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What Causes Indigestion And Poor Appetite?

For the past few days I have been experiencing very strange indigestion. Every time I eat I it feels strange and I can almost immediately feel the acid coming up my throat. When I lay down, I feel it. It also feels like there is something heavy on my chest, and even when I drink water it feels strange. I am burping violently, waking up in the middle of the night, and generally just feeling awful. I have less of an appetite than normal, and it feels sort of hard to breath.
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history of strange indigestion, acid comes up immediately on eating, heaviness in chest, violent burping, waking up in the middle of night.
All these are suggestive of hyperacidity with GERD and esophagitis.
I would advise you the following:
Get started on a PPI like Omeprazole.
Antacid every 3 hours.
Domperidone at 8 hourly interval.
Soft bland diet and small frequent feeds.
No stress and/or anxiety.
Get the opinion of a Gastroenterologist and get an upper GI Endoscopy if required or when the medications do not help much.
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What Causes Indigestion And Poor Appetite?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history of strange indigestion, acid comes up immediately on eating, heaviness in chest, violent burping, waking up in the middle of night. All these are suggestive of hyperacidity with GERD and esophagitis. I would advise you the following: Get started on a PPI like Omeprazole. Antacid every 3 hours. Domperidone at 8 hourly interval. Soft bland diet and small frequent feeds. No stress and/or anxiety. Get the opinion of a Gastroenterologist and get an upper GI Endoscopy if required or when the medications do not help much.