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What Causes Chronic Pain In Diaphragm Region Causing Trouble In Breathing?

Hi doctors. please help me im desperate for medical attention for my beloved sister
her symptoms includes:-
CONTINUOUS pain in the region of diaphragm (according to local diagnosis, its muscular narrowing and its untreatable) also, the pain increases significantly when she breathes or try to swallow some food... her breath is very shallow

her personal medical history
she suffered emotional stress, then peptic ulcer (in stomach) then it hurt her esophagus. that the doctor put staples in her esophagus, the thing is, she was barely breathing at that time and when she went to other doctor, he removed 1 of them so she can breath better, but the pain is still there..
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Hi.
Thanks for your query for your sister.
She has continuous pain in the region of diaphragm, which increases if she tries to breathes or tries to swallow some food.
There is also history of emotional stress, peptic ulcer, stapler in esophagus which had to be removed to improve the breathing and it did. But hte pan remained.
This looks to be due to hiatus hernia with associated symptoms.

I would advise you to undergo an upper GI Endoscopy to confirm the diagnosis, take a few months course and if this does not help, get ready for surgery as a permanent cure.
Continue PPI or Ranitidine, antacid get, small frequent meals, soft bland diet, no anxiety or stress at all as it increases all the problems .


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What Causes Chronic Pain In Diaphragm Region Causing Trouble In Breathing?

Hi. Thanks for your query for your sister. She has continuous pain in the region of diaphragm, which increases if she tries to breathes or tries to swallow some food. There is also history of emotional stress, peptic ulcer, stapler in esophagus which had to be removed to improve the breathing and it did. But hte pan remained. This looks to be due to hiatus hernia with associated symptoms. I would advise you to undergo an upper GI Endoscopy to confirm the diagnosis, take a few months course and if this does not help, get ready for surgery as a permanent cure. Continue PPI or Ranitidine, antacid get, small frequent meals, soft bland diet, no anxiety or stress at all as it increases all the problems .