Topics Stomach acid blockers Opportunity or risk . ; Heartburn Expert interview; Surgery for heartburn; Acupressure Fast relief for everyday complaints;. A cool school or have a nice me or a good nights sleep but you cant because youre suffering from heartburn then you came to the right place for three reasons first this is seriously nick a me from being in berlin the second im going to meet dr mark johnson and third this is in good shape. Good luck and i hope. No one has to suffer from heartburn for a long time we have great medications and surgical options was good long term results. Its nice to have a strict facet it helps to i just did expect. Too much gastric as it is not good because the pain cause heart. Berthe. There are medications to answer it but recent
studies suggest that they might be dangerous. For twelve years Peter Schmeichel has been suffering from heartburn also known as acid reflux after eating he often experiences acidic belching in a Burning Esophagus he also suffers from an irregular heartbeat its all a source of stress. Whenever i eat something im just worried that it will start back up. And so i dont really have a big appetite anymore it was an upbeat it made some instant. To reduce the symptoms he started taking medication called Proton Pump Inhibitors p. P. R. Yes they suppress them like Acid Production by blocking certain enzyme but he soon found himself battling with side effects. After a few days i started feeling really on while i had diarrhea and Stomach Aches and my digestion just wasnt working anymore. These are common side
serious conditions like Heart Attacks or dementia. Dr vulcan shep is an expert in the field. He thinks patients shouldnt worry about taking p. P. I. He says the evidence against them is insufficient. Decision. Taking Proton Pump Inhibitors is very very safe compared to all the other drugs used in medicine. Of the there is some indication that there might be an issue. And he was the quote there is no evidence that would make us withdraw the medication from patients who need it and that just wouldnt make any sense vic to me than is obvious. And some patients do desperately need it. Stephanie batman suffered a painful narrowing of the esophagus it had to be dilated and since then shes had to take medication. If she doesnt the stomach acid rises up through the esophagus
and causes inflammation. Yet i prefer to relieve the inflammation with medication now rather than to think maybe ill get dementia or in a few years time. Whatever other side effects there are demands of a mad dash to a need that seems less important to me right now is for me. What matters is that i have a cure now moment yet sed now that in. Studies have revealed one dangerous side effects the risk of infection from Clostridium Difficile a bacterial species also known as c. Diff with reduced stomach acid the microbe can spread more easily through the digestive tract to desmonds are content with a patient comes to the clinic with Clostridium Difficile colliders which is
a life threatening Diarrhea Condition thats an indication to check the Proton Pump Inhibitors very thoroughly and of possible discontinue the medication me to come into up does it via. Peter stop taking p. P. I. Is two months ago hed rather not expose himself to the risks. That is if youre desperate it does say on the Package Leaflet that you can take the tablets as a one off but it would be better if i didnt have to take them at all in the misdemeanor. Stephanie batman doesnt have that option shell probably have to take Proton Pump Inhibitors for the rest of her life. When i was a medical student i had a surgical professor who told me if those medications are medications from hell because they can make you impotent and we doctors should stick to surgery this is
why im here in the Operating Room of the. Hell use clinic even from being in doolin and meeting the head of the department for surgery begins and thanks for having me today how critical should we be concerning this medication we are facing a huge discussion about complications of the of these medications like this or function. However the evidence is very low and if the indication for these tablets is good it can be given regularly lets talk a little bit about heartburn why so many people suffer from heartburn is caused by the west and last. For example obesity smoking Drinking Alcohol or eating a lot a huge amount in the evening and i know many many patients who suffer from heart burn sometimes and i think many of us do suffer from it too so when do you need to
see you doctrine is it dangerous its not dangerous immediately you dont need to go to the doctor directly in most of the cases its probably enough to change your lifestyle and sometimes its also a good idea to take these kind of may become and for short periods of time like fourteen days for example and do you have to be concerned about say that this is a tumor developing out of the cancer. The risk of developing cancer due to. Very low its approximately four out of ten thousand people but if the mood of the years of those changes habits like developing a socalled barretts recalls are the risk of developing cancer is much more higher therefore you have to go to doctor have a gastroscopy and in this case is the risk of developing cancer is about one point. Point one percent per year very low with them so its totally safe to do some Self Medications and to go for some over the counter drugs first yes its possible to do so with medication. Be aware that you only take these medications for a short period of time what are the problems if you take it for a longer period of time if the indication is good and confirmed by a medical doctor you can take these medications lifelong some patients wanted to discontinue the medications and they have problems afterwards so is it a problem to stop those medications its a its not a problem for gastric acid cures and b. As a franchise has really cures these protests these patients benefit probably from an operation speaking about surgery when those medications dont help any more then a small intervention could be very helpful. Since dr feeds an ultra thin tube through his nose and down into his throat this tiny sensors will determine whether
