SLIDING HIATUS HERNIA SYMPTOMS AND QUESTIONS

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I have had my sliding hiatal hernia 5 cm for five years now I not only get pain on the left side of my chest but also sometimes on the right from what I understand it really just depends on which way your hernia can slide apparently it can slide differently at different times like take for instance if you're eating food he can slide one way and if your are exercising or lifting something heavy it can slide a different way One thing you can do that is reassuring is to go see a cardiologist and make sure that it is 100% not a heart issue I did this many years ago but of course no one likes to be in pain and I get pain almost every time when I eat and sometimes even if I do not eat from gas buildup I do not choose to take the surgery route as from what my doctor told me to do to my work which is strenuous and physical I would likely not have a good success rate and it would fail it is all trial and error good luck

I have a I reflux for a long time and I have never knew that . I had Ecocardiofram done, heart catherization, strees test you name it done my heart is fine arteries are perfect. In the past 8 month I have been having mid left side pain in the abdomen and I am curious if is all related. I'm taking Nexium 40 mg. now my chest was hurting. So now I have sliding hiatal hernia my GI basically didn't even tell me or call me he just send me on my way with my Nexium

Could you possibly describe what sort of band you are referring to this does seem to make sense if you could find something that can hold your stomach down while eating thank you

I can't have anything tight around my stomache or my chest area x make me have worse acid reflux problems x

I notice that it just start this week am over it !!! I want to know if any of you had or have pain on the left mid side of abdomen as well .

It is an exercising band made of stretchable rubber to help you sweat. One side of it us blue.

I don't use it every day, this would begin to activate my stomach.

I put it on though in the morning before my stomach has a chance to swell or bloat. I place it directly under my bra. I wait an hour or two to eat anything.

When I eat this seams to hold my hernia in place and keeps my stomach from bloating so big.

Keep in mind that I am still watching the types of food and portions that I am consuming.

It seems that we all have the same symptoms with the hernia.

I also have fybromyalgia.

In searching the web I read about the Vagus nerve which goes from the brain into all of the organs.

I wonder if the hernia pinches off this nerve causing problems with all our organs?????

Anyone know of a connection there?

I have all of these symptoms and fibromyalgia, too. I have just started reading about the vagus nerve. I wish my GI Doctor had explained that to me. That has to be why I feel tingling and burning in my shoulder blades and arm along with the chest pain.

Yeah when I had the endoscopy in May I had no clue he did not say I had a hernia or nothing he told me take Nexium and on my way I went. I found out later when I request a copy of the results. I also have pain in the left side mid abdomen for almost a year and they can't figured out what causes it. They check for cancer, pancreas, spleen, blood work almost every 3 months, diabetes , pretty much all heart tests from EKG , streess test, heart catherization, and nothing wrong with my heart! I'm at lost

I do have pinched nerves in my neck and elbows.

Have you found anything more on the vagus nerve?

My severe pains in my stomach and into my back have stopped now for about 4 days.

Is this common?

Will the symptoms come back and how long till they do?

I also was interested to find out about the vagus nerve. I read that your hernia can press on this nerve, and cause a lot of dizziness. Which I am suffering from at the moment. When it first happened, it really frightened me. Not sure what scares me more, The pain from the hernia, or the dizzy spells.

Just wondering have you found any relief. I too suffer from dizziness and I think that it is in fact related to my hiatal hernia

Sorry only getting back to you now tina. When I told my doctor about the dizziness, she prescribed tablets called Betahistine dihydrochloride, You can take upto 3 a day. She thought it was inner ear problems, but I'm convinced it's connected to the vagus nerve. The tablets don't really seem to be helping, maybe I haven't given them long enough.Also these ppi's drain the body of magnesium, which can also cause dizziness. Let's hope there's light at the end of the tunnel, because hard to take any more of this.The symptoms seem to be getting worse all the time.