GERD and body pain!?! - Page 2

LibertyGirl · 05-27-2005, 04:24 PM

Thank you both for the replies. No, no food is backed up. But my upper abdomen always sticks out and hurts with any ab movement and work. I can barely eat coz there is no room to expand. I feel like someone is piercing a knife from inside out... I dunno whats going on... Some days, its better. Today is not one of those days.
I am so eagerly waiting for the GI appointment. I hope they do SOMETHING!!! Well, I will keep ya all posted. I really have no idea what symptoms to associate with GERD! They are so widespread and vague.
Thanks again. I will see how things go and be sure to keep ya all posted.

suki1724 · 05-28-2005, 05:19 PM

I have been having shoulder, chest and neck pain on my RIGHT side that is driving me crazy, and it seems to have started when all of my silent reflux symptoms started. I keep thinking that something else is going on like an auto-immune problem or something. Are there special blood tests for those kinds of conditions?? I'm on protonix twice a day and singulair, which I am going to stop for a few days just to see if it's causing these pains.

keala10 · 05-28-2005, 05:34 PM

jode, It is the same with me......restaurants don't have anything I can eat usually......sure is frustrating because some of my friends ask me to go for lunch with them and if I go I suffer. Good luck with the problem.

LostMind · 05-29-2005, 09:17 AM

I have GERD and I get alot of the same symptoms as you do but I also have a Hiatal hernia and when it's irritated i can see the bulge in my upper abs, I get alot of pains and pressure in my chest and in my back and left shoulder, along with the burping and sometimes they dont come out and that causes more pains. Best thing to do is see a GI and get on some meds. The meds will take about 3 weeks to kick in and you need to take them religiously and let yourself heal. Prevacid gave me the least side affects,nexium the most, now I am on aciphex and my muscles feel crampy but its either the GI problems or sore muscles , I'll take the sore muscles annyday.
The Proton pump inhibitors can cause joint pains to.
lots of luck