Im 38f in good shape and otherwise great health. ive had gnawing pain just below my sternum for as long as I remember, somewhere around childhood. It would be occasional - maybe a few times a year after eating a really fatty meal. Fast forward to my first pregnancy at age 35 and he was breech position with a big head- my gnawing pain became constant almost after every meal. I had to completely give up dairy during that pregnancy. I had another pregnancy a year later that wasn’t as bad with the pain. Fast forward to another year later, I have two toddlers I eat relatively healthy, and I am fit again (not at all overweight) but the gnawing pain is back. It’s like 4 days a week now. Acid controllers don’t help with the exception of alka seltzer. The only thing that will help is a hot bath and an alka seltzer in the middle of the night when the pain wakes me up. Sometimes the pain is during the day when I haven’t even lied down yet. I don’t really feel the pain travel up my esophagus too often. I don’t really have any other symptoms except for pain. Finding the food triggers is difficult because sometimes something will trigger it (pizza) but then a week later I’ll eat it and be fine. Sometimes alcohol makes it worse the next day but I’ve gone weeks without alcohol and still get the pain or have a few drinks and be fine e. Nothing is consistent- there is never a pattern I can find so I can avoid my triggers Does this sound like any body else’s hiatal hernia??
Ps : I do have an endoscopy scheduled but I can’t get in for another 2 months. Doctor said it’s a possibility. I had an endoscopy 15 years ago that said weak flap but my symptoms were so infrequent I didn’t really change anything back then in my early 20s

Has anyone experienced these symptoms
So for the past month I've been suffering for I'm guessing a bad flare up in my stomach. I was taking 40mg of omeprazole and a few months ago was feeling great, eating the food I loved so I made the dumb mistake to stopped taking them cold turkey. Well a month ago I had the worst acid dump and wreaked havoc in my stomach and esophagus. I had this happen a year ago and I stopped eating and lost 20lbs. Now I feel like I'm going down the same rabbit hole.
They symptoms are feeling like a roll of dough in the top middle of my abdomen. Pretty much my stomach area. I still have the burning sensation in my esophagus and tongue. I constantly have esophagus spasms that are driving me nuts. Keeps me up all night and gives me anxiety. Also when I eat something and when the good goes down my esophagus and right when it hits the sphincter it feels like it gets stuck for a second and then feels like it scraps it while going down into my stomach. I'm beginning to lose weight again. I do feel like I have an hemorrhoid so now having trouble passing stools. I'm in constant fight or flight mode. Body fatigue, feeling symptoms of dehydration, brain fog, when I get excited my heart rate begins to race and I feel like lava running through my vains, my throat feels tight at times and stings that comes and goes, the constant belching, can't sleep at night due to a rush of tightness that rushes in the middle of my chest that comes and goes like every 2 minutes 🥺.
I suffer from health anxiety so the first thought is stomach or esophageal cancer but from I'm getting told from people that has experienced this that it could possibly be gastritis, peptic ulcer, esophagitis at times my stomach feels inflamed when I drink water. Even when I talk I get short of breath 😟
I force myself to ear but before I do I start to get nauseated but then when I do eat I eat all my food as if I was hungry. Anxiety?? Just wanting to see some of yalls thoughts
A year ago I've gotten blood work, xrays, ultrasounds, barium swallow, stool samples, and a CT scan and all have come back negative for cancer so why can't I trust the results. If it's an ulcer how long does it take to heal and does it give you flu like symptoms when it flares up?

Hello HH gang!
So this sunday I was diagnosed with HH, 3cm. They also found a polyp on my lower esophagus, 10mm. Said it looks fine but will biopsy anyway.
I have these othr werid symptoms I don't understand too. That may or may not be directly related, and I'm wondering if anyone else here has them?
Pulsatille Tinnitus
Tingling in hands and feet
Neck tension.
I also have a weak pelvic floor and my osteo is correcting my slipping rib. I'm also hypermobile.
I've had a CT scan and it's all clear.
Any thoughts? Similar things going on? Moving makes everything better. I'm not over or underweight, but have been insanely stressed for maybe 3 years!
Thank you x

I don’t know if I have GERD. Never had significant issues until recently. I’m 57F. I’ve had strange severe chest pain, radiating up my neck and into my jaw. I’m very healthy and the first time it happened, it was immediately after laying down to go to sleep. I figured it was a weird GERD thing and not a heart attack. The pain was severe, I couldn’t sleep, or even lay down. It lasted 12 hours. I followed up with my doc, and had an EKG, chest x-ray, and bloodwork. The only thing out of limits was a very high CRP (46). I went on with life. About a week later it happened again, only this time it was gradual, and I had other symptoms including low grade fever, fatigue, and nausea. This one lasted 24 hours. Severe pain. My doc said I should go to the ER. They checked everything related to the heart, and it wasn’t that. The ER doc thought it might be costochondritis. My regular doc thought it was my esophagus seizing. He prescribed opremizole. I didn’t want to take it, as I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease last summer (IBD - inflammatory bowel disease) and PPIs are bad for what I have. So then I had the third event. Again it was gradual and lasting more than 24 hours. They had given me a few oxycodone from the ER - the pain was so bad this did NOTHING to help. I started the opremizole the next day. It’s been about 6 weeks and it hasn’t happened again. When I google esophagus spasms, it doesn’t compare very well with my symptoms. I’ve also got severe fatigue (my IBD is in remission) and my doc is going to have me do bloodwork. When this was happening, sometimes I would just get pain at my throat and lower jaw. I did have some more minor symptoms recently, but I was at an extravagant party and I drank a lot of champagne and ate spicy food. Another reason I think it points to esophagus and not costochondritis. Curious if others have esophageal spasms and what works for you. Also how do yours come about? Other than my first event, there was nothing I did to bring it on. I also want to stop the opremizole bc of my IBD, but don’t want this to happen again, the pain was that bad and LONG. Thank you for listening.

