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What Causes Bad Breath And Pressure In The Chest?

My mom s breath smells like creamed corn. She is also having chest pressure, not sure on whether to force her to the hospital or not, it has been going on all week. She has been diagnosed in the past with a fib and paracaditis and more recently the last time we went to the hospital they said she had gerd? Oh and no she has not eaten any corn. Thanks.
Mon, 23 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

In my opinion, you should definitely take her to emergency room. She is having history of heart diseases. So we should definitely evaluate her chest tightness and pressure. So take her to emergency room and get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG, 2D echo and stress test (trade mill test). If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases. Sometimes uncontrolled GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) can also cause similar symptoms. So give her Pantoprazole and Levosulpiride combination on empty stomach twice daily. Keep 2-3 pillows under head in bed to prevent reflux. Don't worry, she will be alright with all these.

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What Causes Bad Breath And Pressure In The Chest?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. In my opinion, you should definitely take her to emergency room. She is having history of heart diseases. So we should definitely evaluate her chest tightness and pressure. So take her to emergency room and get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG, 2D echo and stress test (trade mill test). If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases. Sometimes uncontrolled GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) can also cause similar symptoms. So give her Pantoprazole and Levosulpiride combination on empty stomach twice daily. Keep 2-3 pillows under head in bed to prevent reflux. Don t worry, she will be alright with all these. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.