Need Help! Upper Back Pain When Swallowing! Posted: 09-04-05 17:26pm
Ok, about 4 days ago, I was taking some
medicine. It was a capsule that had to
be swallowed. I was too lazy to fill up
my 1/4 empty glass of water, so I tried to
swallow it with just a little bit of
water. When I was swallowing it, I had
the feeling that it did not go down all
the way. It felt like it was stuck
there. I went to bed and woke up because
of pain in my chest and upper back.
Four days later, I no longer am woken up
by pain, and it rarely hurts except when I
swallow. I get a sharp pain between my
shoulder blades and occasionally in my
chest.
I am asssuming it is because of the pill
maybe irritating my esophagus, but I don't
really know.
Does any body know what it is?
Will it go away by itself?
Or how do I fix this problem?
Thanks in advance.
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SuziON
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Welland
Acid Reflex Disease Posted: 09-07-05 11:07am
Ask your doctor if you have acid reflex
disease. The muscle that closes off your
stomach acids from your esophegus may not
be closing properly. See the doc and ask
to be sent for a barium swallow, if you
end up being diagnosed with ard it can be
treated by meds and a good % are cured.
If left undiagnosed it could be very
dangerous.
Best of luck!
Suzion
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nmastino
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Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 1
Back Pain Swallowing Posted: 11-24-07 00:50am
Anyone who is looking for the subject of
back pain when swallowing specifically,
between the shoulder blades (trapezius
muscles) here is my story. One night
while shopping in Wal-Mart I felt itching
in my back and ignored it. The next day I
went to eat in a restaurant and felt a
sharp pain in my back, when I swallowed a
chicken wing I ignored it. That night I
ate dinner and felt the pain with each
swallow. I said to myself if it does not
go away in two days I will see a doctor.
Sure enough it did not go away and I got
extremely anxious. I went to see the
doctor, after many hours on the internet.
He sent me for a barium swallow, stating
he never heard of such a thing. When I
went to the Radiologist, ( who saw me
personally for the swallow) he told me he
had heard of it and it could happen with
injury to the trapezius muscle. He also
mentioned that the trapezius muscle is a
long muscle and is related to the larynx,
pharynx and sternocleidomastoid muscle via
Cranial Never XI (Accessory nerve). I
remember injuring that muscle seriously
that day I went to Wal-Mart, but could not
find any link between injury and this type
of symptom. Sure enough when the muscle
healed about 2 weeks later, the pain went
away. I hope this helped anyone who is
going crazy trying to find this
information. Of course if you feel this
is not your case, see a doctor right away.
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nlowe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 1
Back Pain When Swallowing Posted: 11-25-07 22:35pm
Iam so glad I found this forum as I have
been worried out of my mind with regards
to the back pain Iam experiencing when I
swallow. On Saturday morning I was moving
old furniture to the dump and then I went
shopping, we stopped for lunch and I got a
such a fright when I ate my sandwhich
because the pain in my back was really
dreadful, but the pain only occured when
I swallowed and went past a certain area
of my upper back, it eased off after a
couple of seconds but re-occured with next
swallow. I went to A&E the following
night and the doctor explained that it was
musculo-skeletal. I never connected the
moving of the furniture to the swallowing
thing because I didnt think I had hurt or
strained any muscles at the time. Thank
you for post it really has eased my mind.
