24 Hour Ph/impedance Test - Any One Had This Or Similar Stomach Tests?

[Serbo]

I have a 24 hour pH/impedance test on Monday. They basically put a tube through your nose in to your stomach and leave it there to record Ph level over 24 hours.

At the moment I am allergic to everything for the 1st time in my life so a bit worried about having a tube in my throat. Has any one had this test before and can tell me about it?

i think they give you a local anaesthetic to put the tube in. As a POTS patient do i need less anaesthetic? i'm worried about a reaction to the anaesthetic, or even the tube thats left in. Considering pushing the test back until i have these allergies figured out and under control but suspect i'll regret not having the test.

It's not the tube I'm worried about, it's reacting to it or the anaesthetic.

Thanks

[Serbo]

i've even read that EDS 3 patients don't respond to local anaesthetic any way so may swell go with out

ttp://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/content/98/2/84.full

Local anaesthetic failure in joint hypermobility syndrome

• Alan J Hakim
  
• Rodney Grahame
  
• Paul Norris
  
• Colin Hopper
  

[toddm1960]

Ask to have a Bravo ph (brand name) It's a capsule they attach to your esophagus during a regular endoscopy, it's clipped in place and sends readings to a recorder you wear on your belt. In 48 hours it slufs off and is excreted. It's so much easier and gives much better results because you're so much comfortable. Good luck with your tests.

[Serbo]

thanks Todd, will do, good idea

[micheller]

I've had the bravo and definitely prefer that one. The specialist that diagnosed me with pots wanted me to get the 24 hour test. They do a manometry first to see where to place the tube. I've had this one done before also, it was tolerable the first time but I couldn't do it the second. The first time I had it done, the tech had me snort lidocaine gel which numbed me from my nose all the way down my throat, then they put the tube in. I could not feel it. The second time, the tech put some lidocaine gel on a big q-tip and stuck almost the whole thing in my nose, which was bad enough. Then she put the tube in. The lidocaine did nothing and the tube burned like crazy going in. Once she had the tube in, it felt like it was curling (she said it wasn't), I was gagging so bad I couldn't breathe and called it quits. I told her about the gel that numbed me all the way down, I would have been able to do it if it numbed my gag reflex, but she said that they don't want your throat numb which is a lie.

I'm not sure if my lack of numbing was due to a different gel or from pots. I only say that because I had an egd after I was diagnosed and I woke up in the middle. My dr said he gave me enough sedation to put someone in a coma but I was still awake and fighting. That would have been my 6th egd but the first time I woke up in the middle. They put the bravo in when they do an egd. They give you a little black box, I had to push a button when I had reflux symptoms and keep a food/symptom journal for the day. The next day I dropped off the box and eventually the capsule falls off. I could feel a little tugging when I would swallow but it was more annoying than anything.

[Serbo]

Thank you Michelle

I think I will ask for the Bravo. I have an EGD on Friday. Have had 1 in the past without sedation, will also have this one without sedation.

I don't mind them as long as the throat is numb to get past the gag reflex.