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What Causes Discomfort And Pressure On Left Side While Sleeping?

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Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2016
Question: I feel uncomfortable sleeping my left side, I feel pressure as if I'm squishing something, often I feel it worse after a heavy meal. I've felt this for a year now
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Meriton Siqeca (56 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
My answer is as follows

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern.

As I can see, you are only 29 years old, and cardiac problems are ruled out both from your age and the way you describe your symptoms. Therefore, I would recommend you not to worry about the heart origin of your problem.

There is a (slight) possibility that this problem is elicited from your left lung or the lining that encompasses the lung (pleura). Therefore, I would recommend you, just to be "in the clear", a plain chest X-ray, which will probably rule out a lung problem to your complaints.

The most probable cause of your complaints, including the fact that this is more pronounced after you have consummed a meal, is chronic inflammation of the innermost lining (mucosa) of the stomach. I would recommend you to use a protein pump inhibitor (PPI: omeprazole, pantoprazole, esomeprazole) once a day for four weeks. Also, some factors that help to keep this inflammation "alive" should be discontinued;
- alcohol
- tobacco
- chocolate
- caffeine-containing beverages
- pickles; spicy and grilled food.

I hope I was helpful with my answer. I am happy to help, if you have follow-up questions. Please rate the answer, if you do not.

Kindest regards,
Dr. Meriton
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What Causes Discomfort And Pressure On Left Side While Sleeping?

Brief Answer: My answer is as follows Detailed Answer: Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern. As I can see, you are only 29 years old, and cardiac problems are ruled out both from your age and the way you describe your symptoms. Therefore, I would recommend you not to worry about the heart origin of your problem. There is a (slight) possibility that this problem is elicited from your left lung or the lining that encompasses the lung (pleura). Therefore, I would recommend you, just to be "in the clear", a plain chest X-ray, which will probably rule out a lung problem to your complaints. The most probable cause of your complaints, including the fact that this is more pronounced after you have consummed a meal, is chronic inflammation of the innermost lining (mucosa) of the stomach. I would recommend you to use a protein pump inhibitor (PPI: omeprazole, pantoprazole, esomeprazole) once a day for four weeks. Also, some factors that help to keep this inflammation "alive" should be discontinued; - alcohol - tobacco - chocolate - caffeine-containing beverages - pickles; spicy and grilled food. I hope I was helpful with my answer. I am happy to help, if you have follow-up questions. Please rate the answer, if you do not. Kindest regards, Dr. Meriton