I occasionally have very sharp and painful sensations in my upper back. behind my shoulder blades and sometimes under my arms(inside my ribs) It seems to get better when I am able to pass gas or tahe Mallox.
I have searched for this symptom related to any kind of digestive problem and cant find it.
Can someone tell me what this might be?
Unfortunately I don't have an answer....I'm also looking for one. I have a sharp pain in my upper back left side when I take a deep breath and it seems like some sort of gas trapped and I feel better when I burp. I take tums. It sounds similar to you. I can't find what it is. Good luck to you.
I too have these same symptoms that just started in Oct, after I had my baby. I get pains in the upper middle part of my back and which it's sometimes very hard for me to breath. I've noticed that if I humm I can get it to go away a lot quicker (within 5 minutes). I plan on going to the doctor about this within the next week so hopefully I'll know atleast SOMETHING...
I have the same problem but dr act like i'm crazy. I know the pains i feel are gas pain but not just in thedigestive system
I also experience the same symptoms of severe pain between shoulder blades and I was diagnosed with acid reflux disease. The attacks will last roughly an hour with the pain coming about every 10 minutes or so. Sometimes it can be unbearable.
I too experience gas pains in my back - mostly mid center and around my ribs- I can feel the gas creaking away but it does not go anywhere- I have tried gasx it makes
me burp but the pain is still there it can last the entire day sometimes- then disappear as quickly as it came - I have IBS- and some other problems but I rarely get heart burn- My gall bladder tests in the past have been negative but i wonder now if something is up- I know this is not indigestion since there are no pains towards the front of my body only back and ribs
Hey,I think it's great,since I've tried everything else. when I was younger my Mom
would give me a teaspoon of baking soda in about a 1/4 of a glass of warm water but this time nothing is working.Surprise to hear about so many others with same.
Will let you know if it works.
Hey,I think it's great,since I've tried everything else. when I was younger my Mom
would give me a teaspoon of baking soda in about a 1/4 of a glass of warm water but this time nothing is working.Surprise to hear about so many others with same.
Will let you know if it works.
i have pain in my upper back under my left shoulder blade, and i also feel it in my chest, it feels like gas, but it hurts.can you help me?
I think we are all taking too much fiber. I had that same problem with the back pain I took Metamucil every day, because it helped me with hemorrhoids. Then I found this website and it changed my life http://fibermenace.com/ . Please check it out. It all makes perfect sense...
Thank you for sharing this website. I have shared it with family and friends. I have irritable bowel syndrome and it can be very painful and life disrupting. I believed that fiber was the answer to every ailment. Now I know better!
This makes perfect sense. I had to give up the fiber supplements because they caused me too much discomfort.
Cheryl W. RN
I also get gas pains near my shoulder blades. When I inhale it hurts. I think my gas is caused from Equal and Splenda, so if any of you use these products, that might be the reason.
I have been getting a pain in the middle of my back, between my shoulder blades, and at the same time in my chest. I will all of a sudden pass gas so loud the neighbors are probably waking up wondering what the heck that noise was, they are so loud and long. Once I have passed this gas, the pain goes away, till it builds up again, causing my back and chest to hurt again, and another big blast comes to relieve it. Never had this before. Thought I was having a heart attack the first time, till I passed the gas so big and pain went away. Wondering if something is wrong. I have been sick to my stomach the past 24 hours also. Don't know if this is gas related thou. Has anyone else experienced my symptoms before. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Hi there. Have you ever found out what was (is, I hope no longer) causing your pain near your shoulder blades??? If so, was it gas? As I suspect what may be causing mine?
