Are the symptoms to heart and Gerd are same ?!
Question: hello. i am feeling heartburn with other associated stomach problems. i also feel pain in chest and in shoulder as well, i also feel rapid heart rate . is it due to reflux (gerd) or there is any other problem , my cardiologist told me to not to worry . he told that i m suffering from gerd not with heart problem.... but i m very sad.... any help please?????
Answers: hello. i am feeling heartburn with other associated stomach problems. i also feel pain in chest and in shoulder as well, i also feel rapid heart rate . is it due to reflux (gerd) or there is any other problem , my cardiologist told me to not to worry . he told that i m suffering from gerd not with heart problem.... but i m very sad.... any help please?????
Unluckily they r same...very same, and in some case gerd even cause breathing troubles which makes the whole matter more worse. Apart from gerd these symptoms r also produced by anxiet/stress. I can understand ur state of mind bcoz i am going through the same problem, i am experiencing exact same symptoms, my cardiologist did some tests like ekg/echo...all of them turned out to be normal but it's still hard for me to believe that it's my stomach and not my heart.
the symptoms can be very similar....only a workup by a cardiologist first can determine that the heartburn, pain, etc is not heart related...have you had ECG and blood work done and evaluated by your cardiologist? if you trust that he has ruled out your heart as the cause, then I would seek the advice of a gastroentrologist for your GERD