since i was a teenager,i have a flabby and protruded stomach,exercise does not make it go away.family members and neighbors etc think i have an underactive thyroid,altho medical testing showed otherwise,but in the mean time i have gulped down kelp tablets,multi vitamins and synthroid pills until a good endocrinologist put a stop to it .In later years i thought i have chest pain at nite,and i call it angina.
i start taking aspirin and bumex and thought they will help my problem.
during that time,i contracted h pylori from swallowing filthy water in a swimming pool,treated with 14 days medication.unfortunately i still have stomach problem,then the family practice doc treated me for gastritis with prevacid,prilosec.
i felt better but my nite ordeal continues.
i finally went to see a cardiologist and he gave me a resting EKG and it showed i do not have a heart problem.then i asked for further testing-blood test and echoscan and the only problem is high level of cholestral.He said ANGINA IS A technical term and i sure do not have angina.he did not test me for c-reative protein but in a separate test done standalone,it said i have high c reactive protein count.
anyway,then i went to see a gastro specialist and he prescribed nexxium and said compared to others,my case of GERD is mild.
but he also said some of the symptoms i have at nite is not GERD related(chest pain)-if i sleep sideway and my heart is slightly folded,i will have chest pain ).
anyway,i have been on prilosev ,then now i am on prevacid.
it seems to help with my stomach problem but the nitely chest expansion continues.
sometimes i noticed the chest expansion becomes stomach expansion,meaning it is happening in my stomach instead.
on july 4th,i deliberately did not take my prevacid (after 10 days of taking ) and want to see what can happen at nite.
well i have this stomach expansion which put pressure on both sides of my temples and created a headache.
in the morning (july 5th),i took 1 prevacid and some aspirin and the headache went away.
assuming my prevacid is still effective,i went to bed last nite and experience the same problem at dawn-stomach expansion and then pressure on both temples and a headache.
as i get up and move around,it finally went away with no aspirin or any medication.
MY question is this-
what do i really have??heart problem or stomach problem??
does stomach problem shot up to my head and affected both temples and give me a headache??
what is actually going on when the stomach started expanding?
is it gas??then why is it moving lower,from chest area to my stomach,i noticed it moved lower as i continue taking prevacid?
as for the flabby and protruding stomach i have almost all my life,what is the cause??also as a teenager i also have swollen glands behind my ears which made my face swollen,espcially before my period(i have now reached menopause so i dont have swollen glands anymore).
thanks in advance,any insight will be appreciated.