So for the past month I've been suffering for I'm guessing a bad flare up in my stomach. I was taking 40mg of omeprazole and a few months ago was feeling great, eating the food I loved so I made the dumb mistake to stopped taking them cold turkey. Well a month ago I had the worst acid dump and wreaked havoc in my stomach and esophagus. I had this happen a year ago and I stopped eating and lost 20lbs. Now I feel like I'm going down the same rabbit hole.
They symptoms are feeling like a roll of dough in the top middle of my abdomen. Pretty much my stomach area. I still have the burning sensation in my esophagus and tongue. I constantly have esophagus spasms that are driving me nuts. Keeps me up all night and gives me anxiety. Also when I eat something and when the good goes down my esophagus and right when it hits the sphincter it feels like it gets stuck for a second and then feels like it scraps it while going down into my stomach. I'm beginning to lose weight again. I do feel like I have an hemorrhoid so now having trouble passing stools. I'm in constant fight or flight mode. Body fatigue, feeling symptoms of dehydration, brain fog, when I get excited my heart rate begins to race and I feel like lava running through my vains, my throat feels tight at times and stings that comes and goes, the constant belching, can't sleep at night due to a rush of tightness that rushes in the middle of my chest that comes and goes like every 2 minutes 🥺.
I suffer from health anxiety so the first thought is stomach or esophageal cancer but from I'm getting told from people that has experienced this that it could possibly be gastritis, peptic ulcer, esophagitis at times my stomach feels inflamed when I drink water. Even when I talk I get short of breath 😟
I force myself to ear but before I do I start to get nauseated but then when I do eat I eat all my food as if I was hungry. Anxiety?? Just wanting to see some of yalls thoughts
A year ago I've gotten blood work, xrays, ultrasounds, barium swallow, stool samples, and a CT scan and all have come back negative for cancer so why can't I trust the results. If it's an ulcer how long does it take to heal and does it give you flu like symptoms when it flares up?

18, female, 5'6, 105 lbs, white, i don't do any drugs, smoke, or use any recreational drugs .
diagnosis : chronic esophagitis, esophageal ulcers, dysphagia, odynophagia, gastric foveolar metaplasia, and acid reflux?
i would appreciate any and all advice from anyone who has any ounce of medical experience or knowledge. i am at a loss and i really need help from anyone. right now, it is hard to find someone who can help me, hence why i am here.
i struggle with difficulty swallowing and feeling like someone is squeezing my esophagus when i swallow. some days it has gotten to a point where i can't swallow water. i've done 2x upper endoscopies and 2 different hospitals in the span of 3 yrs. the first one can back with esophageal damage, prescribed omeprazole, the second one, done last week, came back with a lot of "issues" not a lot of results. i say i have gerd but i wasn't diagnosed. even my doctor said i don't have the "traditional" symptoms. my problem is they found nodules, ulcers, inflamation, whatever, and they are still telling me to take antiacids, the same antiacids which allowed for my condition to worsen! they looked for eoe, they looked for celiac, but apparently nothing! the endoscopy doctor said nothing looked "overly concerning" in my endoscopy, but i am still in pain! like i said, i don't experience "acid reflux" but i get the feeling of tightness in my chest when swallowing, almost like something is stuck. i try to cough or burp but little to no relief..
this isn't that relevant but, i honestly don't have any motivation to eat anymore. it has gotten to be such a painful burden for me. i have lost weight but i see no motivation in eating when it is so difficult for me especially if i don't enjoy the food. i want to enjoy eating without feeling pain. i am willing to post endoscopy images if needed. i just don't know what steps i should take now. follow up with the doctor? ask them for different medicine? i don't know. thank you friends for help.
** all of the diagnosis i put up top were just from my last endoscopy last week**

I keep being passed from dr. to dr. I have had endoscopies, barium swallow, manometry, endoflip. One dr. said I have type II achalasia another said no. My main symptom is buring in my sternum. I do feel water just sits in my esophagus but my main issue is the pain. I take copious amounts of water. No ppi or antacid has ever helped. Living is hard. Not sure what to do or where to get a solution. Any help or advice is appreciated.

