Gerd symptoms worsening - Digestive Disorders Message Board

wingnut2004 · 11-29-2004, 11:09 AM

Hi,

I've had GERD for eight years. Until recently It has been a mild heartburn for a few days a week. In July i started having problems with constrictive and a plegm like presence in my throat. In August I've had a upper endo and no problems except for a bit of mild egophisitis. I saw my GI doctor and he recently was puzzled on why it persist even when I'm on nexium 2 times a day 40 mg. He's going to send me to a doctor that puts a probe down my throat to see if acid levels persist to be high or if something else is causing it. Almost soon after seeing the doctor I notice my right side of my ribcage started to have the full, pressure feeling and i need to burp to relieve pressure constantly during the day and it would only relieve it for a couple minutes. At night it would not bother me while i'm asleep though. I don't know if hiatal hernia would be causing this probem or if it was something else. Does anyone have any advice or has this problem?

pslam 91 · 11-30-2004, 06:51 PM

Mine is the left side of the rib cage. It has gotten worse lately. Mine is gas, because when I belch the pain stops. Mine might be a sore rib cage from picking up my 4 yr old son. And maybe the gas puts pressure on the rib cage. who knows?

pslam 91 · 12-01-2004, 08:59 AM

Amen! God is so good! he is the one who told me about my sore rib too! I had been having the ache and I asked him. Right when I picked up my 4 yr old son, I wasnt even thinking about my rib at the time. My spirit was quickened and the thought came to me, this is why it hurts. I felt it was Him. So now I have to tell my son I can only hold him while we are seated. It is a transition for both of us.