his a soffit is still functions properly when he swallows. It turns out that the muscle valve leading into the stomach has become slack. My despise the work of my esophagus had suffered a lot of damage when i was sleeping on my back or standing ready im a tiler by trade which means working on my knees or sitting like that i experienced severe heartburn and belching it was really bad a team of experts germanys your hottest days ling clinic discuss what course of action to take until recently Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease had been underestimated and is even linked to a higher risk of cancer a third of people in europe in North America suffer from reflux in many cases prescribing a pill is not effective. Hoover hansens doctors recommended surgery the aim is to implant a pacemaker that stimulates the muscle valve that closes the bottom of the esophagus
these are the big advantages this is suffered your pacemaker is thats the wires implanted in the muscles are extremely thin. It builds up an electrical field that exercises the muscle and makes it stronger as a result the food being digested can no longer rise up or its like. In the case of nina back maya the doctors chose a new solution placing a chain with magnetic beads around the esophagus the chain reinforces the muscle value in similar style to a rubber band in the process restoring the balance natural function the surgery takes just twenty minutes. For and that had to finish whats changed for me is that im finally rid of heart after twenty five years it had always been a burden but i dont see developed a Chronic Cough and was constantly clearing my throat because of the feeling of pressure. Right after waking up postsurgery i noticed that permanent feeling of
constriction was completely gone and ive had no heartburn since that day when i can talk to. Nina back my are can now indulge in a bit of coffee and cake treats that used to be a major problem due to reflux minimally Invasive Solutions now offer patients genuine hope for the future. So returning ships to medications this is difficult pacemaker and consisting of containing beats so what do you think of those interventions. We should be careful in using this kind of new techniques because there is no evidence and no long term results concerning this techniques but there are long term results for other kinds of surgeries like these full duplications. Do you think. This operation is the standard procedure in patients after having medical treatment what we do is copy procedure
this procedure. Has two steps we are just removing the years off or goes into the up common we are closing the gap of the diaphragm and were placing. Placation of the fullness of the stomach around the goes so you taking the stomach into pulling it down and replacing it into the afternoon here is one cause of reflux. Is her nya in through the doctors of the other for girls and what we know is that the us should be in the optimum which. To reduce the risk of said reflux so if this intervention only helpful in patients with Hiatus Hernia this is the primary indication for this kind of operation however some patients suffer from ongoing heartburn and large volume reflux and
these patients can also be treated by operation and what are the results. The results are good what we see is that in ongoing studies we have. Primary. Success of ninety percent. Recurrence of heartburn in only ten percent in ten years so if i dont want to take any medication and i dont want to go for surgery is there anything i can do for prevention here prevent to get will be dont smoke drink only if you are call and dont eat in the late evening but i do have some patients who are quite slim and they dont drink any alcohol at all but they still do have. One additional cost for this problem is Family History of heart so also young patients without obesity can have this disease but what role does stress play in
the development of heartburn or stress play with no main role in developing the heart the main cause is obesity and food intake thanks to answer all my questions well i dont know what youre doing im still here in the Operating Room but wait i know what youre doing because he watches the show but after the show you can take some time and simply all your questions. On our coming show well be looking at facial Connective Tissue that encloses muscles and internal organs type things that can be a root cause of pain so how can the problem be treated if you have questions send them to in good shape that d. W. Dot com write things back in the subject line we look forward to hearing from you. What do you think give us Three Thousand years do you think that surgery will still look the same like it does today i doubt it but on the other hand there are some
healing methods which are quite good old take asian pressure for instance. It looks like a back massage and feels like one feels like a massage. In terms of the Hand Techniques its a bit similar in. In fact Stephanie Moore hunter is being treated with an ancient Healing Method Acupressure in order to relieve her of a frustrating and debilitating problem. Traditionally been suffering from extreme Sleep Disorder for quite a while first ten years at least and i needed a really long time to fall asleep and i also work up a loss shes been trying out acupressure for two months now it includes a range of different techniques. Compressing massaging pinching stroking. The aim is to stimulate over Three Hundred Fifty points on the body the same points used in acupuncture according to traditional chinese
