May 25, 2012
Topics A-Z Acid Reflux Having shortness of breathe with acid reflux
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Dear Ask The Doctor: I have been hurting in my chest for about a month now. I have been taking Prilosec and Pepcid Complete. It usually knocks the edge off. I can lay down and the pain goes away after 30 mins. Thursday I hurt all day and nothing would help. Was getting cold sweats, feeling dizzy and short of breath so I went to the ER. Ekg was normal blood test were normal. Tropinin test was .05 ng. They said my chest xrays were good and lungs and heart sounded good. They gave me protonixs through an IV, 4 Childrens aspirin and they said a GI cocktail, and oxygen. Said it was really bad acid reflux. Which I was glad but this stuff is no joke. I was given a script for protonix 40 mg to take 2xs a day for 7 days then once daily after. I have had some major diarheria and still some pain at times in chest. But alot of the time I feel like I am smothering it comes and goes. Is this normal? If so how long will it last and what can I do to help stop it. Can be scary at times. Dear Denise: It is definitely normal with the types of medications that you are on. Its hard to say how long it will last for. If this problems keeps continuing over the next few weeks, i would try and make an appointment with your doctor again. |
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