Stomach problems with constant shortness of breath.

Everyone should get checked out for celiac disease. It causes lots of other symptoms that minic other illnesses. gas, bloating, aniexty, stomache pain, nausea, heart problems, anemia, fatigue, etc are just a few. I had all the symptoms everyone described for years before I finally figured it out. My doctor thought it was irritable bowl syndrome, gave me some pill for peeing , antidepressant, aniexty, etc. It was all just I am now allergic to Gluten. I'm on a gluten free diet and all the symptoms went away in 3 weeks. I had gone to the ER lots of times and no one could figure it out. My aunt told me she had found out she has celiac disease and thats what made me figure it out.
Jennifer

Hi. I have a LOT if the same symptoms as you. I have been told I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The scariest part was the bloating and pain on my left side underneath the ribcage. I went to a doctor and she explained that it is food not being broken down well in my large intestine. Stress makes all of the symptoms worse. Basically, you have to try to find a way to manage stress, eat gluten free, dairy free, less insoluble fiber (The diet changes for each individual), try to exercise each day, and maintain a healthy weight. I also have acid reflux that reaches my throat and vocal chords. That causes a LOT of the shortness of breath, nausea, inability to sleep well, etc. If you haven't asked a doctor about these possible causes yet it may help!



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I have for about 10 years been going through feeling so panic and anxiety attacks due to my stomach..It always feels full and bloated anytime I eat especially certain foods wheat, greasy, and alcohol makes it a huge mess. I experience shortness of breath a lot and feels like there is a brick in my stomach it can causes gases to back up can give me palpitations and I'm so hungry but cant eat alot of food or my stomach goes nuts..I'm on 40 to 80 mg of pantaloc a day!!I get hot flashes a lot but there starting to get better as I control the food I eat more..The only thing on here I don't see is well I get heart racing from time to time and once I take a pantoloc it settles it down right away....I feel the fullness and bloating on my left side all the time and tight clothes bother it and exercise or lifting things. but my doctor said he thinks I'm to young for a hiatus hernia I'm 32...If I sleep sitting up I feel better.I can't lay down after I eat or my stomach goes nuts and i will wake up and my hear is racing like crazy!!!Sitting after I eat bothers me to..I can only ever eat small amounts...All these feelings cause me to have anxiety attacks all the time so I'm on ativan when needed it is an anti anxiety meds..Stress makes it worse and being upset...My stomach sticks out a bit on my left side to as well and its always bloated and feels full on the left side below my rib cage...
There just starting to check now for celiac disease and so on but my doc said probably not a hernia to young...The shortness of breath is the worst part and causes me to have anxiety attacks...What do they do for hernia's

I could really use someones advised right now....I've had breathing problems since July of 2010, my tongue feels like someone has used sand paper on it.....I've been to the Pulmonologist who ruled out asthma, I have been to the ear nose and throat doctor who had ruled out thrush and any bacterial infections, and well as lupus. My family doctor tested my thyroid which was fine. I saw a gastroenterologist and had a upper endoscopy done last week...the doctor said that I had alot of scar tissue and that my throat was red but too keep taking my dexilant ( proton pump inhibitors and everything would be fine). He said that he didnt think that my breathing problems were related to my acid reflux but my breathing problems always occur first thing in the morning after I wake up and after eating. I feel like I can't catch my breath, my tongu gets sore with blisters and my lungs feel sore. I've also had and chest CT and X-ray doctor says no lung damage....I was also negative for h. pylori bacteria. any ideas I'm desperate...starting to get discouraged...I don't think these doctors realize that Ihave to work full time and its kindof hard when you can't breath and you feel like sh*t.....Please if you have any suggestions or you've ever experienced anything like this please let me know.....Thanks in Advance

Hi Tinygirl,

So sorry to hear what you & others are going thru. I've manifested several of these symptoms myself. The stomach-related issues that I go thru are related to having too much or not enough thyroid. Many doctors will tell us that our Thyroid labs are fine but they really aren't. I say this because my doc said my levels were fine & to just ignore my symptoms. I changed to a doc that was a thyroid specialist & he gave me thyroid medicine, but not just any thyroid medicine because they're not all the same. It is important to take a thyroid medicine that has both T4 & more importantly T3. Why? Because T4 is inactive & the body converts it to an active form of thyroid known as T3. It is T3 that actually gets into the body's cells & not T4. So if a doc tells you that your T4 is just fine or they don't bother testing T3, then it's time to find someone else or they are open-minded & listen to you then try explaining to them the difference after you've done your research & educated yourself.

