The first gastroenterologist I saw about this, tried to convince me that this is not a thing, it’s not real, he was instantly fired as my physician. Do not let any doctor tell you that this is not real.
These occurrences are horrible. Feels like painful choking. I found running your fingers up & down your throat with neck extended upward helps for some reason, almost like light massaging of the throat.
Could you elaborate slightly on this technique, I’ve never tried it. Do you use your finger and thumb around the oesophagus in an up and down motion or are you massaging the whole… well actually as I type this I guess that’s the only way to massage it. I think unless I missed something actually you explained it rather well.
@@sammylpt9076 You could do whatever feels most comfortable to you. I actually use my middle finger & pointer more in a stroking on the skin but thumb works. I used to do this for my cat too.. he had a similar issue ..
i have this. i can have them occurring the entire day every few minutes, and trying to sleep is pure hell, my chest hurts from all the spasms :( it sucks
Last night after drinking very cold water in hurry caused me severe unbearable chest pain mostly on right side and i figured out that it is due to esophageal spasm and after drinking lukewarm water it subsides, trust me it is very painful
I’ve had this for approximately 22 years. I’m in my mid thirties and have had to go to A&E now three times I think. I’ve had surgery to remove a food bolus but actually I think when they gave me rocoronium bromide it relaxed my esophsgus enough. That medicine apparently nearly killed me when I was sedated. Turns out I’m highly allergic to it. The doctors said they removed the food bolus. However upon having this problem flare up more frequently and countless endoscopies I have come to the conclusion that this is what I have. An esophagus spasm. For me it’s felt an inch or two below my Adam’s apple. When it triggers at its worst I cannot hold down either liquids or foods. I can swallow but it won’t pass my Adam’s apple and I’ll either have to cough violently or put my fingers down my throat to bring it back. If I drink too much water to try to relax my throat I’m in danger of drowning on it as for me it’s right at the top of my throat. Today I was taken to A&E. yesterday and the day before I had two pretty serious episodes which were alleviated by a mixture of sipping water and violent coughing. However today I wasn’t so lucky. I showed the doctor in A&E what happens when I drink and they prescribed that I would be given a shot of Buscapan. I had this last time and it worked. However before I saw a doctor for it to be administered, I managed to relax myself with three tiny sips (like a quarter of a teaspoon each sip) and on the fourth, at the point I knew I was going to have to bring them all back, my throat relaxed. I was able to medically discharge myself and I came home. Now I don’t know why I have this. Every day I eat I run the gauntlet as of whether I will have problems. I told my family the other day that if someone said to me “I can take that swallowing problem go away but in order to do so we’ll need to take a sledgehammer to each of your toes” I said I would let them have the toes in a heartbeat. I fucking hate having it. Ive seen both NHS and private consultants but no light has ever been shown on it. So now, I’m commencing a liquid diet. Not sure if it will work, but I’m blending all my food. Oddly I could eat potato chips (crisps) all day and it would never get stuck, but bread, rice, potatoes, meat, fish, some green veggies, pastries, cakes, biscuits, all of that can set it off. Usually small sips through a straw will negate the problem. Liquids usually free the spasm. But as soon as I hear my “snorkel” sound I know I’m in trouble. My snorkel sound is basically the sound if you imagine of breathing through a snorkel and then someone pouring some water down it. Not too much, but enough to inhibit breathing. I’m going to try going back on Omeprazole to see if that helps and while I don’t believe it is acid reflux related I’ll get back on the Gaviscon every night. But if there’s anyone out there reading this and has either their own experience, or know of someone with similar or even a medical professional who’s reading it, I’d love some feedback. Any things that helped? Or if anyone is experiencing the same and you’re new to it I can explain further if you need any help. But yeah… that’s my story.
Hey, hope your doing better! About 2 months ago, I was diagnosed with GERD. I did have to go to the ER numerous times because it felt like i was going to have a heart attack. Gerd does cause chest pains because when the gas gets stuck, and doesn’t go throughout your butt, it stays in the chest, causing pressure. When acid goes up into your esophagus, it causes pain aswell. During the early stages of my GERD, i was still eating horribly making it worse. Because of this, i was later diagnosed with reflux esophagitis. Those pains that you get in your chest, shoulder, upper back, that irritation or burning sensation that you feel, comes from the esophagus being inflamed. Inflammation in the esophagus causes immense and uncomfortable feelings because the esophagus is a weak muscle. I unfortunately havent experienced food or liquid getting stuck in my throat, it doesnt hurt to swallow, but when I eat a trigger food, i get those spasms. I have been on pantroprazole the last 2 months and it has helped, Ive been getting better, but the problem is still there. Make sure your diet is on point. Try to cut the fatty foods, fry foods, high sugar foods. What has helped me literally: water, tumeric and or chamomile tea(organic) tumeric juice, mylanta(which is an OTC medicine)which calms and coats the esophagus and reduces the gas and acid. Make sure you continue taking your time while you eat, eat slowly. No smoking drinking. Maybe you might not have what I have, but making these changes has helped me with the similarities of your condition. Let me know how your feeling!
