Hello,
I am a 26 year old male who has experienced heartburn on and off for the past five or so years. About two months ago I began to experience upper abdominal pain after meals which led to a decrease in appetite. One month ago I began to experience difficulty swallowing with a feeling of food getting stuck in my throat at times, and also lower in my chest at other times. Around this time I began to experience frequent and severe heartburn and indigestion as well as chest pressure/pain in lower chest/upper abdomen when eating. I went to my primary care physician who said it was probably GERD and prescribed me 20mg Prilosec to be taken once daily. I began to take the medication and after a little over a week everything seemed to clear up. The swallowing difficulty and heartburn were almost non-existent at that time. Unfortunately, one day about a week ago at lunch time the symptoms returned all at once and now seem to be worse than ever. As a side note, I have not vomited or lost any weight during this time period.
I have an appointment with a Gastroenterologist in about two and a half weeks, but I am having extreme anxiety about when it is that is causing my symptoms. It should be noted that I am a very anxious person to begin with and probably suffer from Hyprchondria.
If anyone has any experience with these symptoms please fill me in. I am wondering if this could all be an annoying case of reflux esophagitis, or if there could be something much more sinister at play such as cancer.
I am a 26 year old male who has experienced heartburn on and off for the past five or so years. About two months ago I began to experience upper abdominal pain after meals which led to a decrease in appetite. One month ago I began to experience difficulty swallowing with a feeling of food getting stuck in my throat at times, and also lower in my chest at other times. Around this time I began to experience frequent and severe heartburn and indigestion as well as chest pressure/pain in lower chest/upper abdomen when eating. I went to my primary care physician who said it was probably GERD and prescribed me 20mg Prilosec to be taken once daily. I began to take the medication and after a little over a week everything seemed to clear up. The swallowing difficulty and heartburn were almost non-existent at that time. Unfortunately, one day about a week ago at lunch time the symptoms returned all at once and now seem to be worse than ever. As a side note, I have not vomited or lost any weight during this time period.
I have an appointment with a Gastroenterologist in about two and a half weeks, but I am having extreme anxiety about when it is that is causing my symptoms. It should be noted that I am a very anxious person to begin with and probably suffer from Hyprchondria.
If anyone has any experience with these symptoms please fill me in. I am wondering if this could all be an annoying case of reflux esophagitis, or if there could be something much more sinister at play such as cancer.
Esophageal Cancer Fear
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