# Acid reflux? Ulcers? Karma?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 2, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-ulcers-karma/580500 "2011-05-02T18:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-ulcers-karma/580500/1 "2011-05-02T18:40:42Z")

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On Saturday I had to wake up at 5:00 am to attend a math conference. As I sauntered into the kitchen to whip up some oatmeal, I noticed that one of my suitemates had left out a big bottle of Sprite. I don’t drink soda very often, particularly at breakfast time, but I do feel the compulsive need to consume tasty-looking food items that others have foolishly left in plain sight.

I took a swig of the Sprite. As soon as I swallowed it, I felt a horrible pain in my stomach like I had just been stabbed. I had to hold onto the kitchen counter to prevent myself from falling over. The pain subsided after about 15 seconds, at which point I happily devoured oatmeal with no problems.

I’ve never experienced an adverse reaction to soda, nor have I ever had any problems consuming stuff early in the morning. Any ideas what might have caused this?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-ulcers-karma/580500/2 "2011-05-02T19:08:22Z")

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I’m not a doctor, but my guess is that the soda just went down weird and cause some pain in the esophagus. It happens sometimes if you take a swig too quickly. I used to get this sometimes too.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-ulcers-karma/580500/3 "2011-05-02T19:19:53Z")

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Roofies?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-ulcers-karma/580500/4 "2011-05-02T19:41:17Z")

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Shooting from the hip, it sounds suspiciously like esophageal spasm (mostly likely from physical/chemical irritation) to me. (and IAAMD)

If it’s recurring frequently, see a doc.