Guest guest Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 I also have a hernia. It's not bad enough to have surgery but it used to hurt a lot. I ended upgoing to an accupunturist and she helped the pain it doesn't hurt now.ericaFrom: KATHYINBK <kathyinbk@...> Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:46:07 PMSubject: [ ] Hiatal hernias I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a "large" hiatal hernia. I would be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. ..............................Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi Kathy, I have a hiatal hernia, have had it for at least 10 years. I was told that surgery is not very successful so I would have to learn to live with it. Has it been proven that your hiatal hernia is causing your food to not pass into your stomach? I have the same thing. It is very painful when the food is stuck in the esophagus and the pain doesn't quit until it passes. I have to stop eating and wait for it to pass. Sometimes it just won't pass and I have to bring up what is stuck in my esophagus. Its the only way to get rid of the pain and continue eating. I went to a gastroenterologist and he did a pressure test on me with a tube in my nose and putting air in my stomach to see if I had achslasia. That is a esophageal motility disorder. I didn't, which surprised me since my sister has had surgery for that disorder. Anyhow, I live with it since I don't know what it is. The specialist thought it was brought on from stress and the medication I'm on for my back. Elaine > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a " large " hiatal hernia. I would be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > .............................Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi a, When you say it hurt a lot do you mean when you ate, and food would get stuck in your esophagus? Where did the accupunturist put needles and how long did she treat you? Now you have no symptoms? That's wonderful. I would like to pursue that if you had the same symptoms that I am having. It seems to be getting worse. Elaine > > I also have a hernia. It's not bad enough to have surgery but it used to hurt a > lot. I ended up > going to an accupunturist and she helped the pain it doesn't hurt now. > erica > > > > > ________________________________ > From: KATHYINBK <kathyinbk@...> > > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:46:07 PM > Subject: [ ] Hiatal hernias > > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a > hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back > surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a " large " hiatal hernia. I would > be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it > could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is > another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine > is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. > I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will > not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > .............................Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 It didn't hurt when I ate but I think that I was constipated when it hurt. It would hurt all around the naval area. If I would cough it would hurt more. At the time, I was pregnant with my first child and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to push the baby out if my stomach hurt because the pain was so bad, so I had treatment when I was pregnant. It doesn't hurt anymore but is sometimes sensitive a little but nothing like it was. She put needles all around the naval area. I don't need to go for that anymore. You should make sure you're not constipated that may helpericaFrom: Elaine <ebwilkie@...> Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 7:59:48 AMSubject: [ ] Re: Hiatal hernias Hi a, When you say it hurt a lot do you mean when you ate, and food would get stuck in your esophagus? Where did the accupunturist put needles and how long did she treat you? Now you have no symptoms? That's wonderful. I would like to pursue that if you had the same symptoms that I am having. It seems to be getting worse. Elaine > > I also have a hernia. It's not bad enough to have surgery but it used to hurt a > lot. I ended up > going to an accupunturist and she helped the pain it doesn't hurt now. > erica > > > > > ________________________________ > From: KATHYINBK <kathyinbk@...> > > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:46:07 PM > Subject: [ ] Hiatal hernias > > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a > hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back > surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a "large" hiatal hernia. I would > be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it > could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is > another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine > is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. > I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will > not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > .............................Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good morning Elaine - I ended up figuring out the food not passing all on my own. After I got the HH diagnosis, it all made sence. About 10 years ago I was at a BBQ and ended up in the bathroom. I literally thought I was going to die. My esaphagus had filled up & I couldn't breath. I still don't know how I was able to manage to vomit enough out before passing out. It was really frightening. So anytime I start to feel that pain, I stop eating immediately until it stops. Back then, I had never heard of a HH. I thought it was just because of me being twisted with scoliosis, was why my food was getting stuck. I know there are many causes, & having a weakened diaphram is one of them. Thanks so much for responding...................................Kathy From: Elaine <ebwilkie@...> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:54 AMSubject: [ ] Re: Hiatal hernias Hi Kathy,I have a hiatal hernia, have had it for at least 10 years. I was told that surgery is not very successful so I would have to learn to live with it. Has it been proven that your hiatal hernia is causing your food to not pass into your stomach? I have the same thing. It is very painful when the food is stuck in the esophagus and the pain doesn't quit until it passes. I have to stop eating and wait for it to pass. Sometimes it just won't pass and I have to bring up what is stuck in my esophagus. Its the only way to get rid of the pain and continue eating. I went to a gastroenterologist and he did a pressure test on me with a tube in my nose and putting air in my stomach to see if I had achslasia. That is a esophageal motility disorder. I didn't, which surprised me since my sister has had surgery for that disorder. Anyhow, I live with it since I don't know what it is. The specialist thought it was brought on from stress and the medication I'm on for my back. Elaine>> I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a "large" hiatal hernia. I would be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will not pass. Anyways...I was just curious.