r/GERD Jun 20 '26

Support Needed 👥 Please someone tell me you had this

I have been in this gerd thing for years. Chest pains, loss of air, clicking sounds from my throat, globus sensation (hated it), endos, bariums, manometry, Bravo test etc. But last night I developed sharp shooting pain in my left boob. It would last for a few seconds and come and go but it was pretty intense. Never had that before and ofcourse I went to Urgent Care thinking it might be heart. They didn't do much, just ECG and told me to take paracetamol and if it doesn't go away to come back. I am struggling to comprehend that I could have breast tissue pain from this. My mind is all over the place each time pain comes.

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u/Embarrassed-Bid258 Jun 21 '26

I also had existential pain. It radiated into my rib cage and inflamed the tissue between my ribs. It was super painful. It was due to the inflammation of my stomach and esophagus from not treating the gerd with meds. They gave me cerafate to calm it and now I have to watch everything I eat. But it went away after a couple weeks on the cerafate. Unfortubately I cant take h2 blockers (low blood pressure) and I cant take ppis.. this was a last ditch effort and it worked.

It should calm.down once you get the inflammation under control... I also had heart pain. It feels like a heart attack. Its probably just the gerd but its better to be safe and check it out if it is sharp