17 year old, weird symptoms, GERD or nah?
hey i’m 17 and since i was 15 ive been having some weird symptoms that point to gerd but im not sure if it really is or IDK. just really anxious tight now
first it started with constant burping. like all day i would just burp burp burp. it felt like there was like stuck air in my throat that would be relieved by burping. in the early stages it happened a lot but as time went on it got infrequent enough for me to not notice it, i’d wager id go months sometimes without one. it didn’t get worse after doing anything particular like eating or sleeping, it just happened intermittently
and then i started to get mild reflux even more intermittently. around the early onset of the burping some acid would come back up my throat, cause some slight irritation for a minute and then subside. again, never noticed a pattern for when it happened, and i didn’t experience it at all anymore after a bit
one thing thats making me anxious though is that ive been down with a cold/post-nasal drip for the past 2 or 3 weeks. i havent checked for fever or taken any medication because i expected the cold to pass on its own, but throughout that id been deep coughing a lot more mucus up; clear mucus sometimes with green bits. its been happening frequently with a sore throat. along with this, only like 2 days ago i was starting to experience some nausea, a bit of chest pain (but that could be coughs), and tiny bits of food coming up with the mucus/spit cough. and the burps have become wayyy more frequent now
im generally lost and dont know what this is, what to do or who to call. very anxious i might have something thatll require significant life changes. but i will start monitoring my cold more, taking meds, etc. anyone got any ideas?