difficulty breathing, burning in sternum, bloating Posted: 07-04-08 14:52pm
i am 21 years old and had no problems like
this before, the only stomach problem i
had was nausea after eating fatty foods..
ive been having problems starting 5 days
ago. Starting with difficulty breathing,
could not take a deep breath, and felt
slight sensation of burning in lower
sternum area. second day the breathing
problem left and i started having a
burning stomach. a heavy burning sensation
in the upper stomach nearing the lower
sternum area, the breathing problem at
this point was almost non existent. i went
to ER they did a blood test it came back
normal, and prescribed me famotidine. the
pills seem to have no effect, but the pain
would leave randomly, sometimes came back
after eating, sometimes not. I feel
bloating sometimes, heavy bloating to
where my stomach felt full and couldnt
eat, and sometimes not, yesterday the pain
was almost gone and everything appeared to
be somewhat normal. Today i started having
heavy breathing problems again and a heavy
heartburn sensation in the middle of the
sternum, as of right now it is only a
heavy burning sensation in the middle of
the sternum. So it was mainly breathing
problems at first, then mainly burning
stomach, then burning lower sternum,
sometimes mixed with difficulty
breathing(the breathing is usually the
first symptom i experience), and heavy
bloating, now im at burning middle sternum
on the 5th day. my stools are fairly
normal with diarrhea, i might add that my
symptoms have been progressing and
evolving, this middle/upper sternum heavy
burning sensation i did not have the past
4-5 days. Once i get hit with a symptom
(burning or bloating) it stays for the
good part of the day...
Im wondering what this is specifically, i
am very stressed and anxious, but im
thinking this might be due to low stomach
acid not high, so in term im actually
making the problem worse...please tell me
what to do
I believe that your "breathing" problem is
due to a anxiety. If your breathing
problem was due to some real lung disorder
doctors in the ER would probably reveal
it. Such disorder which looks like a real
organic disorder but it is not is called
somatoform disorder (hypochondria).
Burning sensations from the stomach and
lower sternum could be due to stomach acid
reflux. You can try to calm these symptoms
with antacids, proton pump inhibitors and
H2-blockers. Acid reflux and bloat stomach
can be due to gastritis, duodenitis,
peptic ulcer etc. Have you ever done
Helicobacter pillory-serology and
gastroscopy?
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alex433
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Posted: 07-18-08 08:11am
it was indeed anxiety, now im trying to
deal with it, the abdomen takes most of
the nervous tension, crazy things it can
do
