What Causes Burning Sensation In The Chest?
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Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX, Welcome to HCM,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern,
Please provide some further details so that I can guide you more specifically, just go through the following questionnaire and try to answer them as mentioned below-
Which part of the chest are you feeling this ? Is it in the center, or right or left ?
Can you pin point the area where are you feeling this, or is this through-out the chest region ?
Is there any pain abdomen also ?
What relieves / worsens the burning sensation ?
Dose the sensation present through out the day or is it like coming and going ?
Any previous history of acidity/gastric problems ?
How is your bowel habits ? Are they regular ?
Was there any smoking / excessive alcohol consumption lately ?
Does eating food relieves/worsens the burning sensation ?
Any difficulty breathing ? Any other problems ?
Any significant past/present history of medical/surgical ailments ? Have you taken any particular medication for this problem yet ?
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Take Care
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LEFT Side
Can you pin point the area where are you feeling this, or is this through-out the chest region ?
Not throughout the chest area. only on the left side, near to the left hand
Is there any pain abdomen also ?
No
What relieves / worsens the burning sensation ?
one hour after taking food, I feel the pain. And today it is worse than before.
Dose the sensation present through out the day or is it like coming and going ?
Coming and going.
Any previous history of acidity/gastric problems ?
No
How is your bowel habits ? Are they regular ?
No, for the past one week. it is irregular
Was there any smoking / excessive alcohol consumption lately ?
No
Does eating food relieves/worsens the burning sensation ?
eating food worsens
Any difficulty breathing ? Any other problems ?
today only i feel like some difficulty in breathing
Any significant past/present history of medical/surgical ailments ? Have you taken any particular medication for this problem yet ?
No
Thanks doctor. Will let you know.
follow the advises.. maintain a healthy lifestyle..
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX, Welcome back,
Thanks for following up with the details,
Most of those symptoms do appear due to acid-peptic disease (gastric problems), you need to start taking a PPI medication (antacid) i.e. Cap PANTOPRAZOLE/DOMPERIDONE (40/30)mg , Once daily in empty stomach (15-20 min before breakfast), continue it for at least next 15 days and observe how you stay..
Please stay well hydrated by drinking a lot of water (it's extremely important to avoid the hard consistency of the stool), have plenty of fresh fruits, and include fresh green leafy vegetables and salads in your daily diet.
Medicine alone won't be sufficient to resolve the gastric problems, please avoid junk/ deep fried/ spicy foods for the time being..have simple home cooked meals.. avoid soda/smoking/alcohol (if you do)..
Eat small frequent meals instead of large portion meals, try to chew the foods properly, do not eat in a hurry, also try not to talk during eating, start practicing to take your dinner 2-2.5 hrs prior to your bedtime..
Start taking Yogurt and curd on daily basis, they are in fact rich in healthy bacteria for your gut functioning..avoid milk in direct form..also avoid certain foods which predispose to excessive gas formation (i.e. Cabbage, cauliflower , turnips, radish etc.).. Avoid fizzy carbonated beverages..take fresh fruits instead of packaged fruit juices..
Follow all these, and let me know how you stay in the due course..if despite following all these, symptoms do not improve/worsen further then I'd suggest you to schedule an appointment with an Internal Medicine specialist for a thorough clinical evaluation and few relevant investigations to look in to it further..
Take Care
Kind Regards
Brief Answer:
my best wishes..
Detailed Answer:
Hello Dear,
Yes sure, let me know how you stay later on..
Follow all these advises to yield the best benefit out of it..
Take Care
Kind Regards
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