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Feeling of burning or pain at the back
I feel burning or pain at the back sometimes left side or right side. It increases when i overeat or food not digested well. Pain is there at a point behind breastbone. When i tight my back muscles or stretch i feel tenderness.
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The pattern you describe - burning behind the breastbone that worsens after overeating and radiates to the back, plus muscle tenderness on stretching - fits acid reflux with a musculoskeletal overlay rather than any spine disease. At 88 kg, reflux is very common and food volume is the trigger. Small frequent meals, no lying down for 2-3 hours after eating, cut late dinners, tea on empty stomach and spicy/oily food, and a short course of a PPI usually settles it. Tenderness that reproduces on pressing the muscle is not cardiac, but chest pain in a 30-year-old should be documented once with an ECG.
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Start a PPI before breakfast for 2 weeks with diet correction, get an ECG and LFT/lipase if pain is severe, and book a Practo consult with me if the burning persists beyond that - we may then need an endoscopy.
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