medicine the body is crisscrossed with a network of invisible pathways called Meridian Lines and these meridians serve as a channel through which vital energy or chief flows if that flow is interrupted the body reacts with symptoms and then you can place your index finger and Middle Finger on it and you can feel a slight depression when you press down and. This is not. Stimulating the right point aims to loosen up the blockage causing the symptoms enabling the cheek to continue flowing. At the point regardless of whether we press the point or insert a needle the result is a local inflammatory process. That in turn increases the blood flow which relieves the blockage that thanks to the bodys own healing power. But. I can hike have to. Dr forward hemas says acupressure can help
compliment a conventional medical treatments although he doesnt believe it can replace them. I see limits with acupressure and acupuncture where the underlying sickness has not been properly diagnosed. And patients should definitely have had diagnostic checks to rule out other more serious underlying illnesses. And then if they are ruled out these methods are appropriate. Dr g. Hung jiang studied medicine and china and germany she sent stephanie for a blood test sent ultrasound scans to try to pinpoint the root of her Sleep Disorder but the results were ok i. Just think hundred of us might might be connected to my kids they used to keep me awake vitally often we did not want days mrs more and dad is the type of person who tends to get worked up quickly and she takes a lot of issues and stress on board. Strengths of this in the thats what i think
the cause was. In china i. Q. Pressure is used widely to treat all manner of symptoms they can be applied at any time and anywhere with a few exceptions in mind caught in the case of an acute infection with fever or if you have a skin disease or burns on your skin then you cant use acupressure at. This patient has been suffering for years from a different problem or. I get message cuffs nansen on i had recurring headaches and really bad migraines after there were lots of weekends where i had nonstop headaches from friday to sunday. Be gone in the week but that happened often a message. Natalie heck decided to have Acupuncture Treatments to relieve her
intense headaches but because she would otherwise have to make the trip to the doctor every time she was given the option of treating herself with acupressure she can now stimulate the points on her own whether at work or at home. Is finished and so how do i find the points how do i recognize them. Pressed down with your firm and you feel a large depression. Generally each point is massaged for between one and three minutes although very gently in the case of severe symptoms for chronic symptoms you can apply a little more pressure. To stronger mattresses i did notice that things got better and the intensity of the headaches has decreased i can say i dont get any headaches but they have decreased. Sufyan from its definitely improved i now feel longer and deeper and i fall asleep quicker. Theres a clock now when i leave a session i mediately feel that my condition is going to be really good thats day. Acupressure is helping patients around the world to alleviate pain and improve
their wellbeing. Always humans are so proud of our erect gait but it also has its disadvantages like Headache Stomach Ache back pain and even riots all this can be caused by a vessel which gets washed by or erect posture and this syndrome is called africa Syndrome Nutcrackers as we know them but theres also a Health Complication named after them Nutcracker Syndrome but what is it exactly for something psychological when a person is really close to you want to make them open up. My friend said before i cant quite remember but ive definitely come across it before. I dont know what the syndrome is but i do know what a nut cracker is all of us needs. Is
a twenty six year old student a few years ago she developed a stomach ache which kept getting worse sitting for any length of time was agony and cycling became torture us she suffers from endometriosis a condition that causes the tissue that normally lines the uterus to grow outside it. So she presumed that was to blame. And that it was the first i thought endometriosis must be the cool since its a Chronic Illness so i didnt think much of it but after three years i went to my local Endometriosis Clinic and they realize that the problem lies lie elsewhere. The doctors found that the endometriosis couldnt be affecting the areas where sabrina was experiencing pain that made them suspect Nutcracker Syndrome. NutCracker Syndrome describes what happens when the renal vein coming from the left kidney becomes compressed by the superior messenger rick harder and the aorta. Just
as it can affect both men and women the condition stops blood flowing normally through the vein this can lead to it flowing backwards into the pelvis via the ovarian or testicular vein this disrupt circulation and can cause Varicose Veins the exact cause isnt known. To shits actually unfortunately there are no typical symptoms of Nutcracker Syndrome some women experience chronic pain some people find blood in their urine which is called humor turia. NutCracker Syndrome isnt especially well known within the medical commun