I have had these pains for years on and off and now it is pretty constant although the intensity varies....I had my gallbladder removed last year and had a gastric emptying test which showed gastroparesis ----I am on Protonix, Zantac,erythromycin and carafate but I still have the pain---It was accompanied by nausea for months but now the nausea is better----I have had so many tests but nothing else shows up
I woke up this morning and felt like I had a nice jabbed into my back - btwn spine and right shoulder blade. I too thought I was having a heart attack. The pain is at its worse when I take a full deep breath in. At first I thought I pulled a muscle, so I took a muscle relaxer and advil. Then I started thinking I had pneumonia. Then I started burping a lot. Took some gas x and I'm burping more but no relief from pain. When I turn my upper body to the right or if I turn my head to look over right shoulder it hurts almost as bad as when I take a deep breath - this makes me think it's muscle vs. gas. Could gas pain really hurt this bad?
I have been having a co relation between pain between my shoulder blades and very gassy stomach. The pain always comes first and then the gas which made me think that the back pain was causing the upset stomach and not the other way around. Also the pain usually came at night and not after eating. It has been so bad that a couple of times it actually made me physically sick. So I have been looking around for information and found this information on a chiropractic site. "The T6 vertabrae is is directly between the shoulder blades. If the pain fibre of T6 is pinched you will have mid back pain or burning. The autonomic fiber of T6 controls the blood flow to the stomach and controls the release of stomach acid. If the stomach acid fiber is pinched you can have acid reflux or heartburn as there will be an incorrect amount of stomach acid released when the stomach is digesting food." This is paraphrased from Petterson Chiropractic Clinic website.
I don't believe in self diagnosis except as a guideline so I will be making an appointment with a chiropractor this week and following up with my doctor. I am also watching out that I am not doing anything physical that could strain that part of my back.
Hope this helps.
I get the exact same thing. The pain gets so bad I want to call 911 but I know its just gas. Sometimes it last for a few hours. I have tried everything. I had the scope down my throat. The GI told me to take Beano before every meal and cut down on foods that give you gas. I boght some fiber gummies at Costco and had been taking them for a week and half. The day I missed I got the masive pain. I took the gummies and it was gone in 5 minutes. I suggest you try this. I wish I could tell everyone suffering from this issue. Good luck.
Since it's been three years since you all posted your questions, I hope you have found an answer and can share it with me because this is exactly what I'm experiencing -- pain when I move/breathe in at my left shoulder blade. Help, please!!
I have been cured. After more than 10 years of all these back pains, right upper arm pain, frozen shoulder, they have finally 95% disappeared after a month being on Pepcid 1 tablet before sleep, and 1 capsule of Gas X after dinner. So these meds are before bedtime. My pains always came and worst after waking up in the mornings. Instead of gas escaping into my other body areas and cause those pains, now escapes the normal route and I feel so much better. I wanted to share it with you all, if you wanted to try.. These meds are over the counter (though my Pepcid was prescribed). It took a months time, but its all worth it. Good Luck. :)
In March 2010, it felt like all of my insides went hard and stale, and the feeling went up into my left side of my throat and into my left ear. Through taking A LOT of malox over the weekend, I finally began to feel better. Since then, I occassionally had an attack that would wake me up at night. These attacks would start in my middle upper back and wrap around both sides. The pain was so dull it made it unbearable. It didn't hurt to breathe, but it was uncomfortable to do. There was no position I could find to get relief. I've always suffered from constipation, so I thought it was just gas buildup that I couldn't pass. I began to take some herbal supplements that increased bile production- seemed to help. When the attacks happened, I'd get up, take my herbs, and be back to sleep with 10 minutes. In Oct. 2010, my normal routine just wouldn't work on me. It lasted for hours, and so I went to the ER. The dr. thought it was endometreoisis, and told me to make an appt with my gyno, but if I began to throw up, come back. Guess what? The very next night, I began to throw up. I went back to the ER, saw a different dr. I told them how I thought it was gas buildup, and they said gas doesn't travel from the back to the front- it travels opposite. They found that I had a gallstone, and took out my gallbladder, though they weren't for sure if my pain was related to my gallbladder. Sure enough, I had another attack this morning (they are going from happening only at night to happening anytime). I can't figure out what it is. Like everyone else, it is made better with passing gas (which I can't seem to do!) or emptying my bowels.
