What Causes Excessive Burping That Worsens After Taking Milk?

Posted on Sat, 2 Jul 2016

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Sat, 2 Jul 2016 Answered on

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Question : Good day doctor wonder if you can help me no doctor so far in South XXXXXXX could. I burp a lot every day. Sometimes it is worse and I know that when I took coffee with milk and when I take home made soup. Sometimes it is so bad that I have to put my finger in my throat to rather get the food out. Feels like if the food don't go down. I also don't have nr 2 daily. I work long hours and have many stress for some years now. I have no energy and have to take daily something for energy and concentration. I struggle to concentrate.

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Discussion follows

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
If the symptoms are worse after taking milk , it is likely that you have Lactose intolerance. If it's to spicy or caffeine containing beverage and occurs soon after eating /drinking, it is likely to be related to gastritis.
If you can get a Hydrogen breath test done , it would also help to know whether you have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth producing excess gas and symptoms due to the same
Stress related IBS is another possibility.
Do get back to me with the information and we can come to a conclusion.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Noble Zachariah (1 hour later)

Thank you doctor will try and get the test done because dont think it is only milk and coffee it is bad tonight and have not take milk or caffeine but did had soup again. I dont even eat bread. Will keep uou informed

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (34 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Welcome

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for the feed back.
You can take a PPI like Omeprazole to see if it is helpful.
If it does, you may require a few tests to confirm the diagnosis.

Best wishes,

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar