Ợ a bit too much, chest tightness, is it gastroesophageal reflux?

Question
Hello doctor,
I have belching a lot, sometimes I can hear the smell from the stomach, chest tightness. The doctor told me to burp a lot, chest tightness, is it gastroesophageal reflux? I have not had it for a long time. Ask your doctor for advice. Thank you doctor.
Anonymous customer
Answer
Answered by Specialist I Dong Xuan Ha - Gastroenterologist - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Ha Long International Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “Ợ is a bit too much, is the chest tightness caused by acid reflux?” Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is a condition in which chronic reflux of gastric and duodenal fluids such as HCL, pepsin, and bile. .. or food into the esophagus, causing symptoms and complications in the esophagus and outside the esophagus, with or without damage to the lining of the esophagus.
The disease causes many symptoms, the degree and appearance of symptoms in each person are not the same, which can be listed as follows:
Typical symptoms: Burning pain behind the breastbone (heartburn) or belching Heat is a condition in which the patient feels a stream of heat from the breastbone to the chest area, which may be accompanied by a burning sensation or chest tightness, difficulty breathing. Regurgitation is a condition in which food or gastric juices back up into the esophagus or throat but do not come out.
Atypical symptoms: Swallowing problems, choking, feeling stuck in the throat; Hiccups, nausea; Flatulence, bloating, fast eating; Epigastric pain;... Extraesophageal symptoms: Non-cardiac chest pain
Respiratory symptoms: Prolonged dry cough, stridor, rhinitis.
Throat symptoms: Hoarseness, sore throat, bitter mouth, throat paresthesia
Psychological disorders: Insomnia, nightmares
So the problems you mentioned could be due to gastroesophageal reflux disease – real caused by the esophagus, bad breath can be caused by the gastric sphincter not closing properly, the food in the stomach ferments and when belching, it will have an unpleasant smell.
You should go to the doctor soon, you will have to do an esophagogastroduodenoscopy to determine the disease, the cause and extent of the disease, and from there, it can be treated properly and definitively.
If you still have questions about belching a lot, chest tightness, you can go to the hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
Best regards!