Help Terrible Heart Burn And Indigestion.

[papaskin]

Can anybody suggest how I can sort this out.For over 4 weeks now I am awaken at about 5 in the morning with my stomach churning like a washing machine and a sensation of burning.This lasts about 2 hours,then when I get up I am dry wretching and have terrible flatulence.The doc has tried me on omeprazole and ranitidine neither of which help.I am otherwise a healthy 65 year old male.Any suggestions please what I can do to stop the build up of gas while i am sleeping.

[gingejbee]

You may not like the idea, but I'd expect my GP to send me for tests/investigation to find out exactly what's going on down there.

[ummmm]

Could it be diet related?

[Old_Geezer]

I'm sure you'll get an expert opinion soon but meanwhile can you vary the rimes you eat in an effort to stop it happening at 5am ? Perhaps not eating (or boozing ☺ ) after a certain hour ?

[Old_Geezer]

TIMES

like I W$%^£$%&^£% typed >:-(

[Sqad]

Sounds like reflux oesophagitis.

Make sure that you sleep "fairly upright", continue with either Ranatidine or omeprazole and take Gaviscon Double action before you go to bed ( a good glug) and if you wake up in the early morning......take another "glug" of Gaviscon.

[gingejbee]

Even better than Gaviscon Double Action is Gaviscon Advance....my specialist insisted that my GP should prescribe the latter because (long, complicated medical explanation)....it does a better job, apparently.

[Sqad]

^^^^ there you go^^^^^ good advice.

[papaskin]

Thanks for your suggestions,i have already had a camera down and they found nothing,stopped drinking alcohol and fizzy drinks didnt eat late at night but still no better.

[smoneybags]

I find that eating my main meal at lunch time and eating very little or nothing in the evening helps a great deal. I don't go to bed until at least three hours after I've eaten. They say propping the head of the bed helps too.

[daisy19]

i used to get bad heart burn too and i tried OMEPRAZOLE capsules and they worked and cleared it up

[Togo]

You may have a small Hiatus Hernia. The camera sometimes misses the smallest of these right next to your oesophagus. Burn like hell when you have laid flat for a few hours.