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Been suffering acid reflux for over a month doctors don't know what's causing it been doctors 5 or 6 times altogether, what do you think it could be?

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Reflux: Diagnosis is simple and can be made definitively by endoscopy and biopsies. Are you seeing a gastroenterologist. That would be my first suggestion. They can also rule out helicobacter pylori as a cause of your symptoms.

Answered 3/19/2014

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A member asked:

Been suffering acid reflux for over a month doctors don't know what's causing it been doctors 5 or 6 times altogether, what do you think it could be?

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