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Over the past several weeks, i have been experiencing severe heartburn with burning on both sides of my chest and some pain in my shoulder blades. i ?

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Dr. Charles Cattano answered

Normal, no....: Referred pain, yes. But, best to be sure your back pain is not something else--suggest getting checked to distinguish esophageal from other entities like heart, pancreaticbiliary disease, etc.

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Answered 5/10/2017

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A member asked:

Over the past several weeks, i have been experiencing severe heartburn with burning on both sides of my chest and some pain in my shoulder blades. i ?

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Dr. Charles Cattano answered

Dr Fowler agreed

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