14 weeks to go!!!

[rockymoe]

And I am having another sx. When I eat or drink food like gets it gets right betwee the breast and it hurts.
Anyone else experincing this.

[libzo2]

Bravo!!!  What a tag team.  Well done.  Love it.

[rockymoe]

Thank You Hector! I call you and can-do-man the wise men of the forum!

[HectorSF]

...And the winner is..........................Will

Sorry forgot to paste it in...   :-(

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001311/

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition in which the stomach contents (food or liquid) leak backwards from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube from the mouth to the stomach). This action can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

When you eat, food passes from the throat to the stomach through the esophagus (also called the food pipe or swallowing tube). Once food is in the stomach, a ring of muscle fibers prevents food from moving backward into the esophagus. These muscle fibers are called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES.

If this sphincter muscle doesn't close well, food, liquid, and stomach acid can leak back into the esophagus. This is called reflux or gastroesophageal reflux. Reflux may cause symptoms, or it can even damage the esophagus.

Hector

[willbb]

I'll play       GERD??   PPI's help me :)
Will

[Idyllic]

I get that and to me it feels like a tight, gripping feeling. I don't know if it related to any kind of acid reflux but I do know when I take a Zegerid in the morning it doesn't happen. The confusing thing is I have a pretty bland diet these days so it's not like I am eating super hot & spicy food. And you can be sure nothing high in fat!

Zegerid is a proton pump inhibitor so it or any H2 Blocker you have in your medicine cabinet might help.

H2 Blockers are cimetidine (Tagamet), ranitidine (Zantac), famotidine (Pepcid) and nizatidine (Axid).

Other PPI's are Prilosec, Prevacid, Aciphex, Protonix

[HectorSF]

Do these symptoms this sound familiar?

More common symptoms are:

* Feeling that food is stuck behind the breastbone

* Heartburn or a burning pain in the chest (under the breastbone)

* Increased by bending, stooping, lying down, or eating

* More likely or worse at night

* Relieved by antacids

* Nausea after eating

Less common symptoms are:

* Bringing food back up (regurgitation)

* Cough or wheezing

* Difficulty swallowing

* Hiccups

* Hoarseness or change in voice

* Sore throat


Hector