. I too think my meds may be making the heartburn worse. Not good to suppress acid that is needed for digestion.

Will look up the book and try to stop my meds tonight as I feel better and hope the scan shows nothing scary.

Take care everyone. Hugs

Hi Sweetpea!

Good luck with your scan ! I hope it turns out fine! Most of the time these things do.

RE the meds.. I am thinking you know this but just in case.. Once you go off the meds you have to be really careful with your diet for a while until the inflammation in the esophagus etc gets better. It needs time to heal or it just continues to get aggravated and you get constant heartburn again. Do you know what I mean?

I don't have a digestional problem. I have a small hiatal hernia which causes my esophagus to dysfunction and it partially opens when it shouidn't, then I get heartburn! I am a pro on managing heartburn avoidance so I know a lot about that but I don't know anything about managing IBS without meds. It probably all comes down to diet like other digestional issues but not too sure.

I hope you keep feeling well today!

Lesley

I have never heard of burning in arms, legs and head as symptoms of GERD. There are many possible causes of burning sensations, but your doctor will need to run tests in order to eliminate some of them. I hope it turns out to be nothing very serious.