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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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  • didi768
    didi768 eddie10

    Posted

    Had the WORST attack other day, still recooperating.  It was terrible.  I have got to lose wt cause I can't do this anymore omg.

    • didi768
      didi768

      Posted

      And foods don't bother me.  It's medicine capsules that get stuck which starts the whole chest pain and arm pain and back pain mess, then it subsides but the other day it went on for hours.  So scared to take pills now.  Tablets don't get stuck, only capsules so I try to drink hot water with my pills.

    • Power1on
      Power1on didi768

      Posted

      check online check online there are a lot of techniques where you drink a large amount of warm water in the morning elbows pointed out to the side up on your tippy toes and fall down on your heels I have use this with limited success 
  • tina_marie555
    tina_marie555 eddie10

    Posted

    I know this post is over a year old but have found any relief for your hiatal hernia? I've been recently diagnosed and it is giving me problems ugggh...any advise?

    • Power1on
      Power1on tina_marie555

      Posted

      sorrybive have this for 4 years and still have issue I don't have any advise on how to cure something DR seem to know very little about 

  • carole28488
    carole28488 eddie10

    Posted

    I was rushed to the ER one day after eating two bites of a tuna sandwitch..the pain was under my left breast bone, and it hurt so bad that I felt it had to be a heart attack.  When I got to the hospital they rain the tests and told me that I had a HUGE hiatal hernia...It must be huge because I stay full almost all the time and I can only eat about two bites of food at a time.  The thing I did away with was all carbonated beverages.  I drink flavored water, ice tea, lemonade, or plain water..decaf coffee, only or tea...I am on some medicine for it, but every day is the same when it comes to eating.  I'm not losing any weight because my metabolism has slowed down due to starving mood. Surgery is out of the question because it is too risky for me.  I have other health issues that would interefere...I hate these things and wish I could get rid of it for good.  Lying on my left side helps a lot, plus a Prevised every morning...Hope this helps...

    • loretta74332
      loretta74332 carole28488

      Posted

      I know Carole, The pain can be unbearable. I have got to the stage that I can't eat anything without having pain. It is very frightening at times. I had to go to A&E one day, I thought I was having a heart attack.Sometimes pain starts 3hours after eating and other times, within minutes, found this odd. No logic to it. I'm having an endoscopy this afternoon, not looking forward to it, but need answers as to what's going on. I have other health issues too. Have had a battle with womb cancer, So hope i'm not facing  any more. The more we worry, the more stress we have. Yes I find lying on my left side is more comfortable too........

    • carole28488
      carole28488 loretta74332

      Posted

      Hi, loretta...please let me know how your endoscopy comes out.  I know I need one, too, but just through some bad surgery for a prolapse back in July...The thoughts of more surgery scares me to death....HUGS. xxxoo

       

    • loretta74332
      loretta74332 carole28488

      Posted

      Thanks, for your reply Carole. Got the endoscopy over with. They found nodules in my stomach, so took some samples of tissue for biopsy, just have to wait for the results now. The thought of surgery is frightening, but  we need to see it through, in the hope that we get a better quality of life afterwards. Hugs to you too Carole  oxoxox
    • carole28488
      carole28488 loretta74332

      Posted

      Thank you, loretta...I pray that your biopsy comes out ok. If I eat just a little and lie down, I feel like all the food and gas comes back up into my chest as far up as my neck...I have to sit up until it gets digested some how.  I can't eat enough to keep a bird alive...

    • deesan21
      deesan21 carole28488

      Posted

      Carole do you remember what tests they did to determine the hernia, was it maybe a ultrasound? X-ray? Blood tests in general?
  • dawn62468
    dawn62468 eddie10

    Posted

    I have found this forum really helpful.

    I've had a sliding hiatus hernia for 11 years now.

    I had my gallbladder removed about the same time.

    I have had all sorts of tests.

    I have been diagnosed with gastritis,

    Gerd, gastroparesis and IBS.

    I haven't been able to 'manage' my symptoms fully but find eating little and often helps.

    Also no spicy food and alcohol.

    Iam prone to anaemia and have re occurring helibacto pilori.

    Like most people on here, I have awful back, stomach and neck pain.

    I have ranitidine twice a day, gaviscon after each meal and buscupan.

    I also have to take motilium to help digest my food.

    Iam considering surgery privately.

  • Katkit
    Katkit eddie10

    Posted

    I have a hiatal hernia as well. Dx'd several years ago by accident. Anyway now I have symptoms you are having. My endoscopy is tomorrow. I will let you know what doctor advise is. I know it sucks. Ive lost 15 lbs in a month or so because of the tennis ball feeling. sad.

  • ashley16515
    ashley16515 eddie10

    Posted

    Hi

    Does everyone have symptoms i have.

    Chest tightness the whole day.

    Only odd moments of being me.

    Thnaks to this group .getting to terms of symptoms.

    June 2016 thaught i had heart problems.

    6 ER visits later saw a cardiologist., no problems.

    He recommended gastro, 24 november 2016 gastro confirms hiatus hernia.

    Anybody had surgery to fix.?

  • Sasquatch13
    Sasquatch13 eddie10

    Posted

    Eddie10: I'm a 50 yr old Carpenter who suffers the same Hiatal Hernia & symptoms. Surgery is in 1 month after dealing with this since 2009. My best advice is simple...Eat Papaya Enzymes before each meal, as directed on bottle. It cured me of the heartburn, teaching my stomach to balance itself. Ancient Central American secret. Sold in health & vitamin stores and most grocers in pharmacy dept. I get mine at Wal mart pharmacy 300 for $4.

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