The breathing trouble you are experiencing I've had as well. I didn't realize it, but it started as soon as I was placed on hypertension medicine. I was placed on a new hypertension regiment & woke up in the middle of the night suffocating & unable to breath thru one of my nostrils & my throat felt a little full. It was phlegm in my case. This was as a direct result of my hypertension medicine. I also briefly thought that I would feel better eating my gun as my symptoms would be gone. This wasn't suicidal thinking but impaired thinking. This too was an adverse reaction to my hypertension meds. I stopped both of my hypertension meds & voila! I could breath again & thinking straight too. My bp meds also caused dehydration. I also suffer from a swollen tongue too but no clue as to the cause. My guess is inflammation. I used to be dependent on Nexium until I found a doc to prescribe a T4/T3 med. Thyroid also got me off of bp for the most part, but docs still want me to take bp just in case.

When my thyroid is high I get diarrhea, heart rate above 100 & increased blood pressure too. I would suggest to anyone that you find an expert endocrinologist & do a full hormone panel. Don't depend on a diabetes specialist either because they are first a diabetes specialist & then hormones. Get a hormone specialist that all they do is hormones. Ask any potential new endo what thyroid medicine they prescribe. If they say something w/ T4 & T3 then you might have a good one. Most doctors prescribe meds w/ only T4 as that is the "popular" prescription now-a-days. GL everyone.

All of these issues is because of a not so simple bump in the head from a car accident.

I have something similar to what you have. I suspect it is caused by a bicycle accident I had in 2009 where I landed on top of my stomach and the bruising trauma of the accident hurt my organs and created complications in my upper are of my stomach where it bloats up and feels sensitive possibly due to some internal scarring?

The week after the accident I spent all my time in bed to heal from it, and after I got better from resting I had felt tightness in my left side underneath my ribcage along with a general pain all over the stomach from bruising from falling flat on my gut. (which went away after resting)

The first poo I did came with blood and I felt tired dizzy after that but since that time no bloody stools anymore.

My theory is that whenever food goes down my stomach and aggravates the scar tissue it may not go down smoothly and this rubbing against the scar may cause inflammation which leads to my stomach swelling up because that tissue is sensitive to the touch/tender, and this causes the swelling and blocking of food so I feel full. When I feel full I don't get the right amount of food going down and then I get tired and lose weight sudddenly.

Sometimes I get air/gas building up in my gut so that I feel like burping or passing wind and if I don't burp or pass the wind I feel like my gut pushes up into my chest area and puts pressure on my lungs which causes me to have shortness of breath.
This is when I get scared as I feel faint during these times and weak. I have to lie down or do something to relieve this. Something as simple as moving around or walking might help or just standing up. Sitting up slouched in a particular way may worsen or lessen the problem, sometimes having my face planted forward down toward my lap like I'm diving into a pool can help, or lying backward more in a couch can help, but I do notice that sitting up normally straight up can worsen my breathing.

I'm sharing my experiences with you to let you know what others like myself feel. Perhaps you might have had it caused from an accident? If you have anyone who has experienced something similar; where damage from injury due to sport or accident resulted in these complications? I would be interested in hearing about this, because I believe my particular problem is related to something I did in a bicycle accident years ago. Thanks.

Off and on for 3-4 years I've experienced off and on shortness of breath if I go to bed or lie flat on the couch after a big meal. This usually will accompanying anxiety attacks of various levels. At times it feels like someone is trying to choke you, but luckily it doesn't happen often and hope it stays that way. Sometimes I'll take a sleep aid and this is when the anxiety hits, so I'm trying to cut down on sleep aids.

From the last time I posted I had a recent swelling in my gut when I went to bed which made it hard to ignore and sleep properly. Mine is off and on. Right now I feel a bit of tightness in my left side of the upper part of my stomach and I'm worried this may affect my heart and put pressure on it.

I am having similiar symptoms.  I too had a large meal one afternoon about 4 months ago and woke up with difficulty breathing.  I went to the ER and had the normal barrage of tests done. To date I feel like I have to constantly yawn, and sometimes I can't get it right which makes me panic a little, I get a knot feeling after eating certain foods in my sternum area, and abd pain.  I do have IBS, and I know that casues some issues.  For people having the breathing issue, I found just sitting back, closing my mouth and brething through my nose helps me control the airflow better, and reduce yawning.

