magicalgirl
12-05-18, 00:49
Hello everyone. My HA is being triggered by some symptoms that I think may be related to a hiatal hernia. So here it goes.
About a month ago I ate a sandwich and noticed it felt like it didn't go down all the way. It was like it was just sitting there at the entrance of my stomach. Then moments later I got the sharpest pains in that area. It's like the exact center just below my chest (where i'm pretty sure hernias are at based on diagrams I've seen) . Every time I swallowed I would get another sharp pain and the feeling of my food not going all the way in.
After two days it passed! I thought maybe it was just something related to a stomach bug, but ever since then I've been having weird problems. Every single time I eat, my food goes up and down like i'm about to throw it up. It does that about three times after every meal. I also can't stop having these weird random single hiccups through out the day. Lastly, when I lay down to go to sleep I can feel my stomach acid work its way up to my chest (heartburn right?).
I'm thinking it could be a hernia. I'm only 19, but my grandmother and uncle both developed hernias before 50.
I'm worried it could be dangerous. I know most hernias don't need treatment (my uncle just lives with his) but don't some types strangle your stomach? That's what i'm terrified of. The reason my brain keeps thinking I have the strangling type hernia is because of the intense pain and not being able to swallow issue I had a month ago.
If by any chance my stomach was being strangled would I be certain? I'm about to go on vacation with my cousins, so it's making my paranoia much worse.
If anyone would please help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
About a month ago I ate a sandwich and noticed it felt like it didn't go down all the way. It was like it was just sitting there at the entrance of my stomach. Then moments later I got the sharpest pains in that area. It's like the exact center just below my chest (where i'm pretty sure hernias are at based on diagrams I've seen) . Every time I swallowed I would get another sharp pain and the feeling of my food not going all the way in.
After two days it passed! I thought maybe it was just something related to a stomach bug, but ever since then I've been having weird problems. Every single time I eat, my food goes up and down like i'm about to throw it up. It does that about three times after every meal. I also can't stop having these weird random single hiccups through out the day. Lastly, when I lay down to go to sleep I can feel my stomach acid work its way up to my chest (heartburn right?).
I'm thinking it could be a hernia. I'm only 19, but my grandmother and uncle both developed hernias before 50.
I'm worried it could be dangerous. I know most hernias don't need treatment (my uncle just lives with his) but don't some types strangle your stomach? That's what i'm terrified of. The reason my brain keeps thinking I have the strangling type hernia is because of the intense pain and not being able to swallow issue I had a month ago.
If by any chance my stomach was being strangled would I be certain? I'm about to go on vacation with my cousins, so it's making my paranoia much worse.
If anyone would please help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!