Since all of this is going on, I have also been having recurrent sinus infections and ear infections. I was wondering how sinuses are related to the digestive system, and I found out that it could be due to too much yeast in your system. I have been told that I am allergic to yeast.
" Since all of this is going on, I have also been having recurrent sinus infections and ear infections. I was wondering how sinuses are related to the digestive system, and I found out that it could be due to too much yeast in your system. I have been told that I am allergic to yeast."
I read from Dr Sahelian's research that antacids for prolonged period of time somehow affects the bacterial flora of the intestines and bacteria could possibly grow and cause infections.
Most of what you are describing is gas lounged in your back. Power walks, boxing motions, holding your hands over you head and breathing slow and deeps helps get the gas moving. you can take some over the counter gas relief but I noticed they do not work or me. Just cold hard movement and it does hurt like crap but it works. a sking motion also works good luck. I am no doctor so do what you do and be safe.
I too have had this shoulder/back pains from gas, it has been 10 years.. What helps me is hot pack over the painful areas, it helps me burp and it feels better- Over the years, I have researched and tried many things.. I used to also have more severe pains around my kidney areas and stomach and I just know its gas. I used to curl up till 4 in the morning with my hot pack till I eventually feel better and finally fall asleep. What I found that helped other than the hot pack was watch what kind of oil I take or eat. I stopped my calcium oily gel supplement and changed it to regular pills. My pains I noticed was different, depends on what kind of oil my food was cooked in..Even Fish oil gives me more gas back pains. At all times, hot packs over my shoulder, my back,and even over my stomach helps. (I rotated application) My daughter got me one of those herbal packs for pain. They are kind of heavy wrap that I have seen being sold in malls. Microwave it for 3 minutes and wrap it in another thin towel.
Years ago,there was a time I could not eat pizza, it causes me stomach and kidney/back pain for hours.. that has completely gone away since I started taking Lactobacilln acidophilus, 2 caps with or before meals.I felt better.. I did that for a while.. After time, I can just eat pizza without taking the pills. Back to my shoulder and back pains, the gas has now radiated to my upper arms, worse in the right arm.. My physical therapist says its frozen shoulder ??But my pain is still related to gas cause when I use hot packs, I burp and it gets better.. I am now taking Naprosyn for the pain, and will take Omeprazole for the gas.. My gall bladder ultrasound was Neg. Still searching.. praying and hoping...
Since giving birth to my daughter a year ago I have been experiencing the exact same symptoms as everyone here for the most part. Pain in the upper back and chest, lots of gas. It usually occurs at night and the pain is so intense I cant do anything except writhe around on the bed or floor. I have tried everything from taking a hot bath, moving around, putting pressure on my chest and belly, hanging mostly upside down over the edge of my bed even. In the past these have worked but just last night none of them did anything at all. I passed gas a lot but it still didnt let up. I took 3 ibuprofin, 2 tums and then finally after almost 5 hours of pain I had a triple shot of vodka. lol. I wouldn't reccomend that. I dont drink often and never strait shots. Yeah. Not planning on repeating that one again unless I am feeling masochistic. My husband found me very buzzed in the tub at 3:30am. So he made a quick trip to the CVS pharmacy near us and talked to the pharmicist. He reccomended the store brand Pepsid AC. I was sceptical at first since I thought all I had was a bad gas problem not a heartburn problem but I took it anyway. Couldn't hurt, right? Sure enough after about 15 minutes the pain started to slowly dissapate. I was still passing gas but the chest and back pain went away. I finally passed out after another half hour; exhausted from pain and lack of sleep. Next time any of you have these symptoms try the Pepsid AC or a store brand like it. Good luck.
