Can acid reflux make you feel weird?

Reflux symptoms can also include a weird feeling in your throat, chest pain, and more.

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Can acid reflux make you feel woozy?

Dizziness may occur due to shortness of breath caused by GERD. Reflux can cause inflammation and irritation of a person's airways, which may lead to shortness of breath. If a person is unable to take in enough oxygen, they may feel dizzy. Headaches can also cause a person to feel dizzy.

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What are extreme symptoms of acid reflux?

What are the symptoms of GER and GERD?
  • chest pain.
  • nausea.
  • problems swallowing or pain while swallowing.
  • symptoms of complications in the mouth, throat, or lungs, such as chronic cough or hoarseness.

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Can acid reflux make you feel weak and shaky?

These symptoms accompanying acid reflux (or any time) should always mean a trip to the emergency room: Feeling confused or sudden weakness. When the reflux moves/relocates from how you typically experience it. Fainting/loss of consciousness, even briefly.

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Can acid reflux cause anxiety?

Stress caused by anxiety may also affect contractions occurring in the esophagus, which propel food toward the stomach. If these contractions become irregular, it can lead to reflux. Finally, high stress and anxiety levels may increase the production of stomach acid.

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

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What is gastric vertigo?

Gastritis induced vertigo is the medical condition where gastritis (inflammation of the wall lining of the stomach) leads to a feeling of dizziness or physical imbalance in a person.

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Does acid reflux cause dizziness and vertigo?

Acid refluxes can sometimes reach upper GI system, affecting the inner lining in the tubes. This can severe irritation, inflammation causing a loss of balance or episodes of vertigo. This is often reported while lying down following heavy intake of food. Few patients complain about ear pain coupled with dizziness.

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Can acid reflux affect your eyes?

While not everyone that has reflux develops eye issues, it can happen in some people. It is helpful to become aware of the GERD association, so you can address the problem. Although additional research is needed, it appears ocular changes associated with GERD may occur due to an increase in a stomach enzyme.

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When should you go to the hospital for acid reflux?

Mild acid reflux typically occurs in the same place each time you experience a flare-up of your symptoms. However, if the pain moves around your stomach or chest or it relocates to a new area entirely, you should go to the ER or your doctor immediately.

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Does acid reflux affect your ears?

Yes, acid reflux can affect the ears. When the stomach's acidic contents back up into the esophagus, they can affect the larynx and make the middle ear more susceptible to damage and infection. This may result in problems such as eustachian tube dysfunction, hearing loss, and impaired clearance of middle ear contents.

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Why do I feel off balance but not dizzy?

The most common causes of imbalance without dizziness are related to dysfunction of the muscles, joints and peripheral nerves (proprioceptive system), or the central nervous system (brain). People with bilateral vestibulopathy have balance issues but no dizziness if the damage affects both ears at the same time.

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Can GERD cause dizziness and fatigue?

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic, recurrent disease. Reflux esophagitis can interfere with sleep via acid reflux, which can cause daytime sleepiness or fatigue.

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How do you know if your inner ear is causing dizziness?

Check if you have labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis
  • dizziness or feeling that everything around you is spinning (vertigo)
  • feeling unsteady and off balance – you might find it difficult to stay upright or walk in a straight line.
  • feeling or being sick.
  • hearing loss.
  • ringing in your ears (tinnitus)

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Why do I feel weird in my ear and dizziness?

Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. Ménière's disease usually affects only one ear.

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Why do I feel dizzy and my ears feel weird?

Common causes of dizziness related to the inner ear include: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), migraine and inflammation of the inner ear balance apparatus (vestibular neuritis). Dizziness may also be caused by other conditions such as low blood pressure and anxiety.

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What is the fastest way to resolve vertigo?

Sit or lie down immediately when you feel dizzy. Lie still with your eyes closed in a darkened room if you're experiencing a severe episode of vertigo. Avoid driving a car or operating heavy machinery if you experience frequent dizziness without warning. Avoid using caffeine, alcohol, salt and tobacco.

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Why do I feel lightheaded all the time?

Some of the main causes are: dehydration(not having enough fluids in your body) a drop in blood pressure when you stand up quickly. feelings of anxiety or panic.

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Can acid reflux cause dizziness and palpitations?

While acid reflux will not usually be a direct cause of heart palpitations, it may lead to them indirectly. For instance, if a person with GERD feels stressed or anxious about their symptoms, this may lead to palpitations. Several factors may also trigger both acid reflux and heart palpitations.

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Why do I feel spacey and off balance?

Vestibular balance disorders can affect your balance and make you feel disoriented. Common causes include inner ear problems, medicines, infections, and traumatic brain injury. These disorders can occur at any age. But they are most common as you get older.

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Why do I feel like the room is swaying?

You might feel like the room is spinning or that your surroundings are moving. This feeling is called vertigo. BPPV is associated with feelings of vertigo when you move a certain way. This could be when you turn your head, stand up, roll over in bed, or lie down.

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What deficiency causes you to feel off balance?

Untreated, vitamin B-12 deficiency can lead to neurological problems, such as persistent tingling in the hands and feet or problems with balance. It can lead to mental confusion and forgetfulness because vitamin B-12 is necessary for healthy brain function.

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What are the symptoms of silent reflux?

Symptoms of Silent Reflux

Bitter taste in the throat. Chronic cough or excessive throat clearing. Difficulty swallowing. Hoarseness.

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Can acid reflux cause sinus and ear problems?

But there are ear, nose, and throat problems that are caused by reflux reaching beyond the esophagus, such as hoarseness, laryngeal nodules in singers, croup, airway stenosis (narrowing), swallowing difficulties, throat pain, and sinus infections.

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Can acid reflux affect sinuses?

Laryngopharyngeal reflux refers to stomach acid that is getting into your throat in the back of your sinuses, which irritates the sinuses, causing them to create an excessive amount of mucus. Many patients realize this is a problem because they have ongoing active reflux.

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How does a doctor test for acid reflux?

The test involves placing a catheter (a thin tube), or a special device called a pH probe, into your esophagus. The catheter or device will measure your acid level (known as pH level) for 24 to 96 hours. The test can show if you have acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease).

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