Suggest Treatment For GERD Related Angina

Posted on Sat, 8 Nov 2014

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Question : My spouse keeps getting pain in chest & left arm , gets waves of yucky feeling , sometimes nauseous , gets chills and shakes , feels tightness in esophagus , has baretts disease & gerd & small hietal hernia but all under control. This all came on a day after at beach getting hit on trunk with hard waves. Cardiologist has run everything but an angio . Help!!!

Answered by Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
GERD related angina

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
Your spouse seems to have linked angina(GERD related angina).Many patients with proven oesophageal disease have electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities, and it has been shown that typical angina pain can be elicited by instillation of acid into a patient’s oesophagus.There exists a neural reflex capable of altering cardiac blood flow, or cardiac pain perception on stimulation of the oesophageal mucosa.

Regards

Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D. XXXXXXX

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