Generally okay until I eat..
I was diagnosed with LPR a couple of weeks ago. Presented with globus. My symptoms at this point fluctuate in type and severity…globus, sore throat with ear tingling, dry throat, and always redness in my throat. It just looks angry. I’m now taking famotidine twice a day and drinking and spraying my throat with alkaline water. I don’t think the famotidine is doing much but the alkaline water is helping tremendously. I’m starting the Acid Watchers Diet and am eliminating many foods from my diet at this time. I’ve noticed though many times when I start to eat my symptoms are minimal. Then….I eat. For about 10 minutes after I eat, I seem to have a lot of mucus in my throat and my throat starts to feel raw again for a few minutes to an hour…as long as I’m drinking alkaline water to pacify it.
I have ordered the British Gaviscon and zinc carnosine, which should arrive tomorrow, and I’ve started taking L-glutamine.
My questions…how do you know if you’re continuing to reflux or if the symptoms are due to damage from the original episode? Has anyone been relatively okay until eating (even eating an alkaline meal)?