Question by rhodecol: Has anyone had a hiatal hernia? If so could you please answer a few questions?
I was wonder how severe your symptoms got and if you needed surgery to correct the problem.
I have had right sided stomach pain that has gotten progressively worse over the last two years. Now I even have shortness of breath to go along with the chest pains, heartburn and the belly pain that sometimes shoots right through to my back.
I have had all sorts of tests done; CT scan, hida scan, endoscopy, upper GI, ultra sound, stress test, cardiac catherazation, and I’m sure I am still forgetting a few.
So far all that has been found is a kidney that is not working, an enlarged kidney, (both of which the dr. thinks came from all the urine infections I had as a child), an enlarged liver, severe acid reflux and a hiatal hernia.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Dio, do you do that sitting up or lying down? And it is for sure on your left side and not the right? Or would it be on both sides at the same time?
I’m willing to try anything at the moment.
Thanks.
Jo, I have been taking Nexium and Reglan (metoclopram) for months now and my belly still seems to have gotten worse, I also was told to take Gaviscon and I tend to drink that like water when the pain is really bad.
I do not drink any caffine and only smoke once in a while.
I have been sleeping at an angle for a long time now. In fact, I now sleep by myself on an inflateble bed in the living room since my husband doesn’t like laying on the angle I jack my bed to.
Thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by Dio
Oh wow you sounds like you’ve been through a lot! On occasion, my stomach sticks up through the floor of my diaphragm and I have heartburn, back and chest pain from it. My chiropractor showed me how to pull it back down. I just dig my fingers in under my ribs on the left side, so they are sitting on top of my stomach, then I cough hard and push down hard at the same time. It always works. I do it standing up, and yes just on the left because that is where you stomach is located in your body. It is uncomfortable to do to yourself -but if you gotta, you gotta- , you can also get someone else to do it for you while you lie on your back.
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