Can anyone tell me what this is?
Question:
Hi, Last Thursday, I had a flu virus of some sort with chills and shakes. I noticed I could not swallow anything, not even milk without getting a terrible burning sensation in my chest. 6 days later, the chills and shakes are long gone but this stomach pain endures. This pain only happens when food passes through the esophegyal sphincter. When the muscle itself moves, it burns — a lot! I have not been able to eat anything other than cold soup, chased down with water. My doctor told me to take antacids but this made no difference since the pain does not occur from a reflux but during the contraction of the muscle itself. Can anyone tell me what the hell happened? Is it a hernia? Tissue bur? My doctor seems to think I have somehow burned the sphincter muscle, possibly with reflux while sleeping. Since this has never happened before, I find it hard to believe the first time would be so nasty. I’ve already lost 8 lbs. After 6 days, the pain has not lessened. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. I want to prevent this from ever happening again and would like to have a better idea of what happened in the first place. Thank you so much, Shawn
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > Last Thursday, I had a flu virus of some sort with chills and shakes. I > noticed I could not swallow anything, not even milk without getting a > terrible burning sensation in my chest. 6 days later, the chills and shakes > are long gone but this stomach pain endures. This pain only happens when > food passes through the esophegyal sphincter. When the muscle itself moves, > it burns — a lot! I have not been able to eat anything other than cold > soup, chased down with water. My doctor told me to take antacids but this > made no difference since the pain does not occur from a reflux but during > the contraction of the muscle itself. > Can anyone tell me what the hell happened? Is it a hernia? Tissue bur? My > doctor seems to think I have somehow burned the sphincter muscle, possibly > with reflux while sleeping. Since this has never happened before, I find it > hard to believe the first time would be so nasty. I’ve already lost 8 lbs. > After 6 days, the pain has not lessened. > Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. I want to prevent this from ever > happening again and would like to have a better idea of what happened in the > first place.
You need an EGD to assess the esophagus and stomach. Erosive esophagitis needs to be ruled out. HMc