If you haven't seen a doctor, please visit one. Ask for an ultrasound on your gallbladder. I had the same symptoms about a month after having my second child. The writhing pain, getting in a hot shower to try and relieve it, I tried taking gas-x and it did nothing. I noticed this happened a LOT more when I ate foods that were fried, or high in fat content. One night the pain was so bad, I could barely tell my husband what was going on, so I went to the ER. They did an ultrasound on my gallbladder and it turns out it was infected, and had gallstones. They didn't want it to spread to my liver so they removed it later the same day. Good luck to you!
i to have very sharp in my pain upper back .but before it comes, i will get a sharp pain in my jaw.then i know what is going to follow after that,pain in the upper back to my thoart.i had found out that it is gas,but from being so very depress and upset about thingsit brings it on.plus drinking coffee dosn't help.so i take two aspins and drink something that will make me burp it up and two tums.it helps
I have had this upper back pain behind my shoulder blades for over 10 years then it got worse and moved to my upper arms too..I burp when I massage or squeeze my arms or back, and it seemed to make it better. After searching so many years, I read that its probably gas that escapes from the gastric system and goes out to other body areas and causes pain. I think I found one answer, but I still could use help.. My doctor started me on Omeprazole one capsule at night before sleep, It took a week or two for omeprazole to work . My pain is much less often. Occasionally I notice I get the back pain, after eating or drinking something sour..then for proof,I started taking Vit C 1000 mg with Rose hips, and that must be strongly acidic for me. It resulted to such bad pains in my upper back for hours.I was miserable .Thats what told me its really from acidity. I changed to buffered Vit C since then and its been better.I still have gas pains in my arms whenever I wake up in the morning but nowhere as bad as it used to be. A hot shower helps the gas pains in my arms and I get more relief as I move my arms around. Occasionally I take Maalox when I feel an acidic stomach also when I'm hungry and unable to eat yet. I always carry a light snack like crackers or chocolate, otherwise I will be sorry. I never thought it was gastric reflux but looks like thats what it is. Omeprazole or Pepcid lessens gastric acidity and its dosed once a day before sleep. I hope this helps.
I remember my mother suffering wiht this when I was a child. Unfortunately, it was one of the things she passeed on to me. I am having a horrendous bout of this right now. It always starts in my back and every time, even after 20 years of this happening to me, I wonder, "How did I strain my back?" When it first starts, it feels more like intense back pain from misuse and does not feel like 'gas' at all...then it starts to creep around to my chest and then I start to burp.
This morning I awoke and the pain was more excruitiating than I had ever experienced before. I started to become afraid. I told myself to just relax...take a deep breath. That's when I really got scared because taking that deep breath hurt more than I can say. I then started to feel like I was going to pass out and throw up. I was home alone, so I stood to get the phone just in case I needed to call 911..that's how bad it was. I sat and tried to compose myself and after about 15 minutes, the feeling of fainting slowly disappeared, but I had broken out in a sweat. I just sat for a while and eventually started to feel like I no longer needed to have the phone handy. It was pretty scary.
The ONLLY good thing that came of this, is that after all these years of having this issue (which doctors have NO clue as to how to treat it) is that I think I have found what triggers this in me and it is overeating tomatoes. Both this time and the last time this happened to me, I was on a tomato kick (I love grape tomatoes)...I think I am OK if I eat them on occasion, but eating them constantly seems to be what triggers this intense upper gas in me. I am hoping this may enlighten some of you.
It makes me sad that 'good for you' foods are the ones that cause stomach issues. I have never gotten sick binging on junk food...only certain fruits and veggies. My favorite things..onions, garlic and tomatoes, which are such a big part of my diet, all cause me horrendous pain. It kinda sucks....
I remember my mother suffering wiht this when I was a child. Unfortunately, it was one of the things she passeed on to me. I am having a horrendous bout of this right now. It always starts in my back and every time, even after 20 years of this happening to me, I wonder, "How did I strain my back?" When it first starts, it feels more like intense back pain from misuse and does not feel like 'gas' at all...then it starts to creep around to my chest and then I start to burp.
