Acid reflux, chest pain , need advice ?
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In my past I have never had issues with acid reflux. Two months ago I started having weird symptoms. Feeling of something in my throat , extreme fatigue, panicky etc. “Thinking from stress” doctors treated me for acid reflux and started taking ppi which made me sick. So then I started Zantac. I feel like since going to the doctor my situation has gotten worst. I have been having a very null pain in the middle of my breast bone and really acts ups in the middle of a meal or after . Also some abdominal discomfort. When I research the issue I don’t see anyone having chest discomfort and it’s mainly a burning feeling in there upper abdomen. I do get a burning feeling every few days and strange burps every few days to. Noticed after taking tums it does help after a meal . The Zantac I am taking is a low dose. I had a barium swallow done when this all started 2 months ago and it showed everything normal “ no acid reflux , or cancer” . It’s almost as if the doctors thought I had acid reflux when I didn’t and when they treated it the medicine has made my acid worst then it was. Is it possible it could be something else? Talking to normal people that have similar issues have more knowledge than doctors treating thousands of patients. When you google stuff it just makes the mind wonder lol. Any help would be very much appreciated!!!
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joanna17875 marc00599
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I would push for an endoscopy as it is really the only way to see what is going on, you may have a hiatus hernia which will give you these symptoms. good luck.
marc00599 joanna17875
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Thanks for the tip and reply ! I made a appointment with a GI specialist but they can’t see me for two weeks. Then have to wait for a endoscopy. Wanted to see if anyone else experienced similar scenarios in the mean time . Thanks again 😃
anne67423 marc00599
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Check for hpylori as well.
Diva-drea marc00599
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it could be hiatus hernia.
i had same symtoms and same results as you mentioned . doc said it was acid reflux, putbme om PpI s which made matters worst. did a endoscopy and found i had hiatus hernia. now after 1 year i did the barrium swallo and diagnosed with mild gerd. I experience chest pains on and off. Doc said to take the emeprazole. still ongoing symtoms
j40585 marc00599
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Might be worth trying a sleep wedge and an alkaline/reflux diet to see if that helps. It's all about the diet for me. One can of fizzy drink or a deep fried meal and I'm ill for days!