Pain when swallowing and pain in middle back.

[punchy]

My husband started off with having excruciating back pain that would only bother him after lying down for 6-7 hours. The pain would wake him up early in the morning and I would have to get him out of bed....some days he couldn't even get up with my help. He seems to be having some sort of spasm. He can't walk and he moans in pain. By the time he is ready to go to work the pain has subsided and he can perform his job normally (which he works in construction and he can lift, move, bend like a normal person). Now, recently he's been having the same sort of pain when he swallows anything--air, drink or food. He can feel it moving down his throat and then once it reaches that spot in his back in shoots the same sort of debilitating pain to his back. He's had a CT scan, a bone scan and also a barium swallow test that all bring back good results. What could be going on?

Thank You.
KT

[Nonniella]

If the pain is between his shoulder blades it is probably from GERD (reflux into his esophogus). Maybe by the morning the reflux has irritated his esophogus enough to cause the terrible pain (I get it often and it is really bad). Now it is bad enough that  the food or liquid hits the irritated spot and causes the same pain. He needs to see a gastroenterologist and have a endoscopy to have a true diagnosis, but needs to take care of it as it can cause Barrett's esophogus (pre cancer).

[skitoomuch]

I'm having a very similar issue. Did you find the problem?

Thank you,

AMF