is there any relationship between post nasal drip(PND) and digestive problems?
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In some ways there can be.  Swallowing a lot of phlegm can be upsetting to some people's stomachs.  It can even result in vomitting.\n\nPeople with allergic or asthmatic symptoms are also more likely to have gastro-intestinal reflux disease (GERD).  Chronic or frequent heartburn can be damaging to the esophagus an, though rare, can increase your risk for esphageal cancer.  You should definitely talk to your doctor.
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Actually it can be bad for him depending on how much he swallows-I had a friend who had to have the build up of gum removed from her stomach baecause it was causing a blockage-not a fun thing to have done!
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Post nasal drip is due infection of sinuses resulting in excess secretions that leave the posterior aperture of nose and stick to the back of throat.\n\nLung infection is infection of lung ..what's there to explain ?? :P\n\nthe 2 can be differentiated by the discomfort - in the nose in sinus infection & chest in lung infection ; dry cough in sinus infection and usually cough with sputum in lung infection. Even thought there's a need to clear the throat in post-nasal drip but there's never cough along with sputum.
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Yeah, but she might want to go to the doc with it if she continues with the diarrhea. She might get dehydrated.\n\ninfection causes diarrhea. So she must have a infection. That is the only the body can flush it out, that and blowing it out of your nose.
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Don't know the mechanism of how estrogen can cause post nasal drip, but it is a documented side effect.  Maybe your doc knows...but often side effects of drugs are known, but not fully understood.  Just like some blood pressure meds cause constant tickle in the throat..why?.Who knows...just is.  Web site below.
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basically all answers are correct, more or less.  You're swallowing air, for sure, we all do.  But too much is coming back up, due to a bad stomach/esophagus junction, at least most likely.\n\nSmoking (all nictotine taken orally, yes gum too), alcohol, licorice, mint, caffeine reduce the competency of this junction.\n\nObesity increases the intra-abdominal fat content, and raises the pressure below the junction, tight cloths....\n\nThere may be a surgical situation, if new and "all the time".  Hernias through the diaphragm can occur due to vomitting/coughing/trauma that first show up as burping.  If chronically worsening, diseases such as achalasia chronically change the esophagus, complicated.\n\nWould need a good doc for the diagnosis.
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"In one of his books Dr. Raju explained about the cells in our body logically and scientifically. He proved how the salty food we eat, spoils the thousands of cells in our body that affects our health, causing many diseases. He proved it with examples in an appealing way.\n\nConsequently I gave up salt three months ago. I have been eating saltless food, drinking 5 liters water per day, eating sprouts as breakfast and drinking a glass of vegetable juice. Ever since I started doing it, I could find good changes in my health.\n\nI am 65 years old. Right from childhood I was allergic to certain things like sour curries, tomato juice, limejuice, soups with onion etc. For that matter cool breeze (even fan breeze) coldwater bath, smoke from the vehicles affected me at once with severe cold and blocked nose. I had a running nose most of the time. If that persisted through out the night in the morning I sneezed heavily and the isnophilia count increased. Every cold season was a nightmare to me. “cold is equal to 10 diseases”, I realized.\n\nOnce I started eating saltless food and drinking 5 liters of water, within 15 days I felt relief from allergic problems. Now, after three months, even if I eat the things that didn’t suit me earlier, I find no problem. Lemon juice, tomato, onions, sour curries etc, how much ever I ate, I feel no allergy for them. Cool breeze, the smoke from the vehicles, head bath daily, none of these are trouble for me now.\n\nFurther, I reduced my weight from 76 kgs to 69 kgs within 15 to 20 days. I am able to go for brisk walking for a hour without any tiresomeness."
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I get sinus infections alot w/ my allergies. I suffer from Post Nasal drip, the best thing i found to relieve it is Sine-Off, it works the best and is the only medicine known to say it relieve post nasal drip right on the label. \n\nYou can find it at family dollar and other stores. i have provided a link to make it easier to locate for you. \n\nalso you can use vapo-rub from vicks. either put some on your neck and chest or fill a sink with steamy hot water and put a heaping tablespoon in the water to melt and hold your head above the water to inhale the vapors with a towel tented over you to keep in the heat and vapors. that also helps alot. I use the generic version its the same thing and alot cheaper. works just as great.
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Here's one.  http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/rennin.html\n\nTurn your volume down before going there.\n\nI am only giving a part answer so you will learn better how to use internet search...
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The answer to your question requires much information you have left out.  The best answer will come from a Gastroenterolgist or Internal Medicine Specialist.  You can look them up in the Yellow Pages.\n\nDo not ask a 'regular' doctor or GP.  That is like asking the Missouri weaterman about weather in China.  Better than asking the man in the street, but not nearly as good as asking someone who has extensive experience in China.\n\nAlways ask the most expert person when that is possible.\n\nYour condition sounds serious enough that you should carefully avoid amateurs and get only expert advice.
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By visiting your doctor. Without proper examination you can't be positive of what you have exactly...\n\nAnd yes, they can cause intestinal distress if they block your an@l opening to the point of restricting proper bowel movement or if the hemorrhoids are internal hemorrhoids.
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yes...yes it does...\nbowel movements will become dependent upon them..\nsoon colon/intestines will dry out---just like a snake skin...\nand then you will have  severe problems..\n\ntake in fiber--and water....or life will be miserable later...
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no not really:( they both suck! and the symptoms are so much alike that unless you have you stool/blood tested their is no way to tell. keep hydrated! and good luck:)
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Soon after you get salmonella off to the bathroom you will go. Diarehha mostly. Headaches, dry mouth. It only lasts about one day. AFter that life is normal again.
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This is a very specific complaint that needs to be worked up.  I disagree with the idea that dehydration or changes in the "way your salivary glands work" are the cause. I also disagree that tears can cause a salty taste.  If you produce excess tears, they run down your face...only the slow steady amount of tears normally produced collect and empty into the nose, and this quantity doesn't change.\n\nAlthough the more serious problems are unlikely, they are a BIG DEAL if you don't get them taken care of right away.  SO, there are a few possibles:\n\n1) As mentioned, postnasal drip can cause a subtle salty taste, but this is usually associated with allergy or upper respiratory infection symptoms.  If you have no other symptoms, I would not put my eggs in this basket.\n\n2) A leakage of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) through the upper sinuses or the area of the nerves that sense smell (the cribriform plate).  There are a number of neurological conditions that can cause such a leak.  Most importantly, do you have headaches made worse by standing?\n\n3) a medication or dietary reaction are also possible.\n\nMost importantly, you should see your doctor and try to get in to see a specialist if this doesn't resolve in the next week.  This is more urgent if you are having headaches.
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Dumpling is wrong. PKU is a lifelong condition, not an allergy. Being off the diet may result in any number of physical changes to the body. It is important to contact a specialist to determine the amount of protien a PKU patient can tolerate.
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If you are taking no prescription medicine and experiencing what you are going through this may be the way that your body is healing itself of body waste by purging itself till you recover to a full healing from the colonoscopy.  As long as there is no blood or black tarry stool to many bowel movements are far better than to few.