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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Chest Pain After Vomiting
Question: Hello, how can I get rid of chest pains which started about 4 hours after vomiting/diaria stopped after ingesting raw fish 9 hours before. Pain has persisted for 2days
Brief Answer:
acid meds may help
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Chest pain can be related to any structure in the chest from the skin inwards.
This means that it may be related to the skin, esophagus, lungs, heart, muscles , bones.
It is possible, if the vomiting was severe that the chest pain is related to inflammation of the esophagus by the vomitus.
In this case, the use of acid meds would help combined with the ibuprofen. This includes medications such as pepcid, zantac, nexium, prilosec, prevacid.
If the pain persists despite the use of this medication then you would need to consider seeing your doctor for an assessment.
If you have a history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increased weight, diabetes or smoking (risk factors for heart disease), then it would be best to be assessed as soon as possible because heart disease would need to be ruled out.
Even though the pain is not typical of heart disease, you would still need an assessment for this if these risk factors are present.
Summary: (1)may be related to inflammation of the esophagus since there is a history of vomiting
(2)use of acid meds with your pain meds may help in this case
(3)if risk factors for heart disease are present then should be assessed sooner rather than later
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
acid meds may help
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Chest pain can be related to any structure in the chest from the skin inwards.
This means that it may be related to the skin, esophagus, lungs, heart, muscles , bones.
It is possible, if the vomiting was severe that the chest pain is related to inflammation of the esophagus by the vomitus.
In this case, the use of acid meds would help combined with the ibuprofen. This includes medications such as pepcid, zantac, nexium, prilosec, prevacid.
If the pain persists despite the use of this medication then you would need to consider seeing your doctor for an assessment.
If you have a history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increased weight, diabetes or smoking (risk factors for heart disease), then it would be best to be assessed as soon as possible because heart disease would need to be ruled out.
Even though the pain is not typical of heart disease, you would still need an assessment for this if these risk factors are present.
Summary: (1)may be related to inflammation of the esophagus since there is a history of vomiting
(2)use of acid meds with your pain meds may help in this case
(3)if risk factors for heart disease are present then should be assessed sooner rather than later
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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