Barret's Acute Esophagitis

At our SV Ayurveda Clinic in New Jersey, we treat a full spectrum of imbalances, including severe acid reflux conditions as in Barrett’s Esophagitis. Dr. Mishra always emphasizes finding the “hetu” or root cause of a condition - otherwise we will go round in circles chasing symptom after symptom. I am sharing this case history, not only because it shows our success with this condition, even without the use of any pharmaceuticals, but because it illustrates how when you focus on finding the etiological root condition, with the right SVA tools, there is very little you cannot address successfully.
Barrett's Esophagitis is a condition in which the cells that make up your esophagus were damaged by exposure to acid from the stomach. The condition often develops after years of experiencing gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). About 5-10% of people with GERD develop Barrett's esophagus, and it affects men almost twice as often as women and is usually diagnosed after the age of 55.
Modern medicine uses proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) most commonly in the use of GERD and Barrett's esophagus. These medicines reduce the production of acid by blocking the enzyme in the wall of the stomach that produces acid. Omeprazole (prilosec), prevacid, dexilent, aciphex, Protonix and Nexium are some examples of PPI's.
These medications are known to have severe side-effects - kidney damage, dementia, and weakening of the bones. Not to mention that they often do not help because they do not get to the root of the problem
What I find more often in my practice is this: after you eat a meal, the stomach squirts acid into the duodenum, and the gall bladder squirts bile into the duodenum to dilute the stomach acid, so that the food doesn't burn the lining of the gut as it makes its way through the small and large intestines. However, the bile can get thick and turn sludge-like for various reasons and then it may not flow so well, as it sits in the gall bladder, stagnating. If it sits too long it can develop gallstones.
This patient had an underlying subclinical thyroid condition in which his thyroid was underactive, creating laziness in the gall bladder. Thus, when he would eat the stomach acids were squirting into the duodenum but the bile was not, creating an acidic environment which, over time, burnt his esophagus. In his case we had to support the thyroid gland, then thin out the bile so it would flow again, and then fix the lining of the gut.
Many of the gastroenterologists nowadays are not recommending the PPI's because they don't work in many of the cases, yet they do not know these other imbalances are creating the disturbance, and often times the patient is left on their own to suffer with their symptoms without knowing what to do. Usually the patient does worse on the PPI's because now they have two problems, lack of bile flow and lack of stomach acid!
Again, as I state in all my case histories, if you do not get to the root of the problem, the treatment will be only minimally effective. By addressing the root cause, these patients are so happy to finally find relief once and for all from their resistant symptoms.

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
Cinnaminson, New Jersey

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