I’ve told you about my heartburn, right? Yeah, I have. I mentioned it in this post about doxycycline. You see, I took doxycycline for 6 months as a malaria prophylactic and subsequently developed gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It has been debilitating in many ways.Symptoms of GERDcan include heartburn, a cough, and miserably, the taste of stomach fluid in your mouth. When I first starting showing symptoms, I didn’t know what I had. I found myself waking up abruptly 20-30 minutes after laying down to sleep, clutching my chest, thinking I was having a heart attack.This was alarming. I thought there was something wrong with my heart. Maybe I had a palpitation or an arrhythmia? Searching on the internet didn’t help. If you’ve ever tried to self-diagnose a malady on the internet, you know about the anxiety-ridden rabbit hole that you will descend on the way to what will most likely be a mis-diagnosis.Continue reading full article at the link below…

http://sickontheroad.com/2013/05/04/traveling-with-heartburn-gerd/