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SLIDING HIATUS HERNIA SYMPTOMS AND QUESTIONS

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eddie10
eddie10

Hi I'm new to this site, just recently been diagnosed with a 4cm sliding hiatus hernia after suffering for 2 years with horrendous chest, neck, shoulder and back pain! been to A&E a least 5 times this year thinking I was having heart problems! had an endoscopy 4 weeks ago and was diagnosed! so now what? I was sent home with no advise whatsoever. been on all the PPI's for the last 15 years as I suffer with GERD and IBS! I feel bloated all the time, I burp, fart, feel sick and light headed and now I get a pulsating throb from my tummy through my chest into my throat cry If I eat the wrong thing it feels like I got a tennis ball stuck behind my sternum, really fed up with this now. I won't go the operation route, it's not got a good success rate! so it's maintenance, put the head of my bed on two blocks 8inches high, given up gluten and dairy and all spicy foods eat 3 hours before I got to bed and have a swig of gaviscon as a night cap! I take a multi vitamin and magnesium supplements. the next step is stop smoking and drinking red wine rolleyes what else can I do? the omeprazole makes me feel crap, so I've gone back to ranitidine. any advise would seriously be welcomed.........

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  • Brit11
    Brit11 eddie10

    Posted

    I am so happy to have come upon this site. I've been starting to feel alone in this. In February I was diagnosed with a sliding Hiatial hernia and it's the most painful thing I've ever experienced. Before finding it I was in and out of emergency more times than I can remember thinking I was dying of a heart attack. I was put on Prevacid. Which I didn't find help much so I went off it after three months and I'm still suffering. It seemed to go away for a couple weeks than I got back into some bad eating and drinking habits and now it's back with a vengeance. Right my my chest feels like it's caving and my hearts racing. The burning pain is enough to make me want to go to the hospital but I know they won't do anything for me. Any suggesting to help with my suffering right now?????

    • james51765
      james51765 Brit11

      Posted

      I have a hiatal hernia .and the pain you have.I thought I was yhe only one that my heart races.what are you taking for gas and acid.
    • tina_marie555
      tina_marie555 Brit11

      Posted

      Have you found any relief? I'm thinking of going to a chiropractor to see if they can adjust it before is go as far as surgery

    • sandra40121
      sandra40121 tina_marie555

      Posted

      Hi Tina,

      good question re Chiropracter, I think it is a very good idea, in point of fact, I lucked out and found one that understands my problem (I am  also very adverse to surgery, as positive results seem to be rare.)

      I have found that my HH is much less intense and to date I have only had 3 adjustments ,( I am going on a once weekly basis.)

      Meanwhile, I am following the golden rules ; wait 3hrs after eating before going to bed, smaller meal portions, no heavy lifting specially after eating, a last but not least a full glass of warm water first thing in the morning followed by toe to heel lift and thumps down with arms level with shoulders, and breathing out on the down thump.....I am doing so much better., I know it will take awhile as my situation have been going on a year (possibly brewing even longer)

      Keep doing all the right things until they are a habit ...and don't expect a overnight cure, it will take time.

      Hope you start to feel better in time for the holidays (how PC of me, ugh!)

      We have to remember not to over do theThanksgiving dinner or it's back to square one ! eek

  • james51765
    james51765 eddie10

    Posted

    eddie. im a 67year old man.for 29 years I have had this problem.for the last 5to6 months I thought I was the only person with this .for the last 2 months I have had pain in my shoulder blades and more gas .when i sit back it feels like im pushing the gas to the front.I was to the hospital 2 times I told them I am have pain in the blades.nobody would even look.I was so depressed I thought iwas going out of my mind.I was so happy I found this site.you have no idea.I have bowl problems since day I of this ordeal.I take 2 pills a day and on carafate.I have been taking pepto.or imodium.I'm sorry this is so long but it helps to talk to someone with the same problem.ty very much.

  • themic
    themic eddie10

    Posted

    OK. I have been vomiting back food for over 10 years now. I have had these idiots giving me all the nexiums and prilosec crap and the throat widening, over and over. the crap didnt last a week. THEN I found that granny smith green apples worked better than nexium each night. that started my absolute distrust of ANYTHING these jerks were telling me. but I couldnt stop the choking. the acid? yes, the choking? no. THEN I was told how I have this huge Hiatus hernia thing. well I would go to the belly doc and over and over, see how my body swallows, look at the plastic model before he came in...It would seem to me, the food is getting stuck in the pouch made by the hernia, then its forced down the little ring from the stomach and esophagus. Why wouldnt it be better to address that pouch? I was always told, "oh no no, may people live with this hernia, its another problem..." NOW I am able to eat crap that I NEVER EVER could eat at all without choking. Im talking bbq...or grits...Mash potato, white rice, I can drink red colored drinks (red 40 in the drink) and yes even High Fructose corn syrup products (which I believe caused all this stuff in the first place). How did I do it? youtube. Push the hernia down with a massage technique. the massage therapists have been getting rid of those hernias for decades....BUT only ONE doctor spilled the beans that they did. So I immediately went to try it on myself, per the instructions from youtube. DO YOU KNOW I CAN EAT!?!?!? within 3 days as they said? now im not just happy...Im angry. Angry of all the times I was depressed, up late at night, embarressed in cars with friends for having to pull over and vomit....Unable to attend outside food events....THESE MONEY GRABBING AMERICAN DOCTORS AND THEIR MONEY GRABBING WAYS!!!!