18, female, 5'6, 105 lbs, white, i don't do any drugs, smoke, or use any recreational drugs .
diagnosis : chronic esophagitis, esophageal ulcers, dysphagia, odynophagia, gastric foveolar metaplasia, and acid reflux?
i would appreciate any and all advice from anyone who has any ounce of medical experience or knowledge. i am at a loss and i really need help from anyone. right now, it is hard to find someone who can help me, hence why i am here.
i struggle with difficulty swallowing and feeling like someone is squeezing my esophagus when i swallow. some days it has gotten to a point where i can't swallow water. i've done 2x upper endoscopies and 2 different hospitals in the span of 3 yrs. the first one can back with esophageal damage, prescribed omeprazole, the second one, done last week, came back with a lot of "issues" not a lot of results. i say i have gerd but i wasn't diagnosed. even my doctor said i don't have the "traditional" symptoms. my problem is they found nodules, ulcers, inflamation, whatever, and they are still telling me to take antiacids, the same antiacids which allowed for my condition to worsen! they looked for eoe, they looked for celiac, but apparently nothing! the endoscopy doctor said nothing looked "overly concerning" in my endoscopy, but i am still in pain! like i said, i don't experience "acid reflux" but i get the feeling of tightness in my chest when swallowing, almost like something is stuck. i try to cough or burp but little to no relief..
this isn't that relevant but, i honestly don't have any motivation to eat anymore. it has gotten to be such a painful burden for me. i have lost weight but i see no motivation in eating when it is so difficult for me especially if i don't enjoy the food. i want to enjoy eating without feeling pain. i am willing to post endoscopy images if needed. i just don't know what steps i should take now. follow up with the doctor? ask them for different medicine? i don't know. thank you friends for help.
**note: all of the diagnosis i put up top were just from my last endoscopy last week**

44F, 5'7", 173lbs, Caucasian Take Daily: 10mg Adderall (ADHD), 20mg Cymbalta (neuropathy & anxiety) Health conditions: Daily rectal bleeding from internal & external hemorrhoids, anemia, low platelets
Hello - I would like for someone to take a look at my chart to see what you think about my platelets fluctuating and my inability to keep my iron up. I have had hemorrhoids since 1999. I used to see what I would refer to as "typical hemorrhoid bleeding" maybe 5-10 days per year, max, when I wiped after a BM. In October 2022 I started having daily bleeding. I have also had 3 nosebleeds since October. I have anemia that requires iron infusions and my platelets have been out of range 5 out of 8 times they were able to be tested since 2022. I don't understand why my hemorrhoids have started to bleed so excessively. I don't understand why I am having nosebleeds. I don't understand why my platelets are not in range.
Here is my chart of numbers:
https://imgur.com/a/nBmvCm7
TIMELINE:
In 2019 (age 39), I visited a gastroenterologist because I was having some stomach issues and minor rectal bleeding. They did a colonoscopy and took some biopsies this is all that was noted: Removed 4mm polyp from descending colon which was focal colitis & negative for microscopic colitis. Noted a “questionable short segment Barrett’s esophagus”, mild gastritis, negative goblet cell metaplasia. Noted small internal hemorrhoids. Next colonoscopy recommended at age 50.
January 2022 (age 41.5), I had bronchitis and the doctor took labs. An incidental finding on the CBC noted that my platelets were 98K. I was referred to a hematologist. I have attached a spreadsheet which shows what my numbers have done since then. Hematologist diagnosed me with IDA and said not to worry about the platelets. I had one iron infusion in January 2022.
October 2022 (age 42) I started having daily rectal bleeding, with mucus and clots. It was coming mostly from the inside.
January 2023 (age 43) I continued to have a lot of rectal bleeding, but was overwhelmed with medical bills after iron infusions and checkups in 2022. I had one iron infusion in January 2023, but no additional follow ups or labs.
October 2023 (age 43) I had the first nosebleed of my entire life. Totally unprompted, no sinus issues or notable cause.
January 2024 (age 43.5) I was vacuuming and began to have heart palpitations. I thought it was from the Adipex I had been taking since May 2023. I stopped the Adipex and went to see my doctor. He did an EKG (Normal) and took blood at my urging. CBC showed 7.3 hemoglobin. I returned to my hematologist and he gave me 1mg of iron.
March 2024 (age 43.7) I had another 1gm of iron
April 2024 (age 43.8) I had a second colonoscopy. No findings, no biopsies. Noted small internal hemorrhoids and medium external ones. I had two nosebleeds this month as well.
May 2024 (Age 43.9) Visited colorectal surgeon, scheduled hemorrhoidectomy for July.
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I have been told by four doctors that severe bleeding from hemorrhoids is not common. Even still, I am proceeding with the surgery. Since I know a source of the bleeding, I am not too concerned about my hemoglobin, it makes sense. However, I do not understand why my platelets are going out of range? Also, why am I not seeing the high ferritin recovery numbers that others seem to get after they have infusions?
Any insight to this would be so helpful. I just cannot shake the worry that the platelets are something I need to investigate further. Thanks so much!

Hi doctors, and thank you for your time! Apologies, but this is will be a long one!
My mum has been suffering with varying symptoms for nearly 2 years and we are no closer to an answer now than we were then.
Her first symptom was a rash all over her body but predominantly on her legs and torso. Small itchy bumps that she would scratch until she bled.
After that, she began to develop issues with painful swallowing. She says it’s like swallowing razor blades, but the pain is closer to her sternum than her throat. She has had issues with acid reflux, which she takes omeprazole for.
Initially the doctors thought the acid reflux was the cause of the pain, however an endoscopy discovered several ulcer-like lesions all the way down her esophagus. They were biopsied and nothing seemed abnormal.
The next symptom was a continuous cough, and along with this an excess of mucus in her chest and breathlessness. We initially thought this was a separate issue (a virus of some description) but she has now had this particular symptom for several months and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Then she lost her hearing. Her ears leak what we assume is pus constantly. She has had several ENT appointments where they note that her ears are extremely inflamed, however several rounds of both antibiotics, antibiotic drops, antifungal medication and antifungal drops have made no difference. She has had to buy hearing aids just to hear conversations, and she can’t use them for very long because of the constant leaking.
Her last symptom, the most recent, is weight loss. We assume this is down to the pain in her throat, but her stomach has shrunk so much that she is now full very quickly. She has lost over 3 stone in 3 months. This is obviously very concerning, as she is close to being underweight.
She has had EKG’s (all normal) Chest X-rays (all normal) Biopsies on her skin and throat (all normal, ruled out Vasculitis ) Endoscopy (lesions found) Several blood tests (only anomaly was a slightly raised levels of MPO ANCA) Manometry test (slight restriction by the stomach)
She is awaiting a barium study and has been referred to rheumatology but her appointment isn’t until 4th November and she is suffering.
She was also diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosis/Lichen Planus for gynaecological issues but we are unsure whether that’s connected.
Sorry for the extremely long post, and for if I have missed anything out or not explained clearly, I have written this from memory!
Thank you!

