hi, i am am a 32 year old woman and i have been suffering from acid reflux for a while now and tried to not take medication for it (which i now regret as when i google it says left untreated can cause oesophagus cancer)
For about a week now i have been suffering with acid reflux quite bad causing nausea, bloating, chest, back pain, feeling of lump in throat, burping and loss of appetite. GP prescribed me lansoprazole which wasn’t seem to be working however nausea and bloating has sightly sub sided now and starting to get my appetite back. However i have still got the feeling of lump in throat with the reflux feeling plus some chest and back pain. i went to a&e yesterday as i felt like things were not improving and worried about chest pains ( having major health anxiety doesn’t help) he believes it is acid reflux and prescribed me omeprazole instead. and said give it 4 weeks and if no improvement to be referred for scan. But i am petrified its oesophagus cancer and struggling to be patient.
has anyone else experienced anything like this and have any positive stories? I’m literally driving myself crazy.
thank you.
I had the same thing and I realised that by having a fan on in the bedroom which hadn’t been cleaned for a long time, was the reason. I know it sounds strange but I’d exhausted all other options and then someone pointed this out to me and as soon as I stopped using it, my symptoms started to clear up.
Hi it sounds to me as if you have a hiatus hernia, I have the same and the lump isn’t really there it just feels as if it is. I think it might actually be an air bubble.
But it is a horrible feeling.
It’s nothing to worry about, it isnt life threatening but causes loads of horrible symptoms, it seems to be hereditary in my family. If you can get referred for a upper endoscopy that should put your mind at rest and at least then you can know for sure what is wrong, but definitely sound like Hiatus hernia to me.
I hope this helps.
Oh and anxiety makes it worse.
Hi there,ive had and im having excaulty the same as you,a doctor told me ive got “global sensation” in my throat sometimes i cant breath when the silent acid comes up,it is very scarey and as i cant do nothing..half the time i cant taste anything and im on lansoprazole which is working,as we get older (i know we are only young) over time the oesophagus get weaker,ive had acid problems for years now but it has got worse over time,the doctor put me on “Cimetidine 400mg” im scared to take them due to the side effects ive only got to take them for 2 weeks and then do a stool sample,im not excaulty sure if they keep your acid away or not..try not to google as it will only make you more scared and worried..i feel for you as im petrified of when i caant breath with with lump when it flares up,i hope i have become some help ,im not sure were i read replays on here (if you answer bk) as my 1st on here,