Sudden attack of heart burn

itboffin

Out of the blue on Sat I started to suffer from serve heart burn, well at least i think that's what it is as i've never had heart burn before.

No change to my diet really just a couple of weeks without cycling. Is that unusual?

Searching the interporn for chest pains is a waste of time unless you want to scare yourself half to death, anyway i'm taking no chances and have booked an appt with the doc.

ouch!

EKE_38BPM

When I was a student I had a bad case of acid reflux. It was so bad I couldn't even swallow water comfortably. Some Rennie type stuff had it sorted in a day or two.

In the meantime, no booze or spicy food for you, Mr Boffin.

First.Aspect

I recommend ignoring it for 5 years and then dropping dead.

sketchley

Probably due to excess when on hols.

Take Gaviscon, if it doesn't stop fairly quickly 30 mins or so from taking it call NHS Direct.

Also stop drinking coffee / caffine and booze until you get it sorted.

Need I say I'm not a doctor. So call NHS direct for proper advice.

First.Aspect

Try calling an energy supplier at 6pm. By the time you get through to anyone, your heartburn will have gone away.

greg66_tri_v2.0

What do you mean by heartburn? Where was it (behind the base of the sternum?)? Was it sharp and highly localised? Sharp but diffuse? Dull and diffuse? And what had you eaten/drunk in the hour or so beforehand?

itboffin

Greg66 wrote:

What do you mean by heartburn? Where was it (behind the base of the sternum?)? Was it sharp and highly localised? Sharp but diffuse? Dull and diffuse? And what had you eaten/drunk in the hour or so beforehand?

Yep that's it and it's been getting worse each day nothing seems to get rid of it now, pain comes in waves of different strengths which go if i walk around.

Not eaten very much over the last couple of days.

sketchley

It may be nothing, may be something, only way to find it is to take professional advice. NHS Driect are very good and normally very quick phone number is 0845 4647

itboffin

Sketchley wrote:

It may be nothing, may be something, only way to find it is to take professional advice. NHS Driect are very good and normally very quick phone number is 0845 4647

Ta but I already spoke to the chemist this morning, he did say get it checked so i've book an AM visit to the doctors.

Getting old eh it blows - while on holiday I didn't have my orthopaedic pillow and the duff shoulder kicked in big time :x

jzed

Stress? Diet?

Take it easy!

itboffin

JZed wrote:

Stress? Diet?

Take it easy!

Stress is very unlikely diet on the other hand :roll:

joelsim

Bloody hell, sounds like none of you ever get it? I must have heartburn every couple of days and have been ever since I was a kid. Probably go through a large packet of Rennies every month. It's horrible, made worse by bananas and tomatoes as well as the obvious things like booze and curry.

sketchley

Joelsim wrote:

Bloody hell, sounds like none of you ever get it? I must have heartburn every couple of days and have been ever since I was a kid. Probably go through a large packet of Rennies every month. It's horrible, made worse by bananas and tomatoes as well as the obvious things like booze and curry.

Go see your doctor and ask him about Lansoprazole or another drug that can manage that for you. Rennies are not the way to manage that. I'm a sufferer, or at least I would if I don't take 30mg of Lansoprazole every morning. Only time I have a problem these days is massive meal + booze and then going to straight to sleep.

itboffin

Sketchley wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Bloody hell, sounds like none of you ever get it? I must have heartburn every couple of days and have been ever since I was a kid. Probably go through a large packet of Rennies every month. It's horrible, made worse by bananas and tomatoes as well as the obvious things like booze and curry.

Go see your doctor and ask him about Lansoprazole or another drug that can manage that for you. Rennies are not the way to manage that. I'm a sufferer, or at least I would if I don't take 30mg of Lansoprazole every morning. Only time I have a problem these days is massive meal + booze and then going to straight to sleep.

Yep I took one of those last night and one today = FAIL

For some reason they gave me those to take with the tramadol for my shoulder

sketchley

itboffin wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Bloody hell, sounds like none of you ever get it? I must have heartburn every couple of days and have been ever since I was a kid. Probably go through a large packet of Rennies every month. It's horrible, made worse by bananas and tomatoes as well as the obvious things like booze and curry.

Go see your doctor and ask him about Lansoprazole or another drug that can manage that for you. Rennies are not the way to manage that. I'm a sufferer, or at least I would if I don't take 30mg of Lansoprazole every morning. Only time I have a problem these days is massive meal + booze and then going to straight to sleep.

Yep I took one of those last night and one today = FAIL

For some reason they gave me those to take with the tramadol for my shoulder

You have to take it reguarly for it to work. If I miss a couple of days pain comes back then it take a couple of days to settle down again. It stops the stomach producing too much acid rather than deal with too much acid being there (ike Rennie or Gaviscon does.

Also anti sickness drug hence being given to you with Tramadol.

greg66_tri_v2.0

I had something similar on holiday when I downed a glass of white wine on top of the best part of a jug of lime margharita. Too much acid, I guess. Whacked down four extra strength Tums and it went away, even once the wine course resumed. Came back briefly on a bike ride the next day then stayed away.

I told you that bad AIDS would get you in the end. I said it, and you wouldn't listen, would you?

ETA: you lot with chronic heartburn: this is heartburn, localised and fixed, rather than acid reflux (that feels like a genuine burning that rises in a vertical line behind the sternum), right?

Have any of you been checked for a stomach ulcer? Or tried a course of antibiotics to kill off any helobactor? I has chronic acid reflux in my early 20s. Went to the doctor and told him that my Dad had had an ulcer for 15+ years. I was prescribed a short course of antibiotics that killed the reflux stone dead, and it has stayed that way since.

joelsim

Ahem, I don't have a Doctor.

