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Severe Bloating and Distention: How did you find relief?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 29, 2023 | Replies (206)
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@gab002

Hello!
I've had some gastritis/esophagitis periodically in the past. Some of the pain I have now is also in my chest through to my back which was there before I had my gallbladder out. Cardiac was ruled out at that time. I was told I have a small sliding hiatal hernia seen on Endoscopy but can't seem to correlate anything with my symptoms. Nothing seems to make it worse or better. I just started IBGuard today and a Probiotic to see if these might help. I wish I could say I've lost weight but haven't.... just maintained! It's hard to know what to try first.
Thank you!

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Ingegerd Enscoe, Alumni Mentor | @astaingegerdm | Mar 28, 2019

@gab002
I have had severe and less severe versions of your pain - esophagitis and another problem- pancreatitis.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 29, 2019

Hello @gab002

Thanks for the added information. I'm glad that you mentioned the gall bladder surgery. As you know, Mayo Connect cannot diagnose health problems, but your symptoms did sound familiar to others that I've read who have had gall bladders removed.

Did you know that often after having a gall bladder removed some people have a problem with Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD)? Here is the link to those discussions, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-have-sphincter-of-oddi-dysfuncfion-it-causes-severe-upper-abdominal-pain/?orderby=DESC#chv4-comment-stream-header.

I encourage you to read them and talk to your doctor about the possibility. As you read these discussions on Connect, you will find that many doctors are unaware of this diagnosis so it might require a second opinion from a specialist who deals with it. Here is info on a Mayo doctor who has SOD as one of his specialties, https://www.mayoclinic.org/ar/biographies/topazian-mark-d-m-d/bio-20054524

Here is another website that may help you understand SOD, Cost-Effective Therapy for Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(17)30822-4/fulltext

Will you provide an update as you continue to search for answers to this problem?

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