The Eternal Rumblings of an Irritated Colon

I believe GERD is a seperate issue from IBD but that's not to say one with IBD cannot also suffer with GERD, I don't believe one causes the other either.

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I do not believe that my acid reflux is connected to me having Uc. I believe that is a separate issue. I never had stomach issues at all until this past year. I believe mine was contributed to taking my medications for many many years without food that it has finally caught up with me. I think too that I suffer from gastritis though I haven't been diagnosed with it yet - all the symptoms fit however.

I sometimes wake up with a sour taste in my mouth which I believe is my acid reflux. But my other symptoms are heartburn (this is minimal), a painful lump feeling in my chest, naseau (sp?), inability to swallow, stomach burning and sharp shooting pains. I am now on Prilosec and it has kept all those symptoms down for the most part. I think for me, the inability to swallow is the toughest!