Weird health....

[1KJCRUSADE]

I'm 26 yrs old
Female
Current Diagnosed conditions:
Hashimotos
Slight Slipping Hital hernia
Vit D def.
slight Iron def Anemia
Acid Reflux (mild) (assuming associated with hernia)
Medications:
Levothyroxine 62.5 mcgs (started this new dose 3 days ago....was on 50)
Dexilant (prev. Kapidex) started 4 days ago
Vit. D
poly-iron off and on...(hate those iron tablets)

ANYWAYS...a little over a week ago...I had went for a walk...after the walk I noticed that a feeling of pressure in my upper chest mainly and some mild pain...But also in my middle and lower as well....it feels like the sensation when you have to burp and its moving up your chest...but it doesn't come out! I do burp though through out the day....However, it doesn't leave. I also have been having heart flutter (not sure if it just feels like that or if it really is that...) I also been feeling off and on lightheaded. This all happened before changing my thyroid dose...so i don't think its that. Its now going on a week. .....I ended up in the ER to rule out Heart stuff.....I had bloodwork for heart/thyroid too....chest x-ray...EKG....and an echocardiogram...everything came out really good. Which I figured due to my age, and no history of heart issues. So, I'm thinking it might be the hiatal hernia...does this sound possible with the heart flutters??? I've tried tums, Maalox and now the dexilant and havent seen much of a difference. ER doc told me to try pepcid AC..and wrote me out a prescription....haven't started yet. Just wondering anyones thoughts on it....I also think my TSH was a little high it was 3.96...and T4 was 11 something...so I think thats a little high....but couldn't figure out why it would happen after a walk...although that could be concidence. I did have pain in my neck/back and arms...but the arms was more sore pain, than anything else....I also described the chest pressure/pain (there was some pain, twinges like) as a feeling like NOT pain in my chest...and NOT pain in my back...but pain INBETWEEN. If anyone has any suggestions I would really appreciate it. The ER also checked blood sugar, blood pressure (fluctuates..prob due to the hashis) and just a "general panel" etc, Thanks!

[SassyLassie]

Hi, I have a hiatal hernia and it can definitely copy the symptoms of a heart attack and it can also cause those horrid irregular heart beats, I know, because I get them a lot after I eat or drink water. The GERD that is associated with it does not help either.

I also have Costochondritis, and again, it can mimic heart pain at times. I get mine alot when I am uptight or done a lot of bending or turning.

I will tell you one thing that has helped me with both, my chiropractor. He "pulls" my hiatal hernia down and this keeps it from hitting the cardiac reflex nerve and the esophagus. Also, for my costochondritis, he adjusts my ribs and this helps too.

Anyway, glad your heart tests were all good, that is a good sign at least. Hope you can find a doc that is willing to help you with the other problems.

[LivingInHope]

Those ER doctors don't tend to order iron testing, they just look for basic life threatening conditions typically.  Since you wonder about the iron too, I hope you'll take that extra step and get your primary care doctor to order it.  My doctor says ferritin (iron stores) is the best indicator of what's going on with iron in the body.  I have a condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and noticed an increase in problem when I was iron deficient, even though my CBC was not yet affected.

I don't have a hiatal hernia myself, but do have GERD, and my doctor has suspected me of having esophageal spasms when I've had chest pain before.  He says the pain can mimic that of the heart.  Glad you got the heart checked out!

Costochondritis isn't a heart condition.  Hopefully you got my private message and have already read more about it! :0)

[1KJCRUSADE]

I had mentioned to the doctor at the ER...that perhaps it was the iron, etc. He said probably not....although I tend to think he could be wrong. Pain is actually not a main symptom for me...its more of pressure and the flutters. I know acid reflux can cause Esophagel spasms...hmm...  last time I checked the hiatal hernia was small...however, the acid reflux might have been bad, ya know? See when you say aggravated my chest wall muscles....do you mean like a heart condition? or just like a pulled muscle, etc. Which I wondered with the walking etc? The Costochondritis is an intersting thought...again,t he pain is not constant...However, it might be something similar such as something in my neck or back being out. My back tends to get out in the area that effects the hiatal hernia........at least thats what my chiropractor said!
Thanks!

[LivingInHope]

Iron deficiency anemia can cause chest pain, rapid heart rate, and light headedness- when's the last time they checked your ferritin and blood iron levels?  Esophageal spasms can feel like chest pain.  Is your hiatal hernia large, because I read usually slipping ones are small and don't cause symptoms.  If you had a large one, that could cause belching.  Also, you might consider whether you've aggravated your chest wall muscles at all lately by some kind of activity.  Costochondritis can be quite painful and involves typically a pinpointed area.