> ..............................Kathy> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 I had a large hiatal hernia. I had the GERD (wrap or whatever you call it) surgery in 2003. (that was before my revision surgery & before my brain tumor) That was supposed to correct it. I only take Prilosec at night & it pretty much controls the symptoms. I never thought about it, but maybe scoliosis tends to contribute to hiatal hernias? It would be interesting for some other people to chime in here...... Carol V. > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a " large " hiatal hernia. I would be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. Mine is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > .............................Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't know if there is a known connection between scoliosis and hiatal hernias / GERD, but you can add me to the list of people in this group who suffer from GERD. I've been taking Prilosec daily for several years now. I've never been diagnosed with a hiatal hernia, not even when I had a consult with a gastroenterologist approximately 8-10 years ago. Actually, just yesterday my primary care doctor suggested I see a gastroenterologist again, to rule out anything serious and to see if there was anything else I should Ben doing to manage the symptoms, since she's concerned about the fact that I've been taking Prilosec for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 a, forgive me if I am wrong but it sounds like you might be referring to an inguinal hernia (in your groin area) is that correct? The hiatal (or hiatus) hernia is when a portion of the stomach protrudes through the diaphram into the esophageal hiatus causing acid reflux as the primary complaint - although some of the symptoms you mentioned as well. > > > > I also have a hernia. It's not bad enough to have surgery but it used to hurt a > > > > lot. I ended up > > going to an accupunturist and she helped the pain it doesn't hurt now. > > erica > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: KATHYINBK <kathyinbk@> > > > > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:46:07 PM > > Subject: [ ] Hiatal hernias > > > > > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a > > hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back > > > surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a " large " hiatal hernia. I would > > > be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it > > could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is > > another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. > >Mine > > > > is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. > > > I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will > > not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > > .............................Kathy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Interesting topic. I awoke early this Saturday morning and was catching up and this topic made me wonder. Logic, (not any medical training!) tells me that a lot of what goes on in the digestive tract is a function of connective tissues....which lead me to wonder if the numbers of us with the type of scoliosis affiliated with connective tissue disorders (Marfan, Mass phenotype..) might also be likely to develop this problem. I have not been diagnosed with either...although my list of disorders matches MASS phenotype pretty closely. And I have a brother with Kyphosis who also happens to suffer from GERD. So I typed those words into a search engine and lo and behold....it turns out that connective tissue disorders are suspected in the development of GERD in men, and thats about as far as I got before I drifted off into another internet black hole....(you know....a new tangent all together....) Anyway....if you are interested in pursuing this line of thought definitely follow up. It may at least put some of us on notice that we may need to have ourselves or our family members looked at in more depth with regard to their risk factors with regard to other connective tissue failures which can be quite serious (not that scoliosis isnt). Take Care, Cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Yes, you're right I thought about that later, it's actually an umbilical hernia that i have.Maybe the scoliosis can cause a variety of hernias.ericaFrom: Sheila Boyd <sheila.boyd2008@...> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 10:26:00 PMSubject: [ ] Re: Hiatal hernias a, forgive me if I am wrong but it sounds like you might be referring to an inguinal hernia (in your groin area) is that correct? The hiatal (or hiatus) hernia is when a portion of the stomach protrudes through the diaphram into the esophageal hiatus causing acid reflux as the primary complaint - although some of the symptoms you mentioned as well. > > > > I also have a hernia. It's not bad enough to have surgery but it used to hurt a > > > > lot. I ended up > > going to an accupunturist and she helped the pain it doesn't hurt now. > > erica > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: KATHYINBK <kathyinbk@> > > > > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:46:07 PM > > Subject: [ ] Hiatal hernias > > > > > > I just got done reading Sheila's last post & noticed she mentioned having a > > hiatal hernia. I never knew I had one until my pre-surgical tests for my back > > > surgery in 2007. A chest x-ray showed I had a "large" hiatal hernia. I would > > > be interested to know if other members here have hiatal hernias. I know it > > could just be coincidence...but it would be interesting to know if this is > > another side effect of having scoliosis...making our diaphrams mis-shaped. > >Mine > > > > is bad enough to need surgery, but I've had enough surgery to last me a while. > > > I have to be careful eating sometimes. My stomach will close off & food will > > not pass. Anyways...I was just curious. > > .............................Kathy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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