Trouble Breathing after eating?
Well, I’ve been feeling sorta better lately, and yesterday I happened onto a possible piece of the puzzle.
Eating crappy greasy food-bloating, can’t breathe.
Eating raw veggies-no bloating, breathing eased somewhat.
Hrm…
I had an ulcer when I was about 12. Similar things would occur, although it was more along the lines of violent vomiting if I ate the wrong things. So I stayed away from anything good for a few months, stress levels died down, and we were good.
I still can’t get into my doctor for a few weeks, and I’m not sure what this is, but eating less crap can’t hurt me. But at the same time, eating almost anything still causes it to happen, so what do I know?
February 23, 2008 at 8:47 am
ARGH. I hope you feel better soon.
February 23, 2008 at 10:54 am
Are you eating too fast? I get the same thing when I wolf down my food, regardless what it is.
February 23, 2008 at 11:01 am
not a scarfer, not usually. Plus, this lasts all day, not just for the time it takes to digest.
I’m not really wanting to stop eating everything I eat. Not fond of that option.
February 23, 2008 at 11:48 am
If it’s just greasy foods, it may be a gall bladder thing.
If it’s grainy carbs–how do you do with rice and pasta? You may want to consider getting tested for celiac disease. Gluten allergies can sprout up willy-nilly at any age, and make you feel like absolute crap. Most of the time though, people just feel crappy for a long time because doctors (although much better now!) still don’t always consider or even think of a gluten allergy.
Either way, I hope you feel better soon.
February 23, 2008 at 5:40 pm
feeling bloated after eating fatty foods is not uncommon, but the breathing? hummmm … your bloated stomach may be pressing on your thoracic diaphragm, causing you difficulties in breathing. i’ve never heard that, but i guess it would be possible.
could you try to rule out single foods by leaving them out? i guess just leaving anything fatty, crappy or starchy out doesn’t leave you with much options. try starting with a few especially crappy things, maybe you can reach a stage you can live with until you see your doc. maybe you just need an enzyme supplement to aid your digestion to break those hard-to-digest things down.
hope this passes soon. not being able to breathe right sucks.
February 23, 2008 at 6:11 pm
babe, an ulcer at 12? that makes me want to cry.
February 23, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Yeah Jen….nothing like a little repressed anger and grief to rot out your gut. Things had been stressful around then. The barium swallow was the worst part. I REALLY hope I don’t need to do one of those.
But mostly, I’m beginning to believe I’ve always had issues, which haven’t been helped by a raging cola habit, and a lazy detour towards crappy food. Most of that started around that age. Something is going on with mah belleh….
It’s not just greasy food-it’s all food it seems. I’m fine in the morning until I eat. The zantac however doesn’t help. So I don’t know. I do know that it got worse when drinking coffee today.
February 23, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I would go to an after hours clinic to see if they can refer you to someone in the meantime….
February 23, 2008 at 8:25 pm
hahahaha. Last time I did she listened to me breathing and said “go to the ER”.
It’s not terrible at this point-annoying, but if I stay clear of weirdness, it’s ok. Anything not involving nearly having panic attacks is ok by me.
February 23, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Um. When I was having hernia issues, I was also having breathing issues. Basically because my stomach had herniated into my chest, it was crowding out my lungs, which made it very hard to breathe. For me, I threw up a lot, as it felt like the food was stuck part way down in my chest, and a balloon was blowing up there. However, there were times when there was just pressure in my chest and it was hard to breathe.
At first, they thought it was gallbladder, then they did a barium swallow and found 80% of my stomach in my chest cavity.
February 23, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Oh, and everyone has different reactions to a hiatal hernia. Some people get major heartburn, I didn’t. Most people didn’t throw up. I did. I’m speshial.
February 23, 2008 at 11:05 pm
yes. You are.
I’m hoping it’s nothing more than being over weight. But since I’ve only gained maybe 5 pounds from the Lithium after being the same weight for the last 2 years, I doubt it.
February 25, 2008 at 12:24 am
I’m not a doctor - disclaimer.
It could be acid reflux - I go through scary pain/breathing difficulty after eating absolute crap, and that’s what it is. You’d still need to get tested. But basically, eat less crap, eat less pop, have less reflux.
February 25, 2008 at 9:03 am
yeah DI, we’re coming to the same conclusion. Which SUCKS.
February 25, 2008 at 10:50 am
Still sounds like gall bladder to me.
February 25, 2008 at 11:05 am
I have almost no abdominal pain though. I remember Nat having problems with hers, and she’s be in HUGE amounts of pain, for no explicable reason.
We’ll see what happens.
March 6, 2008 at 12:15 am
I have this same problem!!! i actually just ate mcdonalds and am having trouble breathing im not overweight at all..it has to be all the crap in the mcdolands and bad food thats causing it (DOnT ASK me why i eat it lol)
March 9, 2008 at 1:29 am
I have the same difficulties as described above. In the morning I’m fine, but as soon as I drink or eat something I have difficulty swallowing as though my mouth were very dry. I also get the sensation something is either lodged in my throat or chest. I recently had an upper endoscipy where they found a small nodule in the lower part of my stomach, but I find it hard to believe that this could be the problem.
I too felt that consuming a lot of diet coke may be the root of the difficulties I’m having, but I have laid off the beverage for just over a year now and I’m still having the same problems.
What’s the procrdure used to identify if you have a hernia? And how would the gallbladder have any affect on breathing and swallowing as mentioned? If anyone has any solutions to this problem, your suggestions are GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks
March 20, 2008 at 9:30 pm
i too have this problem every time i eat heavy i cant breathe i dont get im 27 and this never happened to me before this jsut started happening when i turned 22 this sucks boy it seems like the old you get the worse things be come
June 9, 2008 at 3:03 am
I got the same trouble. I get bloated after cooked meals, raw peppers, fizzy drinks, too much Coffee or tea. I don’t throw up or have any acid, no trouble at the other end, it seems to only be in breathing. I’ve been on Inhalers for years for Asthma and they can help a little bit but not a lot. The breathing can get me a little concerned on odd occasions as I might feel faint. I can go out, do some training on my Bicycle and the breathing improves as I go. Maybe the stomach empties slightly to give more room for my lungs but if it was Asthma then the breathing would get worse as I went along.
People are strange!!
-Jerry