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What Causes Excessive Burping With Pain And Breathing Difficulty?

My sister has been having trouble for 2 years now. She burps almost non-stop, to the point where she can t breathe and starts chocking and refluxing badly. She s in alot of pain. She s been to 9 expert docters in different fields and they all read her recoards from the first and agree with what he said and try and prescirbe dangerous meds that may only harm her in the end. She s at her breaking point and crying alot. I m no doctor but even I can see this is more then depression. She has had all the scans, X-rays, GI, saw a useless therapist who tried to get her to leave home for a halfway house and takes meds that will cause bone loss. She s only 18, she s not fat, she swims alot and she eats better then most people I know. She wants to sew for a living, she make baby toys and hats for kids. She can t live like this. She s losing all faith in ever getting a treatment that works. She in the bedroom crying because she can t lay down and burp at the same time. I want every doctor you have on this site to take 2 mins and read this. Because honestly, this is going to kill her at this rate.
Mon, 19 Mar 2018
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Hello,

Continuous burping in a young girl of 20 with all reports being normal and already seen by 9 expert Doctors can most probably be a psychological or a psychiatric problem.

Since, 9 expert Doctors have not found anything or the treatment was not effective then it is better to have one opinion of a Psychiatrist that can help her well. Proper medications can do wonder and as you have said she is already in more than a depression, crying a lot and so on indicate towards the causative factors.

Also, needed is to find the foods, beverages, other factors that instigate or enhance the problems and stop or avoid these at any cost.

One of the therapist you mentioned about advising to take her to leave house was in fact one of the diagnostic and therapeutic thing to do.

Get it repeated as change of atmosphere, being away from instigating factors of any sort that cannot always be found helps a lot in improving the condition of such patients. Also needed is the remaining investigations if not already done till now.

Take care by:
- Barium swallows for esophagus, stomach and follow through
- CT scan of brain is a must
- Also, needed is to check for blood for serum electrolytes, urea, creatinine, liver and thyroid functions and any other tests like Ultrasonography of abdomen.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant
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What Causes Excessive Burping With Pain And Breathing Difficulty?

Hello, Continuous burping in a young girl of 20 with all reports being normal and already seen by 9 expert Doctors can most probably be a psychological or a psychiatric problem. Since, 9 expert Doctors have not found anything or the treatment was not effective then it is better to have one opinion of a Psychiatrist that can help her well. Proper medications can do wonder and as you have said she is already in more than a depression, crying a lot and so on indicate towards the causative factors. Also, needed is to find the foods, beverages, other factors that instigate or enhance the problems and stop or avoid these at any cost. One of the therapist you mentioned about advising to take her to leave house was in fact one of the diagnostic and therapeutic thing to do. Get it repeated as change of atmosphere, being away from instigating factors of any sort that cannot always be found helps a lot in improving the condition of such patients. Also needed is the remaining investigations if not already done till now. Take care by: - Barium swallows for esophagus, stomach and follow through - CT scan of brain is a must - Also, needed is to check for blood for serum electrolytes, urea, creatinine, liver and thyroid functions and any other tests like Ultrasonography of abdomen. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T Chandrakant