It’s Acid
Posted by Kate on April 16, 2008
My throat is getting bad once again. It’s not tonsillitis. My previous consultations with doctors say it’s pharyngitis.
I have an overnight beach escapade this weekend with high school friends, then a (first-time) river trek next weekend with college friends and other people. Hence, I can’t be sick!
Despite the expensive consultation fee with the doctor, I went to M-Tech Medical to have my throat checked. I think it was worthwhile (I want to think that way).
I told the doctor, Dr. Pillas, about my throat. She then asked me if I usually get a cold. I said no. Then she asked me if I usually suffer hyper-acidity. I didn’t know really. I said sometimes.
Anyway, the diagnosis was that acid in my stomach gets it way up to my esophagus and to my throat, thus causing irritation. Sounds convincing.
She gave me prescription for two medicines, one for five days before every meal, while the other is for thirty days to be taken thirty minutes before breakfast.
Hence, the following is the list of the things I should and shouldn’t do:
- Eat regularly at the right time. Don’t skip meals. (I don’t skip meals, but sometimes miss breakfast.)
- Eat breakfast.
- Refrain from eating chocolates, coffee, soda, iced tea, and the likes. (Oh, please! Don’t take chocolates away from me!)
- Eat lots of vegetables. I like that.
- Drink lots of water - not too cold, not too hot, just right.
Easy. Except for not eating chocolates.
For those delicious chocolates, here’s my understanding of the situation:
My throat gets easily irritated because of the acid. Chocolate and sweets worsen the irritation, but are not the main culprit of the problem. Hence, once my problem with acidity becomes manageable, I can go back to eating lots of chocolates, right? Yummy!
Now, I’m getting better.
