Tarun - just to add to your reassurance, an endoscopy always involves at least one biopsy as well. There'd be no point going down there if they weren't going to take biopsies.
Your symptoms are quite normal. You'll be fine in a few days.
Hate to be different but I had my scope and biopsy this morning. I found it really painful when they took the biopsy although they told me it shouldn’t be. Immediately after I developed a cramping type pain in my back adjacent to where the pain had been in the chest. It went away but tonight it’s back again. Did anyone else have pain in the back? I never had any of this the first time.
Had my first endoscopy on Wed. With stretching and biopsies. Had trouble swallowing before that. Dr. said I had some gastritis and esophagitis. 5 days later I still can't swallow. Feels like everything gets stuck I also have a sore throat on the left side, like when you are coming down with a cold. I called the office, got Drs. nurse she said take your reflux medicine ( which I had a reaction to) I asked for a different kind in liquid form. Only taken once so don't know if it will help. Seems like these procedure are done so routinely. I'm with the person on the forum who said Dr. Didn't even say if stretching was necessary. Now I'm afraid he screwed up my esophagus.
I had mine a few hours back without sedation. It was so uncomfortable. And now i still have this discomfort and some chest pains whenever i try to breathe hard.
Had my endoscopy today. And then i had bread. Man it was hard to swallow and i'm feeling pain. I'm curled up in my bed right now as we speak. My throat is a bit sore as well. I still feel like the tube is still stuck in my throat. And some chest pains as well
Kay, bread is absolutely the worst thing you could eat directly after an endoscopy. Many of us find it quite hard to swallow even under normal circumstances.
Try things like soup, yoghourt, mashed banana, omelettes, scrambled egg (without the toast) for the first few days, to give your oesophagus time to recover.
Pain after upper endoscopy as is described above pain with swallowing, pain with deep breathing , burning chest pain can and does occur after EDG and may result from a number of factors ( mechanical stretching, allergic reaction of topical benzocaine,hypersensitivity to mechanical stretching , biopsy, ). Most of these symptoms will resolve shortly (days) some may take a few weeks to completely resolve because of spasm in the esophagus . Any serious violation of the gi tract would be a very different presentation such as fast heart rate,low blood pressure,shortness of breath , a very serious emergency would be apparent.
I hope this is helpful.
Had a endoscopy today and I have a medium hiatus hernia and the took multiple biopsy but it says normal stomach normal everything except for the hernia.. Now if it's normal why take biopsies for now I'm scared s**tless.. When I eat and drink I have this horrible feeling like my food / drink is stuck in middle of my chest... And I'm also a light smoker and on the notes it states to cease smoking??? That has made me more scared as after my procedure I just left no dr spoke to me nothing so I have a week freaking out
Rachael, they automatically take biopsies when they do a gastroscopy. That's why they go down there! Now stop worrying about it, and think about stopping smoking altogether. (I'm a former nurse btw.)
I did great after mine this morning I ate and everything. It’s now 2 am and I’m up having chest and throat pains . I’m also paying close attention and it hurts when I swallow almost like it would if I had acid reflux for days and didn’t take my meds . Throat pain and chest pain through to my back . I feel reflux and pain when it happens . I just took a Zantac and am laying down at and angle hoping this helps . Thankful for this thread to ease my worries. I’ll update tomorrow.
Update , I talked to my nurse she said it should be ok to watch for it to get worse or nausea , vomiting and fever . To take my Zantac and be careful with what I eat . I was able to eat some soup this morning and I’m just really uncomfortable but I’m just gonna be careful what I eat and rest . Should be good .
Had an endoscopy yesterday which included dilating my entire esophagus. About 2 hours after the procedure my chest and upper back started hurting and continues to hurt. I’m assuming it is from the stretching of my esophagus, which I had no idea was going to happen during this procedure. They said the only side effect should be a minor soar throat, which has felt fine, and maybe swelling at the iv area, also no issues. Sounds like chest pain and back pain can be common so why don’t they give you a heads up on those potential issues? It makes sense that it would be painful for a bit but it would have been helpful if they could give you a heads up on how you could feel so you’re not adding anxiety and panic to the situation. I’m really hoping this pain subsides sooner than later because I feel worse than before the procedure which is very disheartening.