To preface this I am a young mom (23) and really struggling. I have had SEVERE health anxiety. It’s debilitating. Ever since I had my daughter almost 3 years ago, it seems as if everything I eat triggers an immune response. My knees get very hot and sometimes break out into a rash on my hands or neck. Only meat and vegetables do not trigger this response. Grains are not my friend. I do have the celiac gene and was only tested for celiac with a blood test in Feb. 2023. The blood test did show I was negative for celiac but high transglutaminase and low IgA. I went gluten-free and all of my issues went away. However, August of 2023 I started eating gluten again regularly(yes, I know I am stupid and I deeply regret it.)
However, at the end of October of 2023. I ate a breakfast croissant and a blended coffee that was so sugary I had to pour it down the sink. This meal triggered a weekend of feeling like I was getting the flu. That Monday I endured intense stomach burning, acid reflux, and abdominal pain, as well as feeling feverish. After a week I went to the doctor and she said it was functional dyspepsia. She prescribed Pepcid and said to take it for two weeks and it will go away. I took it once and it went away immediately (I never finished the two weeks of taking it) I was relieved and felt like I could live again.
Everything changed a week before Christmas 2023. I was drinking energy drinks on an empty stomach and eating as one would during the holidays. While experiencing the stress of moving as well. The biggest flare I have had to date started. I was so miserable I couldn’t stomach anything. I quit caffeine cold turkey. I ate boiled chicken and zucchini ONLY. For a week and a half and it went way. I gagged all day long and the stomach and esophagus burning along with what felt like a 30 pound kettle bell sitting on my chest went away.
I experienced no symptoms most of January until around the 26th the stomach burning returned. And ever since this date I’ve had burning everyday. I visited my doctor again in March and she said to adhere to a gluten free diet and start Pepcid again. I have been gluten free for 2 months and the burning in my stomach seems to have gone away but now it feels like ONLY my ribs burn. If that makes sense. I’m so scared for my yearly physical and what my blood work might show. I just want to live again. I’m trying to have hope. It’s hard knowing how to navigate this with no endoscopy. I just don’t know what to do anymore.
(I really just needed to rant)

