Mayo Clinic told me years ago I have IBS and Visceral Hypersensitivity. That when my stomach contains food, the vagus nerve sends pain signals up into my chest when I exert. I try hard to walk in the morning before eating or drinking and it helps except on inclines. Still it's better though. I see my cardiologist in two days and am trying to decide what questions to ask and would love to know if any of you have this problem. I have venous insufficiency as did my mother in lower legs so I'm trying hard to keep moving to keep blood flowing. My little vein valves struggle to send blood back up the legs. I know. Compression socks and put feet up. I'm on xaralto again since i turned 65 this month. After ablation for Afib and Aflutter in 2020 I was permitted to leave it off till the magic 65th year. Anybody else have these symptoms? Hr gets up to 95 or 100 then pain begins until I stop walking.
Chest hurts when walking after even s... - Atrial Fibrillati...
Chest hurts when walking after even small amount of food or drink
First time I heard of this and thanks for sharing., I also have been getting some chest pains with various diagnosis, including angina, GERD an esophagus spasms. So I'll add visceral hypersensitivity to my list of things to investigate. Can I ask who made the diagnosis at Mayo? Have you tried any medication, because a quick trip to Dr. Google shows a long list of possible treatments, including low dose tricyclic anti depressives. Not on the list is the off use a fib drug Diltiazem, but it is a drug that has given me some relief in my situation.
I'm not sure how familiar people are with this, but you may get more responses at the third form at some of the other Gastro forums.
Jim
I used to use Bentyl with some good results. Not perfect but a little. Gonna talk to my cardio about trying it again. I saw an internist at Mayo in Minn. back in 2011. Likely retired by now. He was head of my case with a cardio neuro and gastric doc in my group putting heads together. I accomplished more in two weeks going and staying in a hotel there than I had in the previous 10 years, trying to find answers.
If you react to the small quantities of food taken in, it might be hiatus hernia. While eating, you fill the part of the stomach located in chest cavity first, it gets full very quickly and exerts the pressure on the heart, lungs, esophagus... Just as possibility.
My wife has the same - sliding hiatus hernia that can sometimes cause her chest pains and bring on ectopics or afib.
My GI doctor told me I had a sliding hiatus hernia. It bothers me eating especially if I don’t drink a lot of liquid. I also get A Fib after eating especially sweet foods seem to really cause problems. My AFib doesn’t last too long though. If heart rate gets to high, dunking my face in ice water several times seem to put me back in sinus rhythm. Sweets are my favorite thing to eat too, I only weigh 102 pounds and I am very old lol.
oh my gosh, I feel so ridiculous. I do have a hernia when I was first diagnosed with all this to decades ago, I had a slight hernia, but it’s much larger now. Thank you for giving me something else to chew on. A different direction.
I think you're correct. Makes sense that the hernia is my issue. Thanks
I had a late diagnosed DVT in my leg, which made the valves incompetent and was warned ulcers were likely to develop; that was 20+ years ago, when 50yo.
Initially I had to wear compression stockings but religiously walking briskly (must be brisk, I use Nordic Poles as am without a sluggish walker) for a mile before breakfast every morning and mid-afternoon and raising my legs when ever I can including when heated in the bath ever since and now no problem, no stockings 😁.
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