Any chance you have fibromyalgia or arthritis or related?

I have fibro, and often get back and neck pain. Often it's mid to lower back, but it can be just about anywhere. Really kicking up this time of year, and when it does, the gastritis kicks up as well. Heating pads are heavenly for this! Glad you're getting checked out. Best of luck!

Thanks for the quick reply sunlovinmom, I'm not overly sure what fibromyalgia is I'm ashamed to say? How is it diagnosed? I had a load of test a couple of months ago so I thought it would of flashed up then if anything else was involved. Its definately not arthiritis related, well I sincerly hope not, I'm only 24! I thought it was Gastritis / GERD related as its only appeared once I stopped my PPI?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromyalgia

This site could probably explain it best.

I should mention that they 'think' I have fibro, though I have other neuro things going on, also. It seems a lot like how fibro is defined, though.

I started having neuro problems in 2003 and had an MRI to check for ALS, MS, etc. Thankfully, I had neither of those. After many tests for balance, nerve conduction, etc., the neurologist believes this 'could' be fibro, but there is something else neurological going on--possibly mild cerebral palsy, which I may have always had (that was a shock learning I may have had CP for over 45 years and was never diagnosed til then!).

The neuro doctor pretty much said it's a 'wait and see if it gets worse' thing. So far so good. I'm always worse in the Fall, winter, and early Spring, but better when warm weather hits.

I get upper back pain and middle back pain. Stretches from shoulder blade to shoulder blade. Sometimes it even burns.

@ kl31

its the same for me .....this time it even went in my upper arm ....i m not sure if the ppi has soemthing to do with it or if its just from the gastritis/gerd .....

Odd that you should mention your arm pain, dagmar68. I developed pain in my upper arm, just above the elbow, about 1.5 months ago. Had an MRI done, and I have tendinitis, but it's actually in my shoulder (my doc explained that for some reason the pain is lower than the shoulder, in the arm).
How I developed such a thing is a mystery. I haven't lifted anything heavy since my surgery early in the Summer. Tied in some odd way to gastritis, maybe??

i am wondering about that too......this gastritis brings out all kinds of things ...smh i ill make an appointment for my shoudler/armpain first thing in the morning....

It's amazing how much pain, and how many different pains it causes! I hope everyone feels good this Christmas!!

I had a friend in his 40's he had the same kind of back pain you describe - tylenol, aspirin, etc. -nothing helped-, after a few days he got checked out at a hospital and it turned out he was having a heart attack .. please check it out - I just saw your post and I know it has been a week already - I joined this so I could make this reply -don't want to scare you .. something to check into though.

Shoulder, back and arm pain are normal with gastritis. Due to inflammation, so is an irregular heartbeat. However, it is a good idea to speak to your doctor just in case. On the same front though, for anyone who is not familiar with the symptoms of a heart attack (which do in fact vary between females and males), it is always a good thing to educate yourself on. Hopefully you feel better soon and keep us posted.

Thanks for all your concern guys. I did mention it to my doctor, I've mentioned everytime I've been but they never seem that concerned. It was only the last visit that the doctor said could be inflammation of duodenum. But I think he was just guessing? It comes and goes, its not constant anymore, so I don;t know what to think! I thought it might just be a symptom of the acid rebound due to coming off my PPI. I'll let you know if the pain progresses....!