topic Re: Silent Heart Burn in Wellness

Silent Heart Burn

gloriajean — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:41:29 GMT

My husband was just diagnosed as having Silent Heart Burn by a specialist. His treatment is just prelisec. Interesting, isn't it? I never heard of that. He was wondering what was causing his voice to be softer and not like it used to be, So I googled it, and it's just what he has symptoms for. Good it wasn't anything serious, no surgery, no cancer!

Praise the Lord!

Re: Silent Heart Burn

Kachina624 — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:21:40 GMT

Tell hubby to be careful with long-term use of Prilosec. It in itself can cause problems. Do your research and read about it.

I took it for a long time for acid reflux before being ordered off it. Now I can't take anything but something like Tums.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

vcvc — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:33:33 GMT

Try a couple of marshmallows. It helps me-can't hurt!

Re: Silent Heart Burn

SilleeMee — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:58:15 GMT

I have silent heartburn b/c of my AI disease. My rheumatologist had me on Nexium for a while but I did not continue taking it for long. Now I just practice certain eating habits and when necessary I eat a couple of ginger chews and that helps me a lot.

These are fantastic. They really work and not expensive either. Tastes good, too.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

rockygems123 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:14:51 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I have silent heartburn b/c of my AI disease. My rheumatologist had me on Nexium for a while but I did not continue taking it for long. Now I just practice certain eating habits and when necessary I eat a couple of ginger chews and that helps me a lot.

These are fantastic. They really work and not expensive either. Tastes good, too.

@SilleeMee

A friend of mine uses ginger soft chews too for her heartburn she buys the bags at Trader Joe's.

Since I have esophageal stricture because of gerd I take Prolilosec. As I have osteoporosis like you do long term isn't great taking it like @Kachina624 said. They told me pick, esophageal cancer or osteoporosis wow some choice

Re: Silent Heart Burn

Starpolisher — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:43:24 GMT

@SilleeMee
How do you take them? Daily or as needed?

Re: Silent Heart Burn

SilleeMee — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:23:13 GMT

@Starpolisher wrote:
@SilleeMee
How do you take them? Daily or as needed?

@Starpolisher

I take them as needed. Two tablets and I'm good.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

Dazlin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:25:58 GMT

@Starpolisher @SilleeMee interesting topic...I also have gerd...im on Omneprazol

I take it when I need it, but lately I've been getting bad attacks so it's almost every day i need it.

My voice gets weak and hoarse too...I had no idea that could affect it. I'm seeing an ENT end of month because I've been having awful ear pressure and worsening hearing loss...I heard gerd can affect the ears too.

But my ears are a lifelong history of problems.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

SilleeMee — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:32:23 GMT

@Dazlin

Wow, my hearing is bad, too. I never connected that to having heartburn. I have tinnitus and sometimes it feels like have fluid in my ears where I can't remove it, feels strange. Yikes. I'm gonna speak with my doctor. Thanks!

Re: Silent Heart Burn

Dazlin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:43:40 GMT

@SilleeMee ...I googled it looking for eustachian tube dysfunction or fluid...and one thing that came up was gerd. I've been to mayo clinic for hearing tests and hearing aides and they cant see fluid because my ear drums are badly scarred from childhood infections.

Like I said mine has been all my life, but this past year I've complained repeatedly about terrible ear pressure or fluid and I can't hear worse than ever...seems something kicked in abruptly. Too quick for a drop in hearing.

Then my voice...some days I can hardly talk, and I sound weird to myself.

I'm so disgusted I can't even explain...although my hearing aides help, im somewhat dependent in some situations or phone calls...I HATE IT!

It was recommended I get cochlear implants...im not doing that.

The voice thing got me searching...and now I came upon this thread. Ill be mentioning all this to the ENT...im waiting two months for him...hes highly recommended for complicated patients...hope i get help...can't stay like this.

Keep me posted if you find out anything...im seriously desperate...take care!

Re: Silent Heart Burn

SilleeMee — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:53:40 GMT

@Dazlin

Oh good luck with your trip to the doc. Hope they can figure it out.

My hearing went downhill after I suffered an ear stroke from a extreme spike in my BP. That was over three years ago. M y hearing has gotten better, like my doctor said it would, but the tinnitus is still there. Could be from the BP med that causes tinnitus. It makes things difficult to hear clearly. My doctor says hearing aids won't help but a cochlear implant might...not going there either.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

Pink123 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:33:37 GMT

@rockygems123 Me too, I've been on prilosec for over 20 years or more. If one has a history of colon cancer or has had it I would not listen to this. PS. I have Barrett's as well. Still worried about taking two pricolec's daily? Best of luck. Are your bones killing you or cancer?

Very scary on some opinions here until you and the ginger makes you worse. Yep, it will. Colon cancer is silent as well until it's to late. Awful comment and go to Gastric Doc ASAP.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

SilleeMee — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:51:40 GMT

Compounds (including 6-gingerol, 6-shogaol, paradol, and zingerone) found in ginger have anticancer properties. It's medicinal qualities are a well-known fact that goes back centuries in Eastern cultures.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

bikerbabe — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:21:40 GMT

Ginger makes my GERD worse, not better.

I’ve mentioned this before, but for ME, eating fermented vegetables (sauerkraut, kimchi etc) made a world of difference in my acid reflux. When I’m consistent to eat some every evening, it’s almost nonexistent.

Must be organic, refrigerated section of the store.

Re: Silent Heart Burn

JJ7189 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:34:08 GMT

I hadn’t heard of silent heart burn either until recently starting to read the book Acid Watcher Diet, a prevention and healing program, by Jonathan Aviv, MD (practicing physician and professor of Otolaryngology at Mt Sinai in NY). Heartburn damage without symptoms is in Part I which is the first 64 pages of the book. I have hope for this 28-day healing plan working, because my not-so-silent symptoms haven’t resolved with pills, supplements, etc.