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What Causes Bloating And Pain Behind Shoulder Blade?

I am a 42 yr old female. i have had the feeling of food getting stuck in my throat for around a month. I now feel pressure in my chest and discomfort there too. I sometimes feel like there is a lump in my throat which seems to move from very high up just below my tonsils to quite low behind my sternum. Now when i eat i feel bloated and uncomfortable for hours after and have some slight pain behind my shoulder blade. I have been taking Lansoprizole and metaclopromide and am waiting for a thrat scan and a scope in my throat in a couple of weeks time. Im extreamely worried and stressed about what it could be. Any ideas? PS also seem to have put on weight recently without much reason.
Thu, 7 Sep 2017
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Dyspagia may be several causes like mechanical obstruction or even functional causes
Only a upper GI scopy will tell you the diagnosis because in case they find any lump it can be biopsied .
Since your forty plus and having GI symptoms please also rule out a gall bladder stone.
weight gain may be due to a different reason which also needs to be evaluated .
Meanwhile chew your food nicely and use pureed food and avoid fatty and i oily foods till your test resuts are back
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What Causes Bloating And Pain Behind Shoulder Blade?

Dyspagia may be several causes like mechanical obstruction or even functional causes Only a upper GI scopy will tell you the diagnosis because in case they find any lump it can be biopsied . Since your forty plus and having GI symptoms please also rule out a gall bladder stone. weight gain may be due to a different reason which also needs to be evaluated . Meanwhile chew your food nicely and use pureed food and avoid fatty and i oily foods till your test resuts are back