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What Treatment To Be Taken For Indigestion And Chest Pain?

Hi i have suffered bad indigestion and have anti acis tablets and muscle relaxers to sleep. i have swallowed the camera about 4 weeks ago and found nothing..my throat feels tight and chest achey.. but.. i just laid in bath and breathed in felt between my ribs just below where bra would cross and i have a hard painful lump.
Wed, 26 Apr 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Bad indigestion, negative camera endoscopy suggests either a functional cause like IBS meaning irritable bowel syndrome also giving aerophagia due to stress and/or anxiety.
I would advise you to discuss IBS with your Doctor and get the investigations of stool, blood, ultrasound and CT scan of the abdomen and if all the investigations are within normal limits, go for treatment as a case of IBS.
As for the pain on the ribs with swelling, this looks to be costochondritis.
Please get this checked by your Doctor, discuss about this, get X-ray of the chest and get treated accordingly.
Take an anti-inflammatory with painkiller properties and ask the Doctor to put-on the skin adhesive tape to be applied when in complete expiratory phase to clamp-on the movement with respiration to, this reduces pain dramatically. Avoid any movement that increases the strain on the affected area.
This way you will get all the problems addressed with.
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What Treatment To Be Taken For Indigestion And Chest Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. Bad indigestion, negative camera endoscopy suggests either a functional cause like IBS meaning irritable bowel syndrome also giving aerophagia due to stress and/or anxiety. I would advise you to discuss IBS with your Doctor and get the investigations of stool, blood, ultrasound and CT scan of the abdomen and if all the investigations are within normal limits, go for treatment as a case of IBS. As for the pain on the ribs with swelling, this looks to be costochondritis. Please get this checked by your Doctor, discuss about this, get X-ray of the chest and get treated accordingly. Take an anti-inflammatory with painkiller properties and ask the Doctor to put-on the skin adhesive tape to be applied when in complete expiratory phase to clamp-on the movement with respiration to, this reduces pain dramatically. Avoid any movement that increases the strain on the affected area. This way you will get all the problems addressed with.