@LenGawd hi buddy. Thanks so much for your response, I have been having more frequent bouts of acid reflux lately which are often from me sitting leaning forward. Not sure why that triggers it but it does. I carry around with me Rennie tablets that actually do work as long as I take a couple. The pain one feels during a bout of acid reflux is horrible. I remember before when I had it I never really understood what it was and would often endure hours before it went away. For me it’s a tight, crushing sensation around the base of my sternum that almost feels like the sternum itself is about to shatter. The pain then radiated to my throat (around the Adam’s apple) and wisdom teeth jaw area. Fortunately it doesn’t radiate anywhere else. As for the food swallowing, I was put back on Omeprazole which I take daily, as well as being given Buscopan which I started out taking before every meal. Problem is Buscopan shouldn’t be used for more than 2 weeks so I soon weened myself off it. I still to this day believe my swallowing problems come from a neurological disorder rather than the acid reflux. And I say that because most foods will trigger a spasm aside from crisps (potato chips) and rice cakes. So now I always eat a rice cake or two before every meal. For some reason it sort of primes my oesophagus for other food. I don’t know why but touch wood it seems to have worked for the now. When I drink often I feel like a car going through it’s gears. If you imagine a manual transmission my first couple of swallows of liquid it’s like the clutch hasn’t fully released and gears 1 and 2 aren’t able to fully open out, like I’m riding the clutch, then by my third swallow it’s like I get the perfect shifts and I can swallow properly. Could be linked to my breathing too because when I down a drink sometimes I can’t because I feel like I can’t breathe at all until I stop drinking. But anyway for me it’s the swallowing which is the main issue. If I get a bout of acid reflux at night I’ll often take a teaspoon of Gaviscon Advance and within seconds it’ll go. I’ve never thought about some of the remedies you mentioned, what’s the deal with tumeric? Why does that help I wonder?
@LenGawd Mylanta is also a good shout, I’ll have a look into that. GERD is such an annoying issue, I’m only thankful it’s not daily, though some months it can feel like that, just luckily not every month.
@@lengawd507 Have you had an esophageal doctor look inside with the scope? That’s my next adventure having already had the mini scope down nostril by ENT physician. Between her and the esophageal surgeon they’ve sent me for numerous tests/images. Got to swallow barium just last Friday, and a ct scan several days earlier. It seems to have told them a lot but i won’t know next step till office visit after the big scope.
I been dealing with this for 3 years and doctors helped none...had a spasm days ago...its like a bad headache in your throat that pain travels...i cant eat for days i take nausea meds..
It’s weird, but sometimes it can be caused by eating too fast, sometimes it can be drinking red wine, and sometimes it can be the position I’m sitting in that causes me to get a bout of this. I think the key is moderation in everything and chewing food thoroughly. That being said, I have been diagnosed with GERD. There are others out there who have more serious conditions such as achalasia, and I’m sure they have to follow different protocols. Just trying to offer some advice in case it helps anyone.
I have nausea and stomach pains, chest pains , dizziness, can't eat anything with hurting. So I hardly eat anything. But jello ,drink water.😢 tried all kinds of medicine nothing works..
Yea you can tell he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s giving vague answers and doesn’t want to say he doesn’t know. I absolutely hate doctors like this.
The first gastroenterologist I saw about this, tried to convince me that this is not a thing, it’s not real, he was instantly fired as my physician. Do not let any doctor tell you that this is not real.
These occurrences are horrible. Feels like painful choking. I found running your fingers up & down your throat with neck extended upward helps for some reason, almost like light massaging of the throat.
Could you elaborate slightly on this technique, I’ve never tried it. Do you use your finger and thumb around the oesophagus in an up and down motion or are you massaging the whole… well actually as I type this I guess that’s the only way to massage it. I think unless I missed something actually you explained it rather well.
