Re: L-carnitine - possible downside
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:01 am
Thanks NHE
Apologies that it has taken me a while to come back and update the forum.
I ended up going to accident and emergency after a couple of very bad bouts of tight chest and feeling like I had been kicked in the tummy. I thought I might be having a heart attack as crazy as it sounds..
They said they didn't think it was my heart - suggested further investigation (privately!) and gave me naproxen and lansoprazole to protect my stomach from the naproxen.
I thought about what had happened and realised that it got worse after eating. I then remembered some symptoms my mum had recounted to me - it was caused by a hiatus hernia. I knew I had the same hernia but had no symptoms until now.
I fell quite badly onto my front in early Feb and am still hurting on my left chest wall. Perhaps there was some impact on my diaphragm. I don't know. All I can say is that after taking the lanspprozole (not the naproxen) I am feeling better.
I am doing some hiatus hernia stretches and massages. Hopefully I can stop the meds at some point.
Thanks for all your help and info here and privately. You are all fabulous
J
Apologies that it has taken me a while to come back and update the forum.
I ended up going to accident and emergency after a couple of very bad bouts of tight chest and feeling like I had been kicked in the tummy. I thought I might be having a heart attack as crazy as it sounds..
They said they didn't think it was my heart - suggested further investigation (privately!) and gave me naproxen and lansoprazole to protect my stomach from the naproxen.
I thought about what had happened and realised that it got worse after eating. I then remembered some symptoms my mum had recounted to me - it was caused by a hiatus hernia. I knew I had the same hernia but had no symptoms until now.
I fell quite badly onto my front in early Feb and am still hurting on my left chest wall. Perhaps there was some impact on my diaphragm. I don't know. All I can say is that after taking the lanspprozole (not the naproxen) I am feeling better.
I am doing some hiatus hernia stretches and massages. Hopefully I can stop the meds at some point.
Thanks for all your help and info here and privately. You are all fabulous
J