In this post i will be giving some insights in my own costo journey, giving some tips and tricks and things i figured out and things i didn't. Please beware that costo can be different for everyone and that some of the things i will share might not be for you. English is not my main language so please ignore any incorrect grammar.
My costo started at the end of 2021, it started with minor stabs in my chest and it would go away after sometime but always come back. At this time i did not know what costo was and just ignored it as i knew it would go away probably. As the time went on the pain got worse and worse and i developed (heart) anxiety due to the chest pains. In March 2023 i had a full heart check (EKG, heart-echo, cycling stress test, blood test) and everything came back normal. At this time i still did not know what costo was and for some reason the pain wen't away from April 2023 until September 2023. At that time i wen't to the doctor and she diagnosed me with Costo, i started reading things about it online and got completely stressed out from the things i was reading... 'mysterious inflamation' 'no known cause' 'not fixable, should resolve on its own' etc etc.
I then found the subreddit, Steve August, the Backpod and it all maked sense. I was relieved, i learned the cause (for my case) and know knew how to fix it and what was going on. I am 23 years old at the time of writing and i have been gaming since i was 10 years old. ALWAYS HUNCHING WHILE DOING SO! I have been having a bad posture for over 10 years and learned that that was the cause. I knew my posture wasn't good but i didn't care. Until my body couldn't stand it anymore and thats why the costo came.
So, why did the pain go away for the whole summer of 2023? I don't know for sure, but at that time i was working out 4x a week in the gym and cycling 2 times a week. I also stopped working in construction for the whole summer. When i stopped going to the gym (Yep, sometimes you lose that motivation) I learned that the costo slowly came back. (Still hunching).
The last couple of months i have been doing construction work for 2 days a week. I noticed that the symptoms over time got worse from doing this. Everytime when we finish the day the pain comes back and slowly resolved in the next coming days until we get back to work again.
So, lets wrap things up, what works, and what doesn't?
What works (in my case) - Backpod, i use it once a day for 10 minutes before going to sleep. I will probably start doing it 2 times a day. - Sleeping on Back, difficult for sure but it does help! - Going to the gym, very low weights! Focus on stretching not muscle building! Avoid heavy chest excersises. - Stretches everyday! (The stretches Steve demonstrated in his costo video part 2) - Stop bending over and lifting (heavy) things up. I was pain free for 2 weeks last week until i did some heavy shoveling work. The next day was hell. - Stop hunching when you can, you need to free up the tight rib joints around the back first. - Massaging the pecs. - Regular hot baths.
What doesn't work (in my case) - Voltaren - NSAIDS - Crying on reddit and not giving the things meantioned above a chance. No but seriously, put in the work, get a backpod, go out there and fix yourself. Trial and error. You will find out what works for you and what doesn't. We are all here to guide you in this great supportive subreddit!
Things i've encountered/Things i figured out & things i didn't - Pain on the side of my rib cage, coming from under my armpit into halfway my chest. I know it's probably muscle related and not in the ribs itself, sometimes when i lift something up it shoots right in there. I noticed that pec stretches and doing light chest excersises in the gym help. Anyone else experience this?
- Sometimes gas(?) can trigger my costo. I fee lthe pain, i hear my stomach OR esophagus making sounds and the pain fades away quickly. (I have been checked for H. Pylori and had a gastroscopy so it is not a stomach related thing) How can gas trigger costo? I haven't figured this one out.
- Pain in the pecs. Probably muscle related. I think Steve once said that the muscles can shorten and get tight/scarred when being hunched over for so long and that when using the backpod, freeing things up and getting back into a good posture things can start to pull and hurt. I noticed going to the gym and doing stretches helps for these aswell.
- Sometimes when the costo is really bad, like the day it was after shoveling, i get a very dull ache shooting pain exactly where my heart is. It freaks me out completely but when i push down on that exact spot on the left side of the sternum i can fully recreate the pain. It is very reassuring and you know right away that it is costo. You can't touch your heart, it is way deeper.
- Don't start using the backpod without any pillows used. The first time i used the backpod, this Februari, i used it without any additional cushioning and pillows. The next day i had severe chest pain, back pain and a burning sensation in my sternum. I stopped using it until 4 weeks ago scared of getting the same thing again. Luckily i know used pillows and everything wen't okay!
- When i first started fixing my posture it gave me a burning sensation in my chest near my sternum. When i hunched the pain wen't away. I asked about this on the subreddit and it seems that now that you're getting a good posture again everything at the front will start pulling etc and therefore causing the pain/burning. This lasted for 1,5 week, massaging helped. Voltaren didn't. I figured it's a weird sign that lets you know you're improving!
- Don't think that you're fixed when your pain free. Even though the pain is gone, the inflammation can still be there and it only requires 1 wrong choice for it all to come back. Healing takes a lot of time!
I hope to have informed some of you with my personal insights, any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading through!
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Hey everyone, this sub helped me so much with figuring out about this condition and eventually helping me find a doctor that would give me the botox treatment, so I wanted to give a full detailed account of my experience to help anyone else in the beginning of their journey!
So for some context I am 21F and for as long as I can recall, I’ve never burped. My parents tell me I had no issues burping as a baby, so somewhere in my early life I lost the ability to burp. I can remember having symptoms for many years now, but it’s only been in the last few years of me starting college and getting into my intended career field when this condition started to really affect my life negatively. My biggest symptoms were the gurgling frog noises, painful bloating, and painful hiccups.
I found out about this condition probably a year or two ago, and then finally after one particularly embarrassing experience with the gurgling noises I finally decided to try and start the process of getting the botox procedure. For more context I’m located in the state of Georgia and have Kaiser Health insurance.
So in December 2023 I saw a Primary Care Doctor in order to get a referral to an ENT. Thanks to this subreddit I knew how important it was that I saw an ENT and didn't get referred to a GI doctor. During this appointment I initially didn’t bring up RCPD because I had a feeling my doctor wouldn’t take a self diagnosis seriously. However after discussing my symptoms, (which she had a hilariously confused face when I explained my symptoms and exclaimed “Wow I’ve never had someone come to me with this issue before!”) she said she felt like it was likely a GI issue. So after hearing this I decided to bring up that I had done some online research, which she actually was incredibly receptive to and even encouraged me to share what I had found. I explained to her RCPD and watched her google the condition right in front of me, and after reading some webpages she was in agreement that this is likely what I had, and changed my referral to ENT!
