Heartburn/Acid Reflux question - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

Tony4424 · 03-24-2009, 01:06 PM

Hello everyone.

Is it unheard of if heartburn or Acid Reflux caused pain/burning directly in the area where the heart is?

I get pain there, and it seems like everyone else I know that gets heartburn gets it in their esophagus, rather than by their heart.

Thanks

wakkochic17 · 03-24-2009, 06:22 PM

it can definitely radiate into your chest. Many people mistakenly go to the ER thinking they are having a heart attack when they are having GERD or indigestion. The best thing would be to get evaluated by your doctor to be 100% sure it's just heartburn though.

Tony4424 · 03-24-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wakkochic17

it can definitely radiate into your chest. Many people mistakenly go to the ER thinking they are having a heart attack when they are having GERD or indigestion. The best thing would be to get evaluated by your doctor to be 100% sure it's just heartburn though.

I went to the hospital with chest pain already. I have anxiety, and when I get heartburn in my chest, it tends to trigger and bring on the anxiety even more. I went to the hospital twice now thinking I was having a heart attack, they told me I was just having panic attacks and acid reflux. They took blood and did the cardiac enzymes test, also did a stress test and everything came out fine. Still scares me though cause it seems like only I get heartburn right where my heart is, and Tums does not help much anymore, and Prilosec both OTC and prescription do nothing for me.

Also, can heartburn or any kind of gastric condition cause a sharp pain in the chest?

Thanks

michmob · 03-25-2009, 10:52 AM

Yes it can I have had all sorts of chest pain which is directly connected to heartburn, I did what you did and went to the A and E and had all the tests don't but I still freak out when I get the pain, its just weird pain that you think can't be just related to heartburn, maybe your getting spasms in your esphoscas (wrong spelling). Theres plenty of people on here with chest pain related to heartburn.

Peggy L · 03-25-2009, 11:50 AM

I have terrible GERD due to having diffuse scleroderma. When I have a reflux attack it feels like I'm being burned alive from the inside/out and that I'm having a heart attack. When these attacks are this bad I have to take what they call a GI cocktail. This is what they gave me at the ER when I went in numerous times and now I have a prescription for this at home so I can make it myself. It consists of lidocaine and maalox. What it does is numb the esophagus and my throat. It is the most horrific pain and sometimes it takes 3 or 4 treatments of the GI cocktail to work. I feel for anyone else who is afflicated with this. It is to the point where the littlest thing will set this off and I have to be so careful what I eat. I also have the head of our bed raised by 17 inches.

Best of luck.

Peggy