EKG = normal

Echo = normal

PFT = normal

Head MRI = normal

Blood and Lipid = normal

Upper Ab Ultrasound = normal

Thyroid = Hyper/hypo (only slightly out of range)

 

Gastro has scheduled me for a endoscopy and colonoscopy next week, so I should find out something then.  Will post back.

Hello... I am 22 years old and I have been having almost the exact same thing happening to me for almost a year. It started with a severe reaction to alcohol... I was hospitalized 4 times in the course of a year for having a beer or less. Nonstop vomiting.... with diarrhea and loss of bladder control. I have gone to almost every test now except the ct scan, which is this week. I cant eat anything without some sort of appitite booster and I usually throw it back up unless it is cold food like yogurt or cereal. I also have this feeling of constant bloating... and sometimes an intense pain in my stomach right above my belly button. So far every test has turned up negative.... I'm really worried... I've researched it a lot myself because of the tests and the best I can come up with is gastritis or celiac disorder. I am persrcibed omeprazole and an antidepressant but I don't feel like it is doing anything. This is the first time I have consulted a forum for such answers, but maybe a few different oeople putting there heads together might be able to help more than a doctor and several 1000 dollar tests

Yes I do believe that I have this hiatal hernia and if you read the symptoms it will show quite a few involving shortness of breathe, chest palpitations or discomfort in the general area sometimes the back aswell, i have had ECG and x-rays done because it has caused me to have an irregular heartbeat to but that was only once. Its due to the hernia causing loss of blood flow to make your heart beat in different patterns or you will get high blood pressure, anxiety is definetly not on your side due to the fact that it will make you lose feeling in your hand, get dizzy, as well as light headed. Most people will actually go to the ER because they think they are having a heart attack, when they get there and the doctor says that there is nothing wrong with them. What I have noticed that helps me out alot when im going throught the symptoms described is take very big deep breathes which will also strenghthen the diaphram so breathing exersices are very handy, as well as drink some water so it adds weight to the stomach, stand on your tippy toes and drop to the floor with the back of your heels which will help the stomach at least move down. But you cannot let anxiety take over you need to learn to relax and enjoy life cause panicking all the time about the situation will only increase further problems such as stress, not enjoying life, and worsen the symptoms. I know its hard and I do have anxiety due to it running through my family but in the end I just gotta realize that everything will be okay and if the symptoms worsen we have access to people that can help. If you are still concerned I would recomend seeing a doctor and getting an MRI to help you out but book it soon when you start noticing the pain because you never know how long the wait can be:-D ALL THE BEST YOU YOU!

did you ever find out wat it was ? because i get those exact same symptoms please help

I can help you get some relief. I developed a hiatal hernia after a 4 year long illness. 1) build a ramp on your bed. I have a large thick pillow under my side of the mattress as well as five additional pillows on top of the mattress built up in a ramp (1 to 2 to 3). This will take care of most of your sleeping issues. 2) stay away from coffee and anything red (sauce, peppers, etc) 3) drink a lot of water and eat vegetables with as many meals as possible. 4) don't eat anything after 6pm except soft or liquid foods like yogurt or juice. It doesn't matter when you go to sleep, do not eat after six PM 5) you can NOT drink any alcohol while taking Prevacid. Read the bottle. 6) do aerobics for 50 minutes every day and do not lift any weights ever. If you need to do strength training use a standing band machine with mid-level weights. 7) depending on how long you have the hernia, you will probably develop back issues primarily focused around the spine. Gentle chiro work will help make breathing easier. Good luck

Your hiatal hernia is triggering all of your symptoms. The hernia is your stomach protruding thru the esophagus. It can be fixed with lathroscopic surgery and you will back on you feet with regular activity by a week. Good luck

Hi,

I too have faced the same problem and it is certainly because of stomach problem -- in noght when you sleep the acid gets formed within the stomach and it comes up and creates this problem.

Consult a good doctor because if you go on changing doctors they might give you wrong medicines taking it to be throat problem but it actually is the stomach problem.

I have been through this for months and i use to get the same probelm at night .. i will not be able to explain what all di i went through because of wrong medicines and this stomach problem but if any other query you have then  ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed*** Please read our Terms of Use

Have you had any luck with an diagnosis with your problem. I have had the same symtoms myself and also have a hiatal hernia . Yes it is scary , cuz i wake up not breathing and my stomach feels like am i months pregnant and you full of air. What can you do