Gallbladder or Hiatal Hernia?

Question

I have been in severe pain the past week or so. I had an episode last week, were I could not sleep all night. My upper stomach and my middle back were hurting so bad I wanted to die. Nothing helped. I have a Hiatal Hernia, but the pain was different, and lower. It seemed I could not stay in the same position for more than three minutes, or the pain would increase. It eventually went away slowly.
Last night the pain returned. I woke up around 1:30 am and realized it was the same pain fron the previous week. After another sleepless night, I went to my doctor forst thing this morning. He set up an ultrasound for tomorrow and gave me a a scrip for Lortab. They seem to work for a little while, but then the pain returns.
What can I do to get me through this night? I am scared to death. I can't take another night like last night, and NOTHING seems to relieve the pain!

Answer 1

Sounds like a hiatal hernia but it could be gallbladder as well as each is brough on by eating but it depends on the foods you have eaten to precipitate it, a very open question which unless I knew your full history makes this question hard to answer with any bit of accuracy.

Answer 2

Usually with a hiatal hernia the symptoms are triggered by eating certain foods. Foods that will tell the stomach to secrete stomach acid. It sounds a bit unusual for a hiatal hernia to cause constant pain and not a heartburn type of pain. The nexium is a good drug to control stomach acid and if that works then the problem stems from the hernia. If that is the case then for the short term, staying on the drug makes sense. If the drug makes no difference then it is time to look for something else. This is when an ultra-sound makes sense to look for gallstones. If they are found, this might be a cause of the pain and surgery is the only option. Nothing else will get rid of them. The idea of a gallbladder flush is nonsense. The surgery is now done using a laparoscope and is minimally invasive. Work with your doctor on this it sounds like you are doing the right things. Sometimes it takes time and patience to find the cause of pain.

Answer 3

could be gall stones very painfull there is nothing to do untill the ultrasound is done, However if you turn yellow have a fever over 100.0 or have extreme doubled over pain get to the ER this could be due to a life threatening infection when the bile duct is blocked by a stone..This is the advise the doctor gave my daughter. I don't want to scare you but these symptoms are serious.

Answer 4

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Hope this helps.

Answer 5

sounds like gallstones to me. you will find out when you have the ultrasound. the surgery to remove the gallbladder is not all that bad. you wont regret it if you have to have it. good luck!

Answer 6

see the doctor