Tirytory

Well GTN settling anything down sounds heart related but you should probably talk to your doctor about the reflux..

magnumpi

Just to add to this, when I don't eat, starve myself, which I have done for several days last week just to test my body out I have no pain, other than a starving head ache.

I can go home and walk the dog for my usual 2 km walk with no issues other than feeling hungry

I did this to test myself as I was convinced I had angina, I believed that it would not matter if I was hungry or not, angina pain would still come, but it didn't.

Alan2005

Doctors always say that when they don't know. It would have been worse if you were a woman. They wouldn't have done any tests and you'd have just been told that you were being hysterical or something from the start.

Zoe Bell

Wrote a long reply.
Then deleted.
Can't be arsed to take the troll bait

Bleepedy Bloops

Sorry, didn't bother to read through the thread so apologies to others who I may be repeating, but...I developed chest pains in 2014. It was a terrifying ordeal for me because up until then I considered myself to be in superb health. I'm at a good weight and I get plenty of exercise. Your experience mirrors mine to a T. I went for chest x-rays, CT scan, stress test, all came up negative. I was baffled. I was sure I had developed heart disease, just like you.

From what you describe, it could be a form of dyspepsia (an ulcer(s), gastritis, or GERD). Your comment about feeling better during exercise is a spot on "symptom" of dyspepsia. Palpitations can also occur due to the location of the affected area (your esophagus) being in close proximity to your heart. If you haven't done so already, tell your doctor and he may eventually send you for a gastroscopy if the problem persists, but he/she will prescribe a PPI drug to lower stomach acid in the meantime which may allow you to heal. This does not work in all cases as I still am dealing with this (but it seems to be improving). Also, staying hydrated is of utmost importance.

Stomachs will heal eventually, but it depends on so many factors. Some you can control (like diet) others you have less control (stress).


Hope I got this right!

scrubbedexpat091

This is how my acid reflux treatment has gone thus far, started about 2 years ago.


First step was to adjust diet, reduce and eliminate certain foods, and drinks, along with propping the bed up a bit.

When that didn't work, the doctor then prescribed Ranitidine which is also OTC in smaller doses, that helped and I was on that for about a year and a half, it recently stopped working however, and now the doctor (new doctor, as we moved since starting this treatment) has prescribed something called I think a proton pump something or other, some sort of pill, it required some sort of special approval, which I am waiting on still, so haven't started it yet.


I also had lab work done for H. Pylori (sp?) but it came back negative.

I do have hiatal hernia which is the likely cause of the whole issue and was found during some test where you drink a chalk like drink and they take x-rays as you drink, or some sort of imaging, forget the name.


Can't say if this is correct protocol but this is what my doctors have done thus far, along with a couple visits to a dietitian.


I did the same, but then stopped, can't let myself get caught by the troll bait anymore.

Stinkypup

Yep JS, looks spot on

magnumpi

I am on a new new new diet today, eating less and only eating food with a PH level above 5 for a week or so then I wil go from there, meanwhile see how the pills work. Then I am back at the docs anyhow for a progress check in a few weeks.

Aviator

Greatest de-stressor I find is doing something you enjoy that re focuses the mind. Does not have to be expensive, or even cost anything at all.

magnumpi

Building and flying RC planes is my hobby but work is always getting in the way. Like this week end I am working thru to Monday then Tuesday I will be writing reports !! Then I have more people to stalk !!

Not good that others here also suffer strange chest pains, but it's nice to know I am not alone or the only one with a mystery pain :@)

bats

And sleep on your left side, lying right side down is more likely to cause reflux into the oesophagus.

scrubbedexpat091

Maybe get an aquarium? Even if your not into fish like I am, aquariums are known to help reduce stress when you sit, relax and watch the fish do their thing.

Doesn't have to be fancy, 15 or 20 gallon freshwater is easy peasy to keep, just do a 10% water change every week or so, and some basic upkeep, might take 5-10 minutes a week to maintain.

Or hire someone for the maintenance and then just enjoy watching them....

magnumpi

That won't happen Smiffy not in my life time

I am ok when at home. (I think) but I am not home much, working long hours and the type of job is where the stress is, at home I feel ok. I like to watch a movie a few times a week and play a guitar a little. Also have the dog and a parakeet to annoy when I am home

I try Rogers fish tank channel tho

Alan2005

I know this is off topic a little, but I heard that PI's often piss in a plastic bottle if they are caught short doing a stake out? Is that true?

magnumpi

You heard ? Lol

Some do, some don't. We get no breaks, once I find a shady spot on your street with a view of your front door I ain't moving till u do.