I quite agree angie. I'm a former nurse and I always used to get frustrated with doctors because they wouldn't allow us to warn patients about how they were going to feel after various procedures. The "logic" behind this is that if you tell someone they may get a pain etc., then they'll immediately imagine they have it, so it's better not to tell them anything... with the inevitable result they'll think something is seriously wrong if they do get the symptom!
This attitude is at its worst in gynaecology. Some women, though by no means all, experience a period of extreme depression following hysterectomy. This can happen even if the op was done after the menopause. Using the same "logic", most gynaecologists would forbid the nurses, on pain of dismissal, ever to warn patients about this. This sometimes resulted in women going into deep, long-term depression, rather than recognising it for what it was and taking it in their stride.
I'd hoped things had moved on since my day, 40-50 years ago, but I see from a lot of the posts on here that they haven't always.
I hope you'll soon be feeling better. Incidentally, for you and anyone else reading this, it's quite normal for pain in the oesophagus and stomach to be felt in the middle of the back.
Thank you for your quick response and professional insight! I get not wanting to install fear in everyone but it seems more fearful to have a symptom that supposedly isn’t normal than to just be informed. Luckily I have a close friend who is a nurse and she also told me it is normal but I have had anxiety through all of this so your opinion is very helpful!
People do a great deal here of going crazy about their pain after endoscopy, barely any people are posting how they got better. Very frustrating.
In Penny's case, time healed as she got better in 'a day or so'.
My nurse said it's not common at all for me to have pain swallowing water, but I'll just imagine that it'll take me a couple of days to get better too, and I'll keep people posted here.
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I had a endoscopy done yesterday after noon. Since the procedure I have been experiencing pain in the center of my chest as well in the center of my back. The instructions they give you when your released from the test say nothing about possible chest pain discomfort. I feel alitte better knowing after readying these posts that I am not the only one with these symptoms after the test. I also had my colon examined the same time so I got a double dose of air. Just hope this all pass. This just brings on extra anxiety. Thanks for sharing!
Hi! Your pain sounds exactly like what mine was like. Don't worry, it will resolve in a couple of days. If not then call your doctor, but it seems like it just is a bit irritated. The reason your back hurts is just the referred pain, haha I am in nursing school and we literally learned about this today!! Don't be anxious! Try to just sleep and when you wake up tomorrow it will hurt less, then the next day even less, and then you'll forget it ever hurt 
My pain did subside, it took a few days that felt terrifying but it has gone away so please try and not worry even though it’s easier to say than to do. My anxiety has been very high through all of this so I also get how scary it can be! I think it’s the “no heads up on what to expect “ that is the issue here. Tell me I’m going to feel pain and I can mentally prepare for it or at least not feel scared that something is wrong. When they tell you chest pain is a more serious side effect, it is especially hard to make that call of “I guess I should go to the emergency room” when the last think you want is someone to go exploring in your throat again. Or that’s at least how I felt. I wish you the best in your recovery and am glad that others have commented so there is more information out there.
Everyone's experience is different. There's no hierarchy of courage or pain tolerance.
Some people suffer severe pain afterwards. Speaking as a former nurse, I can confirm that the main problem is that most doctors refuse to warn people of the possibility of a bit mild or even quite severe pain for a few days (and not infrequently threaten their nurses with dismissal if they try to warn patients). Their rationale for this is that if you tell patients they might have some pain, then they'll "think themselves into it". As a result of this absurd communication failure, when people do get pain they quite naturally panic and assume something has gone wrong.
And don't forget that on any forum dealing with health matters, it's quite normal that those who suffer most are the most likely to post.
Also don't forget that there've been a number of people on these endoscopy boards who've reported having a few good experiences, followed by a nightmare the third or fourth time. I don't wish you a bad experience in the future, but I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you!
Terry, don't worry about it, you'll be fine. See my post to Curiousmind further down this thread.