    • cherryl76275
      cherryl76275 themic

      Posted

      Very interesting! I've dealt with all the horrible symptoms and everything else, that comes with having a Hiatus Hernia, for about 15 years. I've changed my diet, definitely no carbonation, or spicy foods, and daily dose of ranatidine, which had helped tremendously. However, I'm very interested in this technique you're talking about.

      You mentioned it could be found on you tube. Could you please be a little more specific about what its listed under, or where on you tube I might find this.

      Luckily, I have a great PCP ( his wife is Internal medicine) who is a great guy, very understanding, compassionate, great communication skills and open to any ideas I may bring to the table about/for my treatment.

      Thanks for sharing.

  • glen59873
    glen59873 eddie10

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    Hi i am 41 had a hiatus herna for 20 plus years. 30mg lansoprozle eveyday as kept it fine all this time. I had all the symptoms you did when i was first diagonsed. However all i can say is for the past 3 weeks the lansoprozle is not working. The doc as doubled my dose but still getting heartburn on and off. Only during the day thou. Read peoples comments really help. Can your meds just stop working
    • themic
      themic glen59873

      Edited

      use baking soda. read the side of the box of arm and hammer brand for the "drug Facts". do as instructed. Relieve your issue. and YES the crap will stop working that they are selling you. use baking soda. ALSO start eating granny smith green apples. one a day.

  • jessAmac1313
    jessAmac1313 eddie10

    Posted

    Hello to all of you, I am 34 yrs old and just recently have been dealing with awful pain in my right shoulder ( which I thought I tore a muscle at first) then the pain would worsened when I moved my neck/ head a certain way, progressively it's now uncomfortable to touch my neck/throat under the Adams apple area and hurts to swallow, and I get this horrible stabbing pain around the heart and shoulder regin that stops me in my tracks! If I bend over to pick something up off the ground I have a pain in my esphogaus and I feel a constant lump in my chest/ esphogaus ?? I am not sure if it's gerd, h hernia, or what but I haven't had issues with heartburn much. I am making a dr apt tomorrow but for now I figured I would get y'all's opinion?  Please don't tell me I will feel this way for the rest of my life!!! I have six children three under the age of three and don't know how I can get threw life with this constant discomfort while running after babies.... Let alone just living a pain free routine as far as swallowing saliva or movement????  

    • themic
      themic jessAmac1313

      Posted

      have the biopsy to assure you dont have esophgeal cancer. After that, if they tell you, you have a High H? push it back down into your stomach area, by learning how to do it on youtube. THEN use baking soda. read the side of the Arm and Hammer box. it has Drig Facts. Mix and drink as it states. Your issue will go away. THEN get angry that the food industry has screwed you all this time.
    • jessAmac1313
      jessAmac1313 themic

      Posted

      Thank you for the response and I do blame the food industry for most cancer 

      people have these days!   But I pray this ain't cancer! Today the pain ain't near as bad as the last two days.  I am hoping this is just a bad case of extreme heartburn 

    • andrew62131
      andrew62131 jessAmac1313

      Posted

      acid reflux from your stomach as a result of having a hiatus hernia can cause burning to the lining of the osoephagus which is call barrets oseophagus  the valve at the top of you stomach is supposed to stop the acid refluxinginto your osophagus however if you have a hiatus hernia the valve is weakened allowing stomach acid to escape. you may want to try gaviscon and raise your sleeping heigh using extra pillows or raise the head of your bed using wooden blocks.long trm barrets oseophagus can lead to cancer as the acid erodes the linning of the oseophagus .so get it check out
  • andrew62131
    andrew62131 eddie10

    Posted

    Hi i have suffered from a hiatus hernia of various sizes since 1993 and had several operations(4) to repair and tighen up my hiatus hernia all operations were unsuccussful .so i can state that the surgery route is not always the best option unfortunately keyhole surgery was not available in 1993 so it mean open chest surgery which is horrendous.you seem to be getting things right by lifting up the head of your bed on blocks try using a v pillow which helps keep an eye on your weight and what you eat eat small meals more often instead of large meals to reduce bloatedness i also found gaviscon helpfull avoid drinking fizzy juice coke or irn bru drink only still lemonade how ever if you have to undergo surgery in the future it would be wise to discuss a patch bieng placed during surgery to strenghten the area of repair.as you dont want repeat operations due to reoccurrance of a hiatus hernia. i hope this information is helpfull
    • Power1on
      Power1on andrew62131

      Posted

      Always good info Andrew I have have HH for 5 years had surgery 4 years ago and it failed within a year unless you are not very physical or have non hard job you might make otherwise it will fail and just be worst than before good luck all 
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