SpartanII
Rising Star
I may have acquired a hiatal hernia from dry heaving after a caapi tea purge about 6 months ago.
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The day right after I purged, I felt a deep, sharp pain under the bottom part of my ribs on my left side above my stomach whenever I inhaled deeply. Since then the pain has turned into a dull ache in the same area, exasperated by eating large meals and after lying down for an extended period of time. Other symptoms include acid indigestion felt deep in the lower part of my chest. These symptoms are all consistent with a hiatal hernia, so that is what I suspect I have, although they haven't been severe enough to warrant going to the doctor...yet.
My concern is that if it is an acquired hiatal hernia, and my stomach is lodged/twisted up into my ribcage, it will start to lose bloodflow and become life-threatening (as I have read about), but I'm not 100% sure that's what it is. So the purpose of this post is to not only inquire about anyone else that may be experiencing these symptoms after vomiting, and/or knows about this condition, but also to bring attention to the possible negative effects of severe vomiting/purging.
Thanks Nexians...
Hiatal hernia - Wikipedia
The day right after I purged, I felt a deep, sharp pain under the bottom part of my ribs on my left side above my stomach whenever I inhaled deeply. Since then the pain has turned into a dull ache in the same area, exasperated by eating large meals and after lying down for an extended period of time. Other symptoms include acid indigestion felt deep in the lower part of my chest. These symptoms are all consistent with a hiatal hernia, so that is what I suspect I have, although they haven't been severe enough to warrant going to the doctor...yet.
My concern is that if it is an acquired hiatal hernia, and my stomach is lodged/twisted up into my ribcage, it will start to lose bloodflow and become life-threatening (as I have read about), but I'm not 100% sure that's what it is. So the purpose of this post is to not only inquire about anyone else that may be experiencing these symptoms after vomiting, and/or knows about this condition, but also to bring attention to the possible negative effects of severe vomiting/purging.
Thanks Nexians...