Thank you both!!!
I was starting to go out of my mind!!
I didn't know that any of those things were "normal" with these conditions.
Shouldn't doctors hand out little pamphlets that tell you what you may or may not experience? Yeesh. lol
Thanks again!
Hi....it is totally possible if u have both Gerd and IBS that u have another underlying condition that is causing an imbalance of water in ur system.
My GI dr explained that when ur body absorbs the water needed to help the waste elimination process then it is solid and covers the intestines....and after so much builds up the waste gets liquefies and passes over the hardened fecal matter as the diarrhea flows past it with cramping as ur system tries to get rid of it.
The back up of the waste can also put pressure on ur diaphragm causing some of the breathing issues.....
There r meds to help get u back into balance...u may need something like amatezia or a probiotic.
Gerd can be from PND or a hiatal hernia...and lastly...when we have these feelings we assume we have gerd...unless u had a PH test u may have the opposite issue which is too little acid which can make u feel the same as too much.
See a GI dr and get tested to know which meds will help.....and remember not all meds will work for everyone : )
"selma"
Hi, I have got GERD and IBS, both conditions are a complete nightmare for me too. No, you don't sound like an idiot at all, infact i understand what your saying.
I get chest pains with GERDand a tight painful lump in my throat which feels like i'm being strangled and i feel nausiated or have vomited. The pain fluctuates from throat to chest to stomache to tummy and back and sometimes it might be in the chest only, this has gone on for over an hour before now and it can be terribly painful and sometimes knife-like as you say and i have had this in the heart area too and it can be quite frightening too i thought at times it might kill me. I get a bad wheeze and badly breathless and bloating in the stomache with bad gas and felt like i'm about to burst and i have often mistaken this for Asthma which i also have chest pains and stomache pains, but after i had taken my peak flow for Asthma i then realised it was GERD...I take Raberprazole tablets for GERD and sometimes if i get heatburn i take Gaviscon too, sometimes more than i should.
And as for IBS, this has caused me no end of problems when i've been out and about shopping and i've been caught out so many times with terrible knife pains in stomache and tummy area and bad diarrhea. When i go out for the day i always take extra clothing and baby wipes with me...I take Loprimide capsuls for IBS. I don't take them too often because they can make me constipated which is just as bad. I hope this helps