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Gastric problem Still no diagnose after many Tests.


Gas pains in strange places
burpspot
Have had this problem for as long as can remember. Get pains (mostly arms/legs) which are relieved when I burp ("burpspots"). Massaging area will bring on burp(s) and eventual relief of pain.  Sometimes feels like I'm having a heart attack. Experienced bad pain in upper left arm, neck and shoulder over last 48 hours with much burping. Pain moves around and is somewhat relieved after each burp. Paid can be quite excruciating for a short period of time, until burps relieve it.  Took Gax-X, no noticeable relief. At times have thought pain was due to muscle injury, except I don't think muscle injury pain would go away after a burp, and have had no event which would cause muscle injury. I know must rule out heart problem, etc. Am 23 years,. Have always had some reflux and heartburn. Asked nurse once about phenomenon and was told there are a lot of nerve endings in stomach and gas can cause pains elsewhere in body.  Found your site when searching web and a woman called "soccermom1312" reported almost exact same symptoms back in 2004. I am amazed that someone else had same problem. Browsed your site and found many people reporting some of the same symptoms I have. I need some direction as to what type of doctor to see, tests to request, etc.. Can gas cause pains in other non-traditional areas of the body such as I am experiencing?
And we have done Upper Endoscopy, many blood tests, MRI, all tests are normal.
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