Months of Chest Pain - Please help

Good morning to all in the Chest Pain discussion group. Connect has another discussion group that is currently ongoing about many of the same symptoms that you have all been mentioning. I thought you might find it informative and perhaps helpful. Here is the link,
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sinus-node-dysfunction-sss-chronotropic-incompetence/?pg=1#comment-251663

Im suffering with the exact same symptoms. Ive had xray and blood test. I know deep down there is something wrong with me. Nobody wants to listen to me and they just keep saying that its a chest infection. I honestly cant keep going like this and its been 6weeks. The stress i now feel is unbelivable. I cant go on somebody please help me!! 🙁

Just updates on mine. My chest pain has improved. For 9 days, I had no chest pain. 11 days ago, I began only eating vegetables, sweet potatoes and steamed rice. I also removed any acidic spices from my meals. Within 3 days doing such diet, I noticed I no longer had chest pain. I am not taking any medicine but I have taken B6, 12 and Magnesium daily. And those vitamin and mineral supplements are to prevent PPI side effect from taking PPI for 3 months and also for high blood pressure. Last Saturday, I ate spicy food and within 2 hours the chest burning sensation came back but now it is all gone because I have not eaten anything spicy since then.

I am sorry to hear that. I know how you feel because I have dealt with mines so far 4 months. If you write more details of your symptoms, there maybe somebody who might be able to help you.

Good Day Brandon, do you have an update of your prognosis? I have many if not all of the same symptoms you have had, thanks for your time.

Welcome to Connect, @bren85044 and @lonewolf85.
I’m tagging @srodriguez @hokiefan @marychapman @mary1121 @hanark0068 @juangarcia90 @bbbogh @izzylt123 @catherinelewis @karolyn as they’ve talked about undiagnosed chest pain, and may be able to share their insights that may help.

I also encourage you to go through these discussions on Connect:
– Ongoing Chest Pain with normal tests https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ongoing-chest-pain-with-normal-tests/
– Chronic Stomach, chest and back pain https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/chronic-stomach-chest-and-back-pain/

I can only imagine how frustrating and worrisome undiagnosed chest pain can be, but there are quite a few conditions that can cause this kind of pain – GERD and other gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers, muscle spasms in the esophagus, a gallbladder attack, can cause chest pain and symptoms that mimic those of a heart attack or angina:
– Heartburn or heart attack: When to worry https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heartburn/in-depth/heartburn-gerd/art-20046483
However, it is always safer to get it checked out –the more you know, the easier it is to avoid damage.

Based on Mentor @predictable’s post in another conversation, I’d like to ask members in this discussion if you’ve consulted a specialist perhaps, in internal medicine? Or considered getting a diagnosis/treatment from a patient-centered clinic (like Mayo Clinic or a state university institution) that is equipped to examine every possibility? They could provide a second opinion, which might ease some of the uncertainty and stress with which all of you are trying your best to cope.

@hiko How did it go

Hi:
Why don’t you make an appointment for a second Opinion at the Cleveland Clinic regarding your aorta and your regurgitation of your valves. Make sure the Cardiologist is an expert on your valves and aorta. I would not wait any longer. Do your own research on who is the best Cardiologist in your problems. Also get your reports and read them very carefully and google the diagnosis. Also get all tests MRI CT Scans and what ever imagines that was done, disks, blood work, Doctor’s notes, and all reports and once you have everything then either mail everything or hand delivered to the new Cardiologist. Make sure it’s registered mail to the correct address.

I am new to all this so If in posting in the wrong place please correct me but 30 years old female and started having chest pains about 3 years ago and when it first started my first reaction obviously was to go to the local emergency room department which I did and they done an EKG and checked my blood levels and said it was acid reflux so I let it go for a while and started taking the medications prescribed and it continued for some time so I went out on my own and made an appointment with a cardiologist he done EKG an ultrasound and I regular stress test without the dye.... Then so then he gotthe test results back and said the exact same thing that the emergency room did and that it was acid reflux so I couldn't accept it so I made another appointment with another cardiologist in the next town over he done a EKG ultrasounds MRI hey did I another stress test with da he done pretty much all the tests he could except for a heart cath and he wouldn't do the heart cath because nothing pointed toward me needing it and said it was not my heart I have also been hospitalized for a night so my heart could be monitored and I could not find anything wrong with my heart .. so now I'm going to have a scope run down my throat to see if it's something there but it hurts so bad that I get ao scared. I've been called crazy several times.. I feel so alone.

@crystal06 Hi Crystal, I'm JK, a mentor on Connect. I am really most experienced in transplants and knee replacements so this is a bit out of my field of knowledge, although I do have Barrett's Esophagus, and I do take a PPI -- omeprazole.

You definitely seemed to have exhausted tests to discover if you have a heart problem, and thankfully they have all come up negative. You have been advised that it is acid reflux, and it does sound as if it must be. I presume what was prescribed was a PPI, something like omeprazole. They can take a while to really help I understand, so I hope you did not give up on it. If so, you should resume taking it. When an emergency room prescribes something they generally tell you to follow up with your regular doctor so I hope you have, or that you have made an appointment with a gastroenterologist. PPI dosage sometimes needs to be fine-tuned. The gastroenterologist I went to when my Barrett's Esophagus was discovered put me on a large dose of omeprazole initially, then after a month or two it was decreased.

I know how frightening it is to not know what is wrong and to be in pain. You do need to see either your PCP or a gastroenterologist, and I am sure they will help you get through this and find a medication for you that will give you the relief you deserve. In the meantime, you might try googling "diet for gerd" (Gastroesophageal reflux disease). There are a lot of foods that can make you feel worse if you eat them, like citrus, coffee, and anything acidic.

I will be interested in hearing what your doctor has to say. I hope you don't have to wait too long to get to see him/her.
JK