I have been to the ER 3-4 times when my symptoms occur. I have had EKG's, Echo's, stress tests that all come back normal. They usually tell me I have anxiety but I am still not convinced. I was at Lowes today and all of the sudden, I had chest pain which was followed by a lightheaded feeling. I broke out in a cold sweat then shortly after I burped a few times and fealt better.
Q: can GERD cause sudden lightheadedness and breaking out in a cold sweat followed by burping?
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2/14/09 11:59am
The exact same thing has been happening to me. Ihave been to the ER five times now and they have found nothing wrong with my heart. I have been wearing a heart monitor for about a week and a half now and they have seen on my monitor when i start having all of my symptoms,but still say my heart is fine. I think what you are suffering from is acid reflux.It is a very painful something to have to deal with,but with medication and patience it should start to get better. Good Luck!!
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I just had to go to the ER the other day with this stuff that I have not been able to figure out how to deal with. I get spells of extreme burping, followed by lightheadness and sometimes I even breakout in a sweat. The Burping is the worst, it is almost like it comes by reflex and I cannot control it. The Lightheadness is so severe sometimes, it feels like my entire world is spinning and when I walk, I am walking outside myself. I have heaviness and a very full bloated feeling most of the time as well. The ER checked me out for just about everything in the book and all the test came back normal. I was worried about my heart but am only 32 years old and with the normal test I think it is fine, so It must be my stomach I guess. I have taken every type of Acid controlling med you can think of and have found some foods that make it worst, among them are tomatos and tomato based sauces, but I love that stuff. At this point I dont know what to do because this is starting to interfer with my Job.