# Does it sound like Eagle’s?

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 20, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767 "2018-07-20T19:49:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![VCKid1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@VCKid1982](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/VCKid1982)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767/21 "2018-11-12T19:05:49Z")

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Very happy for you guys… It’s awesome that you are having less pain and I think I’m gonna schedule a consult with Dr. Samji soon. I have a question about diet because I tested negative for reflux but my throat still reacts negatively to certain foods. Why would ES be effected by spicy foods or high fat foods… I haven’t been able to locate any information on that. Again, I feel like it is probably Eagle’s but has Eagle’s ever been known to make GERD worse or somehow mess up the nerves in the throat?  
Thanks,  
Nick

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**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767/22 "2018-11-12T21:16:13Z")

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Hi Nick,

ES can compress/irritate cranial nerves that affect your throat & digestive tract & cause them to be more sensitive in many ways. With the throat, it’s often via messing w/ the ability to swallow, but things like heat & cold sensitivity can also occur so I would speculate that sensitivity to different levels of fat or spice could join that club as well. Elongated styloids/calcified s-h ligaments can tangle w/ the vagus nerve which does innervate the gastrointestinal tract among other things. Many ES sufferers are initially diagnosed w/ & treated for GERD unnecessarily because the source is not GERD but an irritated vagus nerve. Additionally the glossopharyngeal & hypoglossal nerves are often irritated by ES. They affect the throat & tongue. As you can surmise, there would be much benefit in removing the source of irritation for all these nerves so they can settle down & heal.

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**Author:** ![SewMomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@SewMomma](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/SewMomma)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767/23 "2018-11-12T23:16:32Z")

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I like how you say “settle down and heal”. I need constant reminders that this will take TIME to “undo” what these ligaments/styloids have “done”.

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**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-it-sound-like-eagle-s/3767/24 "2018-11-14T00:33:56Z")

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Yes, it does take time - up to a year or even more in some cases, but our bodies are designed to heal if we take care of them & that they will do in most cases! 👍

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