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What Causes Chest Pain While Lying Down After Heavy Meal?

my father sometimes suffer from chest pain specially after taking heavy meal and lying down soon after that... ECG is normal, BP is also normal. doctor says its due to hyperacidity, but he dose not feel the sensation of heart burn. he is not obese at all,infact his weight is perfect according to height and weight ratio. can u plz tell me the reason behind it?
Thu, 30 Oct 2014
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when someone lies down after a heavy meal, there is reflux of food from the stomach to the esophagus if he has a lax gastro- esophageal sphincter . I would suggest a scan for hiatus hernia, which means stomach herniating into the chest which also causes chest pain and also an endoscopy . I suggest he has light meals and not lien down soon after eating.
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What Causes Chest Pain While Lying Down After Heavy Meal?

when someone lies down after a heavy meal, there is reflux of food from the stomach to the esophagus if he has a lax gastro- esophageal sphincter . I would suggest a scan for hiatus hernia, which means stomach herniating into the chest which also causes chest pain and also an endoscopy . I suggest he has light meals and not lien down soon after eating.