Even though your heartburn may be triggered
by something completely
different from your neighbor's triggers, you will most likely have
similar symptoms of heartburn.
Some of the most common symptoms
include a burning sensation behind the breastbone after eating (the
sensation can last minutes up to many hours); chest pain (but more so
after lying down, eating, or bending over); burning in the throat due
to the stomach acid; trouble swallowing; the feeling that food is
stuck in you throat or chest; and chronic cough, sore throat, and
hoarseness.
If you have some or all of these symptoms of heartburn,
your doctor
will most likely agree with you that that is your diagnosis. However,
your doctor will still probably run some tests to check on the
severity so your heartburn can be treated more effectively.
If it is
possible that you have GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder), or
there is accompanied weight loss with your symptoms of heartburn, your
doctor may order more intricate tests.
Heartburn can often be mistaken for heart
attack. Some sufferers of
extreme heartburn have been known to run to the nearest hospital to
make sure they aren't having a heart attack.
To prevent an unwanted
trip to the hospital and bill, you should be familiar with some of the
differences in pain. Because the symptoms of heartburn and heart
attack can be difficult to distinguish, you still might want to visit
the local hospital just to make sure you aren't having a heart attack.
One of the most common symptoms of heartburn
confused with heart
attack is a burning sensation beneath the sternum. In heartburn, the
pain usually doesn't radiate to other areas like the arms, shoulders,
neck, or back. The pain also is onset by eating, exercising, anxiety,
or lying on the back. The pain usually quickly subsides after taking
an antacid as well.
The most common symptom of heart attack is a
dull, achy pain in the
center of the chest. Some people complain of tightness, like a belt
being tightened around the chest. Unlike heartburn, the pain related
to heart attack doesn't lessen, it actually worsens.
The pain may
spread to other areas of the body like the arms, shoulders, neck, and
even the jaw. Pain may also be accompanied with dizziness, shortness
of breath, cold sweat, and lightheadedness. In this case, pain is
responsive to nitroglycerin.
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