On January 9th 2024 I had my ENT appointment, which was pretty straightforward. My Primary Care Doctor wrote in my referral about RCPD, so the ENT’s I met with had researched the condition before my appointment. They performed an endoscopy on me to make sure I didn’t have any other issues that could be causing my symptoms, but everything came back clean. Since they found no other issues that could be causing my symptoms, they were in agreement that I likely had RCPD. However the Kaiser ENT told me that they don’t perform the Botox procedure through their system of healthcare hospitals/offices, so they’d be writing me a referral to Dr. Andrew Tkaczuk at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Even though I already knew about Dr. Tkaczuk through this subreddit, I’m glad I went through these 2 appointments with Kaiser first because it made the process of getting the botox procedure covered by Kaiser Insurance basically automatic.
On February 21st 2024 I had my first appointment at Emory with Dr. Tkaczuk. Once again this was pretty straightforward. I got another endoscopy which once again came back clean. He made sure I didn’t have any issues with acid reflux or heartburn, because in his experience the botox procedure can make those conditions worse. He also let me know that he’s performed this procedure over a hundred times now and never had any complications. I think he mentioned only having to redose maybe 3 patients when their first dose didn’t work. He did warn me that he mostly uses the botox procedure as a cure to bloating issues, as typically most of his patients don't go on to be world class belchers, but instead can burp just enough to relieve their symptoms of bloating and gas build up in the body. After going through all of the risks and potential side effects, I got the greenlight to get the botox procedure.
On April 12th 2024 I got my Botox procedure, and everything was incredibly easy! I showed up to Emory Hospital at 1pm and got taken back to pre-op by 1:30ish. I was not intubated since I am young and the procedure would only take around 30 minutes max, and they made sure to protect my teeth to prevent any damage that the instruments could cause. I underwent general anesthesia (Dr. Tkaczuk explained that he’s more comfortable doing the procedure under GA since the injection site is so close to vocal cords and other things that could be easily damaged if done under local) and was injected with 50 units of botox. I woke up and went home after the procedure with only a very minor sore throat. Dr. Tkaczuk warned me that I might not have any relief of my symptoms until 2 days after the procedure when the botox would likely begin to take effect. For the rest of my procedure day (Day 0) I only had a minor sore throat that eventually had gone away by bedtime.
Day 1 Post Botox Procedure I woke up and immediately drank some Sprite and Dr. Pepper, and luckily had no issues with any slow swallowing. I wasn’t getting my hopes up that I’d have any micro burps since I wasn’t 2 days post-op yet, but turns out I had nothing to worry about! Only a few hours after waking up I had my first micro-burp during a sneeze, and it only got more prevalent throughout the day. I naturally am a bit of a Dr. Pepper addict, so I was consuming fizzy drinks all day. The Dr. Pepper and Sprite gave me some occasional micro-burps, but eventually I drank a fizzy drink called “Guarana Antarctica” (A Brazilian soda similar tasting to Sprite which can be found at Brazilian grocery stores or Publix!) and that drink caused my burps to increase like crazy, so if you’re looking for a drink to induce your burps maybe try that! By night time I was practically micro-burping after every sip of a drink and even let out some quite large and quite nasty tasting burps. I also had at least 3 burps where I could feel acid come up through my nose a bit, which was definitely unpleasant but weirdly nice to experience because it told me that the procedure did its job! However all these burps were 100% uncontrollable. I did find that it was easier to get them out by turning my head to the side, but some just naturally came out while I was talking and I had no control to hold it back (I accidentally burped right in my aunt's face while talking to her!).
Day 3 Post Botox Procedure I started to get some very minor slow swallow side effects. I only experienced it when eating certain foods and luckily not with liquids. It didn’t really make it much harder to eat, I just had to wash down my bites with a drink every so often to make sure food didn’t get stuck in my throat. But otherwise my micro-burps continued as normal, but still were quite involuntary and I still didn’t have much control over them.
2 Weeks Post Botox Procedure not much has changed. I can still burp quite frequently, some sounding like loud real burps but most are just small releases of air. My slow swallow has pretty much gone away, sometimes I still need to chase some large bites of food down with liquid but it's not as bad as it was in the beginning. One thing I’ve noticed that is kind of annoying is I cant drink anything if I’m not sitting up completely straight, and if I lay down too quickly after sipping something the liquid will come right back up! I assume that my esophagus is just kind of always a little open right now which is causing this. The other day I did have what I’d consider a “burp attack” after drinking some Chick Fil A sweet tea. I was in class and literally could not stop burping, which was great for practice but none of these burps offered any release. I’d let out a burp but still feel like there was air trapped in my chest. This only ended after I stopped drinking the tea and drank some soda instead, overall it was pretty weird and so I’m curious if anyone else has experienced something similar. But so far I haven't noticed any painful bloating which has been great! I’ve explained the condition and procedure to all my friends, so whenever I’m hanging out with them they all encourage me with my burps which has been quite funny.
3 Weeks Post Botox Procedure my slow swallow symptoms are completely gone, and I’m experiencing full and natural burps when appropriate instead of small micro burps constantly through the day. I’m pretty sure I’ve learned how to burp at this point, but its hard to say until the botox really wears off. However I recently started experiencing a new and unpleasant side effect, which is throwing up a little bit in my mouth when I bend down too quickly. It’s only happened twice so far, but its very unpleasant, but I’m not super concerned since it’s likely just due to the muscle still being always slightly open. Another side effect is very jarring and painful burps that go up my nose after drinking soda. It’s really hard to describe but I’m sure anyone who has experienced it knows what I’m talking about. I’ve asked my non-RCPD family members if this is a normal thing and they all say that a burp like that happens very rarely, so I’m thinking it’ll go away soon.
5 Weeks Post Botox Procedure and all of my previous side effects have gone away! My burps are natural and happening at normal times still with the occasional burp when I sneeze. No more acid burps with soda, no more minor throwing up in my mouth when bending down. I was supposed to have a follow up appointment with Dr. T this week, but due to some scheduling conflicts I had to cancel it. However I’m pretty sure he would have given me a clean bill of health, and at least in my opinion I can pretty confidently say I’ve been cured of RCP-D! I’m pretty sure it’ll be another month or two before the botox fully wears off, so if something major changes I’ll update this post. But I think at this point it’s safe to say all of my side effects are gone, and my body has stabilized to its new normal!
Overall I am incredibly grateful for how easy this process was for me. I’m so thankful that I never dealt with any doctors not believing in my symptoms or the condition itself, and the fact that the botox kicked in so quickly and I had minimal side effects! Thanks for reading if you made it all the way down here, I hope this helps someone with their experience!