@@sammylpt9076 You could do whatever feels most comfortable to you. I actually use my middle finger & pointer more in a stroking on the skin but thumb works. I used to do this for my cat too.. he had a similar issue ..
why is the interviewer keep guessing wrong
I watched my mom have these and now I'm experiencing same thing. My chest is sore from a bad episode last night. Felt like a heart attack.
i have this. i can have them occurring the entire day every few minutes, and trying to sleep is pure hell, my chest hurts from all the spasms :( it sucks
Took my medical team over 10 years to diagnose me. 2 heart caths later I'm using peppermint oil.
I have been having this spasms for over a month now.. my doctor gave me some muscle relaxer.
Last night after drinking very cold water in hurry caused me severe unbearable chest pain mostly on right side and i figured out that it is due to esophageal spasm and after drinking lukewarm water it subsides, trust me it is very painful
I’ve had this for approximately 22 years. I’m in my mid thirties and have had to go to A&E now three times I think. I’ve had surgery to remove a food bolus but actually I think when they gave me rocoronium bromide it relaxed my esophsgus enough. That medicine apparently nearly killed me when I was sedated. Turns out I’m highly allergic to it. The doctors said they removed the food bolus. However upon having this problem flare up more frequently and countless endoscopies I have come to the conclusion that this is what I have. An esophagus spasm. For me it’s felt an inch or two below my Adam’s apple. When it triggers at its worst I cannot hold down either liquids or foods. I can swallow but it won’t pass my Adam’s apple and I’ll either have to cough violently or put my fingers down my throat to bring it back. If I drink too much water to try to relax my throat I’m in danger of drowning on it as for me it’s right at the top of my throat.
Today I was taken to A&E. yesterday and the day before I had two pretty serious episodes which were alleviated by a mixture of sipping water and violent coughing. However today I wasn’t so lucky. I showed the doctor in A&E what happens when I drink and they prescribed that I would be given a shot of Buscapan. I had this last time and it worked. However before I saw a doctor for it to be administered, I managed to relax myself with three tiny sips (like a quarter of a teaspoon each sip) and on the fourth, at the point I knew I was going to have to bring them all back, my throat relaxed. I was able to medically discharge myself and I came home.
Now I don’t know why I have this. Every day I eat I run the gauntlet as of whether I will have problems. I told my family the other day that if someone said to me “I can take that swallowing problem go away but in order to do so we’ll need to take a sledgehammer to each of your toes” I said I would let them have the toes in a heartbeat. I fucking hate having it. Ive seen both NHS and private consultants but no light has ever been shown on it.
So now, I’m commencing a liquid diet. Not sure if it will work, but I’m blending all my food. Oddly I could eat potato chips (crisps) all day and it would never get stuck, but bread, rice, potatoes, meat, fish, some green veggies, pastries, cakes, biscuits, all of that can set it off.
Usually small sips through a straw will negate the problem. Liquids usually free the spasm. But as soon as I hear my “snorkel” sound I know I’m in trouble. My snorkel sound is basically the sound if you imagine of breathing through a snorkel and then someone pouring some water down it. Not too much, but enough to inhibit breathing.
I’m going to try going back on Omeprazole to see if that helps and while I don’t believe it is acid reflux related I’ll get back on the Gaviscon every night. But if there’s anyone out there reading this and has either their own experience, or know of someone with similar or even a medical professional who’s reading it, I’d love some feedback. Any things that helped? Or if anyone is experiencing the same and you’re new to it I can explain further if you need any help. But yeah… that’s my story.
Hey, hope your doing better! About 2 months ago, I was diagnosed with GERD. I did have to go to the ER numerous times because it felt like i was going to have a heart attack. Gerd does cause chest pains because when the gas gets stuck, and doesn’t go throughout your butt, it stays in the chest, causing pressure. When acid goes up into your esophagus, it causes pain aswell. During the early stages of my GERD, i was still eating horribly making it worse. Because of this, i was later diagnosed with reflux esophagitis. Those pains that you get in your chest, shoulder, upper back, that irritation or burning sensation that you feel, comes from the esophagus being inflamed. Inflammation in the esophagus causes immense and uncomfortable feelings because the esophagus is a weak muscle. I unfortunately havent experienced food or liquid getting stuck in my throat, it doesnt hurt to swallow, but when I eat a trigger food, i get those spasms. I have been on pantroprazole the last 2 months and it has helped, Ive been getting better, but the problem is still there. Make sure your diet is on point. Try to cut the fatty foods, fry foods, high sugar foods. What has helped me literally: water, tumeric and or chamomile tea(organic) tumeric juice, mylanta(which is an OTC medicine)which calms and coats the esophagus and reduces the gas and acid. Make sure you continue taking your time while you eat, eat slowly. No smoking drinking. Maybe you might not have what I have, but making these changes has helped me with the similarities of your condition. Let me know how your feeling!
