Does this sound like Acid Reflux?

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So DD is 18 and is at uni. She did was saying to me today that she gets a weird taste in her mouth (isn't sure if it's sour) when she wakes up or when she's hungry. She also said she wakes up at 5:30-6am every morning feeling really sick. She also said she sometimes will get a weird pain in her stomach at night (in her ribs only on the left side), I was googling (bad I know) and acid reflux came up as a suggestion however she doesn't get heartburn or anything. Do you need to meet all the symptoms and is it worth going to the GP?

Sounds almost identical to some of my symptoms. I have CMPA.

No you don’t always get all the symptoms. DH has refluxand a hernia but never gets heartburn. I havevteglux and get heartburn, horrible taste in my mouth, nausea and burning in my throat plus chest pain.

Great, is it worth going to the doctor?

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Yes it is worth going to the doctor, I’ve been taking Lansoprazole for my acid reflux for nearly 20 years, I certainly know it if i don’t take it for a couple of days. Mine presented as a burning stomach, the only way I could describe it to my GP was to compare it to the burn of drinking neat Whisky. I had a nasty taste in my mouth, burped a lot, acidic food or drinks like orange juice would repeat on me for hours, nausea and occasional acid coming up my throat when I laid down. I had an endoscopy which showed hyperacidity resulting in gastritis. I was only 24 so can happen when young.

Sounds like it.

Is she drinking lots of alcohol/poor diet/eating super late at uni?

I think it warrants a non urgent appointment with the GP if it's really causing discomfort or affecting her sleep. It sort of depends whether there are other issues at play, and her lifestyle. If she drinks alcohol or eats late etc, as others have said, she'll need to stop. She could also try over the counter indigestion tablets of which there are several, Google what foods exacerbate the issue and cut them out, and prop herself higher on pillows when sleeping to help her symptoms.
I have GERD and hiatus hernia (got diagnosed at 20) but I think acid reflux is pretty common tbh, obviously seeing a GP for advice is the only way to get a diagnosis of anything so she should do this. No reason she can't alter her diet and try a few things first though, NHS treatment for reflux is pretty conservative if there's no serious reason why it's happening- lifestyle and diet changes and advice and prescription of omeprazole or similar.

Thanks for the further replies! She isn't a big alcohol drinker (is scared of sick and in her head alcohol means sick) so tends to steer clear. I asked her about eating and she tends to eat between 5:30/6 and go to bed about 10/11 so it's not that either. I will suggest she monitors it over Xmas and makes an appointment when she goes back to uni in January!

That's good she's not drinking heavily, eating late - I think stress can worsen things too.

Sounds a good plan to monitor over Christmas.