Quote from payton:

hi, i have recently started haveing somne general GI issues(GERD,excess gas,malabsortion issues). and the gas sometines os so bad that is sems to back up into my chest, it feels as though it is pushing on my heart and if i belch the presure will cease untilo it builds back up and i have to try to belch the gas out of that cavity. is this a problem that anyone has ever heard of. thanks.

Hi Payton,
Boy...I thought i was the only one that had this.
It's a weird feeling...it's subltely starts to build up around the middle part of my chest, then moves upward to my throat...when this is happening, i can't hardly breathe in. I thought i was having a heart attack. So i get up and try to walk around and belch a few times, and then it goes away after awhile...sometimes the pressure even goes around my back shoulder blades too. I finally went to the doctor, and they're trying me on "RANITIDINE" 150MG twice a day...it's an acid reflux drug. So far it seems to be working. Good luck to you in identifing what that pressure is. It's an AWFUL feeling.
Nancy~
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