@LenGawd hi buddy. Thanks so much for your response, I have been having more frequent bouts of acid reflux lately which are often from me sitting leaning forward. Not sure why that triggers it but it does. I carry around with me Rennie tablets that actually do work as long as I take a couple.
The pain one feels during a bout of acid reflux is horrible. I remember before when I had it I never really understood what it was and would often endure hours before it went away. For me it’s a tight, crushing sensation around the base of my sternum that almost feels like the sternum itself is about to shatter. The pain then radiated to my throat (around the Adam’s apple) and wisdom teeth jaw area. Fortunately it doesn’t radiate anywhere else.
As for the food swallowing, I was put back on Omeprazole which I take daily, as well as being given Buscopan which I started out taking before every meal. Problem is Buscopan shouldn’t be used for more than 2 weeks so I soon weened myself off it.
I still to this day believe my swallowing problems come from a neurological disorder rather than the acid reflux. And I say that because most foods will trigger a spasm aside from crisps (potato chips) and rice cakes. So now I always eat a rice cake or two before every meal. For some reason it sort of primes my oesophagus for other food. I don’t know why but touch wood it seems to have worked for the now. When I drink often I feel like a car going through it’s gears. If you imagine a manual transmission my first couple of swallows of liquid it’s like the clutch hasn’t fully released and gears 1 and 2 aren’t able to fully open out, like I’m riding the clutch, then by my third swallow it’s like I get the perfect shifts and I can swallow properly. Could be linked to my breathing too because when I down a drink sometimes I can’t because I feel like I can’t breathe at all until I stop drinking.
But anyway for me it’s the swallowing which is the main issue. If I get a bout of acid reflux at night I’ll often take a teaspoon of Gaviscon Advance and within seconds it’ll go.
I’ve never thought about some of the remedies you mentioned, what’s the deal with tumeric? Why does that help I wonder?
@LenGawd Mylanta is also a good shout, I’ll have a look into that. GERD is such an annoying issue, I’m only thankful it’s not daily, though some months it can feel like that, just luckily not every month.
@@sammylpt9076 Have either of you had a scope run down your gullet where the Dr. can SEE what’s going on down there?
@@lengawd507 Have you had an esophageal doctor look inside with the scope?
That’s my next adventure having already had the mini scope down nostril by ENT physician. Between her and the esophageal surgeon they’ve sent me for numerous tests/images. Got to swallow barium just last Friday, and a ct scan several days earlier. It seems to have told them a lot but i won’t know next step till office visit after the big scope.
I been dealing with this for 3 years and doctors helped none...had a spasm days ago...its like a bad headache in your throat that pain travels...i cant eat for days i take nausea meds..
It’s weird, but sometimes it can be caused by eating too fast, sometimes it can be drinking red wine, and sometimes it can be the position I’m sitting in that causes me to get a bout of this. I think the key is moderation in everything and chewing food thoroughly. That being said, I have been diagnosed with GERD. There are others out there who have more serious conditions such as achalasia, and I’m sure they have to follow different protocols. Just trying to offer some advice in case it helps anyone.
How long do these episodes last and do you get a feeling like it takes your breath away?
@@akbuilder7626to me it feels like I can’t take a deep breath and it’s horrible and scary
I have nausea and stomach pains, chest pains , dizziness, can't eat anything with hurting. So I hardly eat anything. But jello ,drink water.😢 tried all kinds of medicine nothing works..
Nitroglycerin will stop spasms
Horrible, this "dr" didn't answer the questions being asked. He tip toed around them. Very vague answers.
Yea you can tell he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s giving vague answers and doesn’t want to say he doesn’t know. I absolutely hate doctors like this.
This interviewer won’t stop interrupting and is lacking .
At this point in time, I am going through an esophageal spasm. My chest is painful and I can feel it running from the throat to my stomach.
People with movement disorders like Parkinson’s are prone to this.
Botox injections
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