This morning I awoke and the pain was more excruitiating than I had ever experienced before. I started to become afraid. I told myself to just relax...take a deep breath. That's when I really got scared because taking that deep breath hurt more than I can say. I then started to feel like I was going to pass out and throw up. I was home alone, so I stood to get the phone just in case I needed to call 911..that's how bad it was. I sat and tried to compose myself and after about 15 minutes, the feeling of fainting slowly disappeared, but I had broken out in a sweat. I just sat for a while and eventually started to feel like I no longer needed to have the phone handy. It was pretty scary.
The ONLLY good thing that came of this, is that after all these years of having this issue (which doctors have NO clue as to how to treat it) is that I think I have found what triggers this in me and it is overeating tomatoes. Both this time and the last time this happened to me, I was on a tomato kick (I love grape tomatoes)...I think I am OK if I eat them on occasion, but eating them constantly seems to be what triggers this intense upper gas in me. I am hoping this may enlighten some of you.
It makes me sad that 'good for you' foods are the ones that cause stomach issues. I have never gotten sick binging on junk food...only certain fruits and veggies. My favorite things..onions, garlic and tomatoes, which are such a big part of my diet, all cause me horrendous pain. It kinda sucks....
Hi,
Try drinking green tea regularly and also detox your body which will reduce your gastric problem. My Mom tried this and she is fine now. Also consult an endocronologist to find out further medication for this problem.
Cheers
M
I have been cured. After more than 10 years of all these back pains, right upper arm pain, frozen shoulder, they have finally 95% disappeared after a month being on Pepcid 1 tablet before sleep, and 1 capsule of Gas X after dinner. So these meds are before bedtime. My pains always came and worst after waking up in the mornings. Instead of gas escaping into my other body areas and cause those pains, now escapes the normal route and I feel so much better. I wanted to share it with you all, if you wanted to try.. These meds are over the counter (though my Pepcid was prescribed). It took a months time, but its all worth it. Good Luck. :)
Was that pain around the shoulder blade when you took a deep breath? So many people commented, and I cant remember everyones original story..when i take a deep breath it almost feels like i pulled a muscle, but it doesnt hurt unless i breath deeply, or sneeze.. My range of motion is untouched, so i wasn't sure. It's been this way for quite some time and I curently have no money or insurance to see a doctor, so please let me know if this was like your case? Glad you're better!
Mine is not with deep breath, it was just there. You might have some kind of inflammation that Advil round the clock could help eventually. Advil or Motrin is an anti inflammatory, but you have to take it around the clock with FOOD every 6 hours for around a week to reduce the inflammation. You have had it awhile.. What do you think of alternative therapy , like healing massage. It sounds like you have trapped air. It could also have started from too much acidity like mine.. In which case, my same treatment could help.. You might want to try Extra strenght Gas X , I take it as needed and then most importantly, before bed.Its better If you could improve without antacids, but you could try it too for at least a month. Good luck. I never in all those years associated my pains to GERD/acidity, but thats apparently what I had.. Good luck..
thanks for your reply. I go more towards hollistic approaches rather than medications, and I do goto a massage therapist when i can afford it. unfortunatly since this happened, i cant afford it and lets face it, my boyfriends not even close to enthusiastic about giving massages...I'm going to try the gas-x, since i noticed that i really dont have it every tie i take a deep breath like i thought. its mostly at night- yet almost always when tomato sauce has been eaten (and thats a lot in my house- at least 5x/week) i think the acidity may be doing it after all! I had no problems all day, then had lasagne for dinner and here i sit with the pain again. Thanks so much for your input.
Please would you advise me? I live in Dubai and have been to atleast 4 doctors in the last 10 days but I am not sure that their diagnosis is correct. I dont now where else to go.
I have a history of pneumothorax in my mid 20s and had a double pleurodesis. In the last 10 days I have been in excruciating pain in my back.
