What causes pain in diaphragm area while breathing and sitting?
Patient: i am currently experiencing pain in the diaphragm area. When breathing in it hurts quite a lot and i cannot press into the area at all. I am finding it hard to sit down or lie down and being upright is the only comfortable position. I do have a hiatus hernia and I m wondering if it could be connected? I am a 32 yr old female Doctor: Hi! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef, a general surgeon answering your query.Considering the history of having a hiatus hernia, if I were your doctor, I would advise you to get yourself assessed by your gastro enterologist at the earliest to see if your hernia got complicated giving rise to such pain. Till then I would advise you with an anti spasmodic and a proton pump inhibitor drug for a symptomatic relief.I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.