NGale

Sketchley wrote:

It may be nothing, may be something, only way to find it is to take professional advice. NHS Driect are very good and normally very quick phone number is 0845 4647

you do realise that if you say you have any pain at all around the chest area they will want o get you off the phone asap and tell you to call an ambulance?!

Too many times I've taken calls from blokes in their 30s and 40s who have indegestion and who NHS Direct can't get off the phone quick enough.

neiltb

If it turns out to be acid reflux, I can recommend my doctors advice.

Take the antacids for 3 months, cut out all booze, fatty food, spicy food, acidic food (tomatoes etc) and no cheating.

I did this and have been largely fine (occasional flare up for a few hours) for > 10 years. I have a friend who just takes the drugs every day.

itboffin

neiltb wrote:

If it turns out to be acid reflux, I can recommend my doctors advice.

Take the antacids for 3 months, cut out all booze, fatty food, spicy food, acidic food (tomatoes etc) and no cheating.

I did this and have been largely fine (occasional flare up for a few hours) for > 10 years. I have a friend who just takes the drugs every day.

What would be the point in living without those :roll:

EKE_38BPM

itboffin wrote:

neiltb wrote:

If it turns out to be acid reflux, I can recommend my doctors advice.

Take the antacids for 3 months, cut out all booze, fatty food, spicy food, acidic food (tomatoes etc) and no cheating.

I did this and have been largely fine (occasional flare up for a few hours) for > 10 years. I have a friend who just takes the drugs every day.

What would be the point in living without those :roll:

You said the hookers and cocaine make life worthwhile.

Oh yeah. Think of the guns!!

joelsim

Well I've been getting it for 30 years so not worried about heart attacks.

Also not prepared to give up booze, curry or especially tomatoes, which are present in many of my top menu recipes.

bunter

I had heartburn for years - ranitidine (zantac) would fix it in the short term. I gave up drinking coffee completely and my heartburn pretty much went away completely within a few days.

I am now on a lower fat diet (since my wife started doing Slimming World) and I find I can have the occasional espresso or americano with no problems - I wouldn't drink it every day though.

sketchley

NGale wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

It may be nothing, may be something, only way to find it is to take professional advice. NHS Driect are very good and normally very quick phone number is 0845 4647

you do realise that if you say you have any pain at all around the chest area they will want o get you off the phone asap and tell you to call an ambulance?!

Too many times I've taken calls from blokes in their 30s and 40s who have indegestion and who NHS Direct can't get off the phone quick enough.

Yes and there is good reason that they do, the less than 1% of cases that are more serious. The alternative would be to risk telling people that are having a heart attack to take an indigestion tablet and not to worry.

EKE_38BPM

Sketchley wrote:

NGale wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

It may be nothing, may be something, only way to find it is to take professional advice. NHS Driect are very good and normally very quick phone number is 0845 4647

you do realise that if you say you have any pain at all around the chest area they will want o get you off the phone asap and tell you to call an ambulance?!

Too many times I've taken calls from blokes in their 30s and 40s who have indegestion and who NHS Direct can't get off the phone quick enough.

Yes and there is good reason that they do, the less than 1% of cases that are more serious. The alternative would be to risk telling people that are having a heart attack to take an indigestion tablet and not to worry.

I get the feeling NGale knows that, but was just venting her professional spleen at her time being 'wasted' on indigestion rather than being out and about performing deeds of derring and saving the lives of little children (won't someone think of the children)!

itboffin

Back from the docs and after giving enough blood to satisfy a vampire army, a quick shake down without the rub it's defo not heart burn more likely gastroenteritis

I'm to rest drink plenty of beer and eat as much spicy food as possible or some such combination of those words.

sketchley

itboffin wrote:

Back from the docs and after giving enough blood to satisfy a vampire army, a quick shake down without the rub it's defo not heart burn more likely gastroenteritis

I'm to rest drink plenty of beer and eat as much spicy food as possible or some such combination of those words.

Mrs has same. I know you're a coffer lover but Caffine is not your friend with gastroenteritis. Mrs switched to decaf beans and she's fine. Proper fresh ground decaf is pretty good too.

Twostage

itboffin wrote:

Back from the docs and after giving enough blood to satisfy a vampire army, a quick shake down without the rub it's defo not heart burn more likely gastroenteritis

I'm to rest drink plenty of beer and eat as much spicy food as possible or some such combination of those words.

Why is the cure always to stop doing something you enjoy. Why can't gastroenteritis be cured by stopping washing up.
Slightly related (gastro stuff) has anyone noticed the current rash of adverts targeted at women not happy with their No. 2s ? Tablets to stop them going, tablets to make them go, even tablets that make it easier to go even though they are already going ?
There must be some perfect consistency and frequency they are aiming for (or being driven to by the drug manufacturers). Anyone know what the ideal poo parameters are ?

Maxticate

Twostage wrote:

There must be some perfect consistency and frequency they are aiming for (or being driven to by the drug manufacturers). Anyone know what the ideal poo parameters are ?

#3&4 are considered normal.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Number 2 (snigger) looks like some form of plaited loaf.

That chart really needs accompanying sounds. And the deletion of the apostrophe in the description of number 3.

Why are poos tapered?

To stop yer bum shutting with a BANG!

Ba-dum TISH!

Thankyouverymuch. I'mhereallweek. You'vebeenalovelyaudience.

rick_chasey

I often get heartburn when exercising.

Especially if it's hot.

Always have done for as long as I can remember.