esaphagial spasms

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Serendipitydevine

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Joined : Sep 2008

Posts : 25

Posted 4/9/2009 4:32 PM (GMT 0)

Geez.. I am in such pain with esaphagial spasms right now. My doctor told me to stretch and arch my chest and back.. which kind of helps, its awful sharp stabbing pain whenever I swallow in my poor chest. I am attempting not to swallow so much but OMG... this pain is tremendous.. anyone else with this?? if so.. what do you do to relieve this pain?!? I dont get them too often.. maybe once every 6 months. Is there a medication that can help this? I have been taking 40 mgs of prilosec for about 2 years now. It works well for the heartburn part but nothing seems to touch the painful spasms!!!

sadtummy

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Joined : Mar 2009

Posts : 13

Posted 4/14/2009 4:36 PM (GMT 0)

I sympathise with you! Mine are usually about a 5 on a scale of 1-10, with an occasional sudden quick 9. I have found the Levsin I began taking for IBS-D helped tremendously to reduce the number of times it happens.

Also a bath with Epsom salts helps me a little bit, if only to relax the entire body. I use a LOT of the salts in one bath, more than the box says, like about 1.5 cups of them in one bath.

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