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Left shoulder pain after eating or drinking

Digestive Health | Last Active: Sep 7 5:43am | Replies (143)

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@elmamo

So here’s the deal. Anytime I eat (only when I eat) I get an extreme pain in my left shoulder. It doesn’t matter if I eat slow or fast- it’s the same pain. I’ve had my gallbladder removed, as well as a hiatal hernia removed as well. I have also had a vertical sleeve gastric surgery. This has been hurting for about a month now and started suddenly. I will be checking with a doctor to figure out what the heck is going on. Also, I’m 28 years old.

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Hi @elmamo, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. We’re an online community of members who help each other through our shared medical and life experiences. We can’t diagnose health issues or prescribe treatments.

Your pain during eating sounds just horrible! Eating is such a basic requirement for daily living, I can’t imagine how this must be impacting your day to day existence! Makes you dread mealtime! Is this pain during eating or after? How long does the discomfort last?
Does it matter what kind of foods you eat?

You’ve already had gall bladder surgery as well as treatment to fix your Hiatal hernia and also gastric sleeve surgery. There’ve been significant changes to your digestive system and I’m wondering if there’s a correlation.
Did this pain all being after these procedures?

I did find this previous discussion in Connect… https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/left-shoulder-pain-15-mins-after-eating/
I’m hoping some of our members can chime in with what they’ve experienced and what helped them,

After doing a little online research it looks as though this isn’t a rare symptom but really does warrant a trip to your doctor. This extreme pain in your left shoulder, from everything I’m reading, points to pancreatitis. To a lesser degree, it can also be triggered by heart issues, GERD and a hiatal hernia.
https://wholesomealive.com/left-shoulder-pain-after-eating/
https://www.newhealthadvisor.org/pain-in-left-shoulder-after-eating.html