Been taking priolsec for about 5 weeks now it's helped a lot with some of my symptoms but not all still can't eat solid food for 7 weeks now bad globus sensation swallowing still feels weird also chest discomfort and pain I was diagnosed with bile reflux gastritis and mild non erosive esphagatis and I read nexium heals the esophagus better then priolsec have a follow up with my GI doc next week should I switch to nexium? If anyone has any experience or advice with this it would be helpful

For anyone who has dealt with globus as a symptom of your EoE, I would really like to hear about your experience.
Here's some background on my situation: in 2015 I had a globus sensation - it was my only symptom. It felt like something was stuck in my esophagus and the sensation was right at my sternal notch. Gastroenterologist did a scope and diagnosed me with EoE with a possibility of mild GERD and prescribed 20mg pantoprazole twice a day. 2 months later my scope was completely clear and I was symptom free. I switched to OTC Omeprazole a couple of years ago and then got lazy with it and the globus returned 2 months ago, along with a little dysphagia (food is moving slowly - not getting stuck). Gastroenterologist didn't scope because he's assuming a relapse so he prescribed 40mg Omeprazole twice a day for 8 weeks and then he'll scope to see how it looks.
The globus is driving me crazy. I've learned how much the gastrointestinal system is connected to the nervous system because I have anxiety that I never had before and the globus is CONSTANTLY on my mind, which creates a vicious loop. It has improved, so that's encouraging. The sensation isn't as intense and it now feels more like soreness in the area instead of something stuck. But it's still a struggle.
So here are my questions:
What causes globus? Is it purely psychological, like when you get a lump in your throat if you get really nervous about something? Is it a direct reaction to inflammation or narrowing/strictures?
Are there any spot treatments that can help alleviate the sensation?
What does the sensation feel like to you?
Where are you having the sensation?
Did your globus stick around after other things returned to normal (eosinophils below 15, esophagus back to normal diameter, etc.)?
Any other info that might help me relax?

I've been having health problems for around a month and I just feel extremely overwhelmed. It feels like my entire body is turning against me.
I've had headaches (tension & pressure types) for a while now, so I've been taking ibuprofen (I suspect it's a sinus infection, I'm getting a CT scan done tomorrow). I believe that the ibuprofen has messed up my stomach, because I had 3 instances of acid reflux in a single month. I'm currently having one of them now.
I made the mistake of eating meat before going to bed. It started out as mild chest pain and a sense of shortness of breath, like I couldn't fully breathe in. Then it started burning in my lower chest area. The next day, my throat was sore and I also had pain in my ear when swallowing. I've also been burping constantly, excessively. Sometimes I even burp up to 20 times in a single minute. It feels like there's a huge air bubble in my chest that I can't get out no matter how much I burp. Sometimes I even get heart palpitations, it feels like my heart is beating too fast and it's about to pop out of my chest.
I don't know if I have GERD, I plan on testing for helicobacter pylori. But I don't think I can ask my mom to go to yet ANOTHER doctor.
I've been to an eye doctor, ear-mouth-ears doctor and will be going to a neurologist soon. All in a single month. I feel like I'm crazy. My mom wouldn't react well if I told her I also wanted to get my heart & digestive tract checked.
My eyes also feel irritated & itchy and hurt sometimes, I don't know if that's just the pain from the headaches though.
I'm just tired. These symptoms feel very unrelated to eachother and I don't know how to address them anymore.
I feel physically & emotionally exhausted. I don't know if the chest pain is from muscle soreness or the esophagus still healing or something else.

I am in a pretty bad condition since i had a severe throat infection (probably covid) in august 2022.
I had severe productive cough for weeks , and after it finally got better, I constantly cough in the morning and have globus sensation and pain in my throat throughout the whole day.
Since then visited several doctors, had 3 endoscopies, pH Testing, and several more tests.
They saw some inflammations in my lower esophagus and 1 doctor saw that my sphincter isnt closing properly.
My ph Testing came back normal.
They put me on PPI for 3 months but all i got was stomach cramps, and it didnt help at all.
After half a year of pain i read some studies that pregabaline and xanax helps to reduce the nerve pain so i considered it worth a try especially since all the doctors didnt know anything else to try apart from PPI.
Surprisingly my symptoms got better on 3x150mg pregabaline and 3x0.5mg alprazolame daily so i stayed on them.
What also generally seemed to help is drinking less generally (went from 2 L of water a day to maybe 1 L) and also eating less and only 3 times per day.
Eating less and less is hard though bc i am already only 70kg on 6’1ft.
Unfortunately i always have a lot of ups and downs with my symptoms.
Sometimes i am good for weeks, even months - longest period without severe symptoms was around 4 months at the beginning of this year.
But the last 4 weeks have been horrible again.
Waking up with severe throat pain, coughing in the morning, then feeling the throat pain throughout the day.
I was also thinking it might have something to do with me using my voice too much. I used to work in a remote sales job and i had 3-4 hours of zoom meetings a day with me mostly talking.
But i switched my job and now it is maybe 1 hour of talking per day, sometimes less.
However i dont really feel better.
I know im hooked on the benzos and pregabaline but since they help atleast sometimes i dont wanna wean off of them and also i am not abusing them for getting high. I see them purely as medicine and dont take more than what im taking everyday.
I just feel hopeless because i always have these phases where i feel really bad.
Past 4 weeks have been horrible.
I dont even know what is causing those flare ups since i dont change my lifestyle.
Only issue i could think of is maybe mental stress.
I havent held a special diet - i lived very healthy all my life. No smoking, barely any processed food.
Mostly plain natural foods (rice, beans, beef, chicken, eggs, butter, green vegetables).
The worst part about it is that i feel like i cant even enjoy social activities when i have the flareups. I just feel like sleeping all day. Since talking a lot also seems to make it worse.
Anyone can relate?
Btw i find it interesting that barely anyone talks about the positive effects of pregabaline and lowdose benzos.
Without them i dont know where i would be today. They have brought me weeks and months witth barely any symptoms.
I think as long as there is no effective medicine against LPR yet, doctors should focus on pain reduction.
Benzos and pregabaline work 6/10, sometimes well sometimes not at all.
I wonder if opiates would do a better job but i am worried about a possible opiate addiction. I would definitely need any success stories before starting with them. Also considering the side effects.

