Acid Reflux and Dementia

 

 

I have mentioned in several of my post that my mother has dementia and acid reflux. Her acid reflux has started showing up in her tongue in form of blisters. The blisters were so bad she couldn’t even swallow.  Her mouth was filled with white bumps. My mother has had acid for about four years, but it had never bothered her tongue this much. She spends every night trying to suck on ice.  When the acid isn’t attacking her tongue and stomach, it goes below in her private parts. I know because she complains how hot she is in that area, so I use Monistat and some medication I got over the counter. I have also taken her to the doctor to have a PAP test, didn't help much. The doctor did give her some pills, but the pills had a bad effect on her dementia.  She was even more confused the week she took the medicine. She did manage to take them all, and for a while the burning went away. However, it came back a week later. Thank God, it went away again without her having to take those more pills. I love my mother. I don’t want her to hurt, but it seems like the last three years there have been more and more problems. Also, I took her to another doctor, a neurologist, and he was the only one who prescribe Gabapentin for her tongue. My mother is taking three of those pills now and sometimes it does work, but there are times like Friday night she had stayed up until 4 A.M. in the morning, and I had to go to work the next morning. I’m so frustrated it just doesn’t seem fair it as if Satan is attacking my mother with everything it can throw at her.