About a year ago, my husband (age 25) awoke with severe chest pain that has been a recurrent event. He underwent an EGD and an emptying study, which showed mild gastroparesis. He has been on 30mg prevacid daily and OTC Zantac. However, as time progresses, he seems to be getting worse.
His episodes have become more frequent (2-3 month) and are no longer necessarily at night. He has severe pain which leaves him literally rolling on the floor crying and this pain will last over 12 hours. He takes every heartburn related medication there is, but it provides no relief. He also belches as well as vomits.
My husband is a non-smoker, non drinker. He he not overweight at all. We have assessed his diet, and find no relation to the food he eats. We have called his GI doc several times for help with pain relief, but they just tell him "take tums." Duh, like he hasn't tried that. My husband is now a broken man who lives in fear of this unbearable pain and he has missed many days of work related to this. My question is this: does this truly sound like GERD? Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, what methods of pain relief have you found successful? Please help my family; my husband is not a person to complain or whine, and seeing him like this tears me apart.