I have gotten by far 3 grand mal seizure that started first a year ago then September and then October and only one Nocturnal. Today in the morning it felt like I was having a “esophagus cramp” like the feeling that from my heart up vibrates like if you have a plastic bottle filled with liquid and hit it at a corner were the bottle start to vibrate which is exactly how my body feels like, I can’t really talk and I have to flop my arms and hands like a idiot struggling to make me awake and sometimes have to do weird noises were it almost also feel like that my body is trying to avoid any oxygen to make me pass out and flop like a fish. And I would rate this like 8,5/10 since it is really scary were I have to constantly punch away my epileptic demon inside my brain because I know then that could be at anytime were the whole floppy fish show begins (TC Grand Mal Seizure)
I know that this happens every time before all of my grand mal TC were I do bunch of floppy moves and bunch of metallic scream. But I wonder what seizure could it possibly be? Because I sometimes have the same thing but only in like 10 second or less were it isn’t really that extreme were I can talk and get air but the only thing that’s happens is the vibration feeling and the esophagus thing but minor like a scale 4-6/10 were I have to move my arms/hands and sometimes have to hum a little bit while the other it feels like I have to fight for my life or else it is game over.
So I would appreciate if you have a similar feeling and what seizure it is so summary I’ll write my symptoms on the “light” which a get quite often (almost every day) if it even is a seizure overall. And then the life or death one.
Light one: A little bit dizzy/a weak vibrating feeling from my upper torso up til the head. Can hear what people say but don’t understand what they mean. During while they talk I also do hear the same person while they’re talking say a bunch of random words (which they don’t say in the non epileptic world I am in). Can’t literally not read at all for about a minuet or so like I literally CANNOT read a single word I see.
This happens for like 10sec or even some times a millisecond when it almost feels like a hiccup of all that above but I “recover” easily and fast like 3-5sec
The extreme one:
I get the same dizziness that quickly change into the vibration I get (like the same vibrating feeling when you hit that specific spot of your knee were it vibrates and hurt like hell but without the pain). Then the esophagus comes in but it gets stronger and it feels like my throat are closing together. (During that time I can quickly do something to alert my surrounding that the bomb can explode at anytime) I cannot speak at that time so I have to sign by either making noise like: “ehm” etc or use my hands. When the surrounding is close to me as possible I have to make the weird noises(sometimes) and try to focus on my breath and try to be as alert as possible and stay awake. At that time is the post struggling part since I ca loose the fight at any point
This takes about 30-1 minute I think since I’m not aware about time nor words at all. Were I try to block out all noises I can hear to concentrate to breath and try to stay awake
So basically the light one feels like a downfall from a roller coaster while the “big” one feels like you’re jumping from a cliff as high as mt Everest and hope that you chose the right para shoot and not the unusable one.
Would be glad to hear if you have any thoughts on what type of seizure I experience/have. I think maybe focal but I’m not quite sure since I haven’t heard from anyone here on how they are experiencing their seizure and how they know it is “that” type of seizure they have. It would really calm me down if somebody do know most likely on what type of seizure I experience/have experienced.
And could you guys give some tips on what to do during those day to make my brain rest (since sleeping can be hard sometimes). It could be something that you do to relax that also can help me. I hade these huge ones two times today, during the morning and one a few minutes before bed. Give some tips. Stay safe and take care everybody<3

PCSing in 7 months OCONUS. Doctor said I had an infection on my esophagus and gave me meds to take for a month (I don’t have any symptoms and don’t feel any pain or anything). Don’t have any medical history other than this. I’m OCONUS already so the off base wasn’t really specific in anything, just said an infection. Am I looking at my medical clearance being denied?

Hello. I developed GERD/ Barrett’s esophagus 2 years after having the gastric sleeve. My doctor put me on PPIS and says I will need to take them for the rest of my life. My worry is the worsening of Barrett’s due to GERD. My surgeon says the gastric bypass will eliminate my GERD and possibly reverse my Barrett’s. Has anyone got the bypass for GERD? And if so. Are you able to eat someone normal a year out? Hamburger perhaps? I don’t any bypass patients so I’m curious or your diet 2 years out of surgery. Can you have a beer? A burger? Just curious. My surgeon wants an answer by this week if I want to do the bypass. I live alone and very nervous. Definitely don’t want Barrett’s to progress to cancer. I appreciate any feed back. Thank you

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