It started about 10 days ago when I was watching television. I suddenly got a dull pain in my spine between the shoulder blades. I put a hot water bottle on it and took some panadol. The pain went but the next day it came back and got progressively worse. I tried heating pads and more panadol which seemed to help. However, during the night of the 3rd day, I was having trouble breathing. Every time I took a deep breath it was as if my rib cage was not contracting properly and it felt like hundreds of bubbles moving around under my rib cage. When I woke up it was really bad and I was rushed to the ER because I could not take a deep breath, the symptoms felt like a pneumothorax. The base of my rib cage (in the back) hurt. thanks in advance
Hi folks,
I'm also experiencing similar issue today.
Pain on my right side under my rib-cage, closer to my kidney area/appendix?
Only when I breath-in. My breathing in capacity is only about 50%, 2-second span. It appears that when I feel gas coming on, the pain worsens and doesn't allow me to burp properly as the pain subsides the release. Not sure if taking a pill like gasx or equivalent will help as it might worsen the issue. I've tried cold and hot packs and rest (it's been 2-days).
I think I'll go grab some tums and gasx and see where this goes.
No fever or or other issues (as yet).
Your symptoms sounds like its your lungs, esp. that you are now familiar with your pneumothorax symptoms. You should go to the "lungs" blog as you might could get better help there. Hope they did your chest Xrays.
Good luck.
A SLIGHT BURNING PAIN IN MY UPPER LEFT BACK NEAR THE SHOULDR BLADE BUT WHEN I BURP IT EASYED
A SLIGHT BURNING PAIN IN MY UPPER LEFT BACK NEAR THE SHOULDR BLADE BUT WHEN I BURP IT EASYED
I have the same thing as everyone else and I've done everything in my power to try and figure out the cause. I have 2 endoscopes, 1 colonoscopy. I drank Barium and they xrayed my digestive system, and I've had MRI's and CatScans. Of course, everything comes up normal. It is not normal to feel acid burning in my chest and either I have gas 24/7 which is embarrassing in work or I don't have gas at all which turns into the knife I feel in between my shoulder blades. What is causing the problem. Is it the gallbladder? The pancreas? Lack of digestive enzymes? Liver? Am I going insane? I've been seeing a chiropractor for the back pain and he says my T4,5, and 6 are weak, but in the meantime, I'm burping and finally here comes the gas so is it REALLY my back or is it gastric reflux causing the back pains??? I was on a mission to figure this out in 2008 but then got tired of doctors thinking I needed tranquilizers. I stopped smoking and drinking and I eat everything plain and I STILL have the issues. It's not fair. I want to get this resolved like everyone else. I will try my gastro dr one more time.
After all you scopes- tests, no diagnosis ? It might be simpler if you try Pepcid once, at night before sleep. Thats how my MD prescribed mine. It will take time to work. Give it a couple of weeks. Your acid feel to the chest sounds like GERD, the shoulder pains sounds like gas pains that I also had for many years.. When or if you feel your stomach is so sour and it hurts, or if your acid is backing up, try Lactaid (milk) 1/2 cup.. I warm mine up and it relieves my stomach pain pretty quickly. I don't have to do that much now that I am on Pepcid. (Pepcid has less side effects after prolonged use compared to Prilosec) This is not gall stone symptom (per my MD) Also try extra strenght gas x while you are waiting for Pepcid to truly work. It might work right away too. Good luck, and relax. Acidity is increased with stress..
The one answer to a cause can be gastroparesis. Usually in diabetics but I also have it and am not diabetic. It is where your stomach/intestinal tract slows to a near halt thus you can not move the gas. I take Reglan 10 mg for mine when I feel it getting too bad as the side effects of the Reglan are horrific but I dont have much choice due to the nerve damage. Also, stop drinking from straws, chewing gum or eating hard candy. Another cointributing factor for me is the required use of narcotic meds due to severe inoperable back problems. The pain meds just slow everything down even more. Hope this help someone. I also use GasX from time to time but the Reglan usually helps as well as cutting down the amount I eat at a setting. There is something to be said for 4-6 small meals a day.
