Gagging with exercise.

For about a year, I gag, choke and vomit if I am exerting myself.  I am a basketball official and have had to leave the court to GAG.  I play on a traveling softball team, and sometimes have to leave the field because of GAGGING.  I've been known to throw up in trash cans.  I get incredible pain (pressure) in my chest and burp terribly.  I am glad my wife loves me.  After burping loud and long, the pain is usually releaved.  Sometimes I believe this is worse if I eat... but lately it doesn't seem to matter.  This does NOT happen unless I am exerting myself.  Today I was moving some furniture and had a very bad spell - to the point of projectile vomiting.  Tonight I went to officiate a game, and had to take myself out of the game.  My only meal today was breakfast, and it was oatmeal and buttered toast.  I have no reflux when lying down, or at my desk.  ONLY WITH EXERTION.  Any ideas???


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[CalGal]

It's about time to see your doc and ask for some testing to be done. It doesn't matter if you're not have direct reflux symptoms, you could be refluxing without realizing it. In addition, when you're exerting yourself you're raising the pressure in your abdominal area which will press on the stomach, and since the pressures in the thoracic cavity are lower, it's easier to overcome them and cause the contents in the stomach to enter the esophagus.

Make sure you're also tested for the presence of H. pylori.

If you're bringing up bile, you may also need to be checked for gallbladder issues.