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ChronicallySick
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Ok...after reading a lot of the threaRAB here about GERD and LPR I decided that I would make my own Thread because I am still a little confused. I want to say beforehand that I am 19 years old.
It all started at work, I had severe chest pains with a feeling of heartburn. I had to leave work to go to the Hospital to see what was wrong. After hours of tests they told me I had Pleurisy, a condition where the lining of the lungs becomes inflammed. They said in about 7 days it would go away and I would be fine. So I temporarily stopped smoking and took the 800 grams of Ibuprofhen I was told to take (Couldn't afford the Motrin). It went away. I started smoking again. It was after that I noticed that about a month later every so often when I would inhale the tabacco, there would be a 'jerking' sensation in the back of my throat. I didn't know why, but it never stopped me from smoking.
Shortly after I got laid of in the first week of Deceraber, I got Pluerisy AGAIN, only a month after I had originally gotten it. I took the Ibu again. But it never really seemed to work. Although, it went away again. But only a few days after being pain free, all of a sudden my throat started swelling and I got the chest pains and burning sensations in my chest back. I assumed the troat swelling was a part of the Pluerisy, like maybe it was a severe side effect. So I continued to take the Ibuprofen until I started getting really bad stomach cramps. It happened mostly as I ate, and shortly after I would get Diarreah (hope I spelled that right). Either while I ate or after I would get nauseous.
I also got migranes and neck pains, joint pains, and fatigue. This has been going on for a month and at this pioint I am feeling rather helpless. I have dry coughing and little to NO mucous.
I have had two trips to the Hospital ( without healthcare because I got laid off ) and both times I was told nothing was wrong. The only symptom tha has really stuck with me is the burning chest pains, terrible sore throat, the constant taste of scar tissue, and the constant swelling of my throat. I also sometimes feel like there is a ball of mucous or something stuck at the base of my throat and nothing I do can get it out. I am always drinking water, hardly eating, and am forced to stay awake because of the bad throat swelling. I panic a lot because of this and I am always hungry and tired.
Whatever is wrong with me is making my life miserable and I am afraid of each day because it seems to only be getting worse.
I am going to my Doctor to ask to see a ENT, and request an upper Endoscopy to see what is wrong, or scoping as they called it. This is another problem because I am so terrified of anything going down my throat. I can't even swallow pills....
Now, onto this "Shortness of Breath". I envision panting when someone says this as a symptom. But for me, I don't know if I have this or not. What I DO know is that I mostly feel like I can't get enough air in, like I have to take deeper breathes. But I do not pant. It is worse when I lay down to sleep.
I think I may have ruined myself without thinking, because my past eating recorRAB were usually always spicy things, and I went on what I called the "Cheetos Diet", where I ate nothing but my beloved Hot Cheetos all day, every day, for a few days, even over a week. I grew up on spicy food. And I'm sure smoking did not help...
I guess I am just looking for help. I have been seriously considering suicide as of late. That is how much I am suffering and I just want to be pain free. I opted to talk instead to keep my mind off of killing myself, because I don't really want to. I love living, but the constant pain and fear do strange things to my thoughts.
Is there something I can do to stop my throat from swelling?
It all started at work, I had severe chest pains with a feeling of heartburn. I had to leave work to go to the Hospital to see what was wrong. After hours of tests they told me I had Pleurisy, a condition where the lining of the lungs becomes inflammed. They said in about 7 days it would go away and I would be fine. So I temporarily stopped smoking and took the 800 grams of Ibuprofhen I was told to take (Couldn't afford the Motrin). It went away. I started smoking again. It was after that I noticed that about a month later every so often when I would inhale the tabacco, there would be a 'jerking' sensation in the back of my throat. I didn't know why, but it never stopped me from smoking.
Shortly after I got laid of in the first week of Deceraber, I got Pluerisy AGAIN, only a month after I had originally gotten it. I took the Ibu again. But it never really seemed to work. Although, it went away again. But only a few days after being pain free, all of a sudden my throat started swelling and I got the chest pains and burning sensations in my chest back. I assumed the troat swelling was a part of the Pluerisy, like maybe it was a severe side effect. So I continued to take the Ibuprofen until I started getting really bad stomach cramps. It happened mostly as I ate, and shortly after I would get Diarreah (hope I spelled that right). Either while I ate or after I would get nauseous.
I also got migranes and neck pains, joint pains, and fatigue. This has been going on for a month and at this pioint I am feeling rather helpless. I have dry coughing and little to NO mucous.
I have had two trips to the Hospital ( without healthcare because I got laid off ) and both times I was told nothing was wrong. The only symptom tha has really stuck with me is the burning chest pains, terrible sore throat, the constant taste of scar tissue, and the constant swelling of my throat. I also sometimes feel like there is a ball of mucous or something stuck at the base of my throat and nothing I do can get it out. I am always drinking water, hardly eating, and am forced to stay awake because of the bad throat swelling. I panic a lot because of this and I am always hungry and tired.
Whatever is wrong with me is making my life miserable and I am afraid of each day because it seems to only be getting worse.
I am going to my Doctor to ask to see a ENT, and request an upper Endoscopy to see what is wrong, or scoping as they called it. This is another problem because I am so terrified of anything going down my throat. I can't even swallow pills....
Now, onto this "Shortness of Breath". I envision panting when someone says this as a symptom. But for me, I don't know if I have this or not. What I DO know is that I mostly feel like I can't get enough air in, like I have to take deeper breathes. But I do not pant. It is worse when I lay down to sleep.
I think I may have ruined myself without thinking, because my past eating recorRAB were usually always spicy things, and I went on what I called the "Cheetos Diet", where I ate nothing but my beloved Hot Cheetos all day, every day, for a few days, even over a week. I grew up on spicy food. And I'm sure smoking did not help...
I guess I am just looking for help. I have been seriously considering suicide as of late. That is how much I am suffering and I just want to be pain free. I opted to talk instead to keep my mind off of killing myself, because I don't really want to. I love living, but the constant pain and fear do strange things to my thoughts.
Is there something I can do to stop my throat from swelling?