I forgot to add that my pain is usually(although varies) is midway between my spinal column and my left side. Putting pressure on it with my hand does temporarily reliev it somewhat but hard to hold your hand there all the time. I rolled up a towel and place it behind my back too sometimes and try everything I can before taking the Reglan.
I have no medical training for the record.
Assuming you have ruled out a serious issue like a tumor or something, I found a solution that worked for me. I had the same problem-- a high stabbing pain above right, near the shoulder blade. Docs found nothing, thought it was a pulled muscle. Then I found a solution based on my own understanding of human anatomy.
Air bubble is pressing on the vagus nerve and cuasing pain in that area. Clearing it was very easy. I either sat in a stiff chair or stood upright, then extended my arm out paralell from the body (like an airplane wing). Then I used the back of the chair or muscle strength to draw my arm backward rigidly (forcing the blade inward) with palm down. This resulted in a bubbling sensation and a good sized burp in which the pain released and the gas released. Works like a charm. Sometimes the pain comes back in a few minutes, then release it again.
I suspect it comes from either diet or a small flaw that allows trapped gas, maybe GURD, but the arm trick worked wonders for me. Let me know if worked for you if it does.
On a side note sometimes it gets a little worse, but then just do it again. I often follow up with a Gas-X or some other gas product just to be sure if theres a few bubbles that stick around.
Well, I am not alone. I have for 35 years suffered with this pain that I call my non deadly heart attack because I have yet to die from it, but it feels like a heart attack. (though I have never had a heart attack, I think it might feel like this?)
At age 14 it began. I had to gulp water after lunch just to make the pain go away. From there, it just kept getting worse. Through the years, I found that when the pain starts, I can rock back and forth, side to side and force burps out, and when the pain is so bad I want to die, I have someone pound on my back to move the pain around and help me burp, like a baby who has colic. (the harder they hit my back, the better to stop the pain)
It use to be my ex husband doing this, now it is my children who must pound out the gas. Sometimes, gulping soda helps due to the fizzle. At times the pain is so intense I bring up bile or vomit. It usually starts if I eat lettuce, fatty foods, cheese, ice cream, milk, chocolate, coffee, cabbage, red meats, spaghetti sauce and pizza, mexican food, etc. Sometimes, it happens if I have NOT eaten for several hours or when fasting. A friend suggested that maybe its a gluton thing?
My doctor tried me on Prilosec and that worked till I developed an allergy for it. Now I have some pain med (Hyoscyamine 0.125 mg sublingual tabs) I can try that will disolve under my tongue along with some other antacid that my insurance wont approve, so the doctor just called in a different one. I had my galbladder checked in March, negetive. Today, I had a Barium Swallow for an Upper GI. Negetive the doctor said, no hernia, etc.
So, I ask him, what is the problem? It has to be something. He said he can do other tests to see the lining of the stomach, etc. But for a month, he wants me to try the new pills. If that does NOT work, I will have the tests. I am tired of the pain, and it can strike ANY time, not just at night. Its hard to be in public with that pain.
By the way, two of my kids, who are both adults now, also suffer from the same thing and my mother also did. However, my mother had Divoticulitus anda hiatial hernia. My mother use to say I inherited the family stomach. Sigh.
I am tired of the pain. Mystery Diagnosis is ME.
I had the same problem 3 years ago, and I have it now. Sometimes I feel a sharp pain to the point where I cannot even talk. I took tylenol last year until it went away. I know for sure that it is gas because before it moved to my upper back it was in my lower abdomen.
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I'm not sure if you are still having this problem or have found the cure. I have this same trapped gas and have for 2 years. VERY painful. I recently purchase Vitafusion Fiber Gummie's from costco. Take two of them and within 5 minutes it will be gone! So very lucky I stumble upon this as I was trying to add more fiber to my diet only. Wish I could tell everyone that has this terrible condition. I am search message boards to let everyone who suffers know. I'm not a crackpot just trying to help. Hope all is well. Terry