Post-endoscopy pain

I have the same thing. Did yours eventually go away? Called my Dr and he wanted to repeat endo which I didn’t want. Also said I can go get a chest X-ray? Not sure if it’s just gas bubble, soreness from the biopsies or something worse to go get checked out since it’s been 4 days

@me49 did you let it go away on its own? Mine suggested chest x Ray? Not sure I want to do that

@prj69
A Chest xray isn't invasive. It might give you some answers. It takes some time to heal after biopsies. Stay away from acid foods in the meantime. I take a couple of tablespoons of aloe juice before I eat to coat my esophagus. It seemed to help.

Ok thanks i may try aloe Vera first have a had a few X-rays this year- trying to limit my exposure if not necessary

Doc who said to eat your normal diet after that endoscopy with biopsy surprises me… i have discovered with these scope tests and even some CTs with contrast, that lightening up the diet shortly before and some afterwards makes a real difference.

@nycmusic UES sadly mine didn’t say anything and wish I had lightened it up. Also recently had started a PPI although no ulcer found- looks like inflammation-

Just chiming in here with my experience for posterity because this thread came up in my research.

I had a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy done about 5 months ago to check for internal bleeding. Results came back clean overall but they noted a “small hiatal hernia” on the write-up and we never discussed it.

Since the procedure, I have felt what I’d describe as a pressure or squeezing right where I think the hernia would be. The feeling is below the xiphoid behind the abdominal wall. It feels structural/mechanical. It feels like someone put a small balloon in there and inflated it, like bloating after a heavy meal but up near the xiphoid instead of the belly.

It is not painful but more of a constant annoying discomfort that is driving me crazy. It is all I can focus on all day every day. It is what I would imagine a hiatal hernia would “feel” like, but gastro says this is basically impossible and it’s likely just xiphoid inflammation or muscle strain.

I did not have this discomfort - and had never even heard of a hiatal hernia - before the EGD procedure.

Ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and topical 4% lidocaine have done nothing.

I don’t have heartburn, chest pain, vomiting, or acid reflux. It’s my understanding that these would be the usual symptoms that would actually cause concern about a hiatal hernia in the first place.

Gastro doc has been very dismissive and said he thinks it’s musculoskeletal and not gastrointestinal, but it just feels like he obviously doesn’t want to take any kind of responsibility for what is potentially a complication from the EGD.

@helenak That's a lot of biopsies. I would think that is what is causing the pain, but I am not a doctor. I've had several endoscopies, with 1 or 2 biopsies and never had any pain. My daughter has had endoscopies where serveral varicose blood vessels were banded off, and she had a lot of pain.

Colonoscopy last week. Rectal ulcer is causing pain and some bleeding. Doctor offers no solution. Pain continues.

@pdlane35 - I've had four colonoscopies, I believe, which aren't terribly fun, but no rectal ulcer. Did the rectal ulcer pre-date the colonoscopy, and somehow the colonoscopy bothered it? Or, are you thinking perhaps the colonoscopy caused the rectal ulcer?