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Esophageal spasms or Esophageal sensitivity??
by kirkland4016, Jun 25, 2009 05:18PM
Hi,
I have chest pain all the time. It gets worse with food but really there is no time that I don't have it.
Cardiologist ruled out heart related problems.
I had upper endoscopy and barium swallow test. Both of them were normal.
My PCP wants me to go for acid/saline perfusion (bernstein) test.
Is it possible to have an esophagus that is hyper sensitive to food (especially to salt and other acidic food) but don't have spasms? I am saying no spasms because my barium test was negative.
Put in different words, can a person have negative barium swallow test but positive acid perfusion test?
I don't think I have acid reflux because those meds never eased the pain.
I have chest pain all the time. It gets worse with food but really there is no time that I don't have it.
Cardiologist ruled out heart related problems.
I had upper endoscopy and barium swallow test. Both of them were normal.
My PCP wants me to go for acid/saline perfusion (bernstein) test.
Is it possible to have an esophagus that is hyper sensitive to food (especially to salt and other acidic food) but don't have spasms? I am saying no spasms because my barium test was negative.
Put in different words, can a person have negative barium swallow test but positive acid perfusion test?
I don't think I have acid reflux because those meds never eased the pain.
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Do ask ur dr to check for both of these.
please keep us posted
"selma"
Thank you for the response.
I was ruled out against H Pylori, not sure about gall bladder.
I am going to have esophageal manometry and 24 hr PH moitoring. I will let you know after the tests.