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i get this strained feeling in my chest and then it feels like things are going black....like my peripheral is heading toward black. I'm able to prevent the black-out by taking deep breaths.
how do I prevent this from happening? Would losing weight result in shrinking the hernia thus stopping the blackouts?
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Barretts deborah08906
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hiatus hernia can permit reflux which can mimic heart attack symptoms but blackout sounds serious.
deborah08906 Barretts
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Have you heard of Vesel vasovagal
Syncope? I'm thinking there to be a connection with my hernia. Have you ever investigated this as a possibility? Thanks
Barretts deborah08906
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I know a hiatus hernia is near the vagus nerve but feel it's unlikely to be causal. A para-oesophageal hernia would be more likely to cause a problem than a sliding one which I imagine yours is?
Even so, a hernia is relatively static and it would need some sort of trauma to trigger the fainting.
I have experienced 3 such incidents myself in the last 18 months. I can get post prandial tachycardia and hyper hydrosis but it does seem to be tied to eating slightly more than my usual (which is half size portions anyway). Although all my ECGs, Echograms etc for my heart have always been OK, they've fitted me with an incident recorder (the size of a match stick) under the skin in case I have another so they can see what happens.
(I think in my case it's more likely to be from gastric dumping hypoglycemia since having had my stomach resectioned by Collis procedure when I had my Nissen wrap repaired 18 months ago. When I feel sweaty and palpitations hafl an hour or so after food, I take a couple of dextro tablets which helps.)
Do discuss the problem with your doctor and I hope a solution is found.
Barretts deborah08906
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I know a hiatus hernia is near the vagus nerve but feel it's unlikely to be causal. A para-oesophageal hernia would be more likely to cause a problem than a sliding one which I imagine yours is?
Even so, a hernia is relatively static and it would need some sort of trauma to trigger the fainting.
I have experienced 3 such incidents myself in the last 18 months. I can get post prandial tachycardia and hyper hydrosis but it does seem to be tied to eating slightly more than my usual (which is half size portions anyway). Although all my ECGs, Echograms etc for my heart have always been OK, they've fitted me with an incident recorder (the size of a match stick) under the skin in case I have another so they can see what happens.
(I think in my case it's more likely to be from gastric dumping hypoglycemia since having had my stomach resectioned by Collis procedure when I had my Nissen wrap repaired 18 months ago. When I feel sweaty and palpitations hafl an hour or so after food, I take a couple of dextro tablets which helps.)
Do discuss the problem with your doctor and I hope a solution is found.