chiari and hiatal hernia?

[Brendaz20]

I used to post on this forum back then because of my unusual symptoms and to get advice. I haven't been to a chiari specialist because of being in debt and not working. I'm hoping to see one soon because my symptoms seem to be getting worse. So far they are blurred and static vision, as well as seeing after images, buzzing and ringing in my ears, fullness in my ears, constant pressure at the back of my head, i lose my balance, undiagnosed sleep apnea, anxiety, neck and back pain, depression, and just recently last year I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia when i had a colonoscopy. I just want to know if a hiatal hernia is a symptom of chiari at all..?

[kristy12]

Maybe PTC in Systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune disorder?

[Brendaz20]

The only medication I am taking is Amitriptyline 10mg, and it is to help me sleep better since I have a sleeping issue. Even before taking this medication is when I started experiencing all these symptoms. I've suffered with severe neck pain most of my high school days and til this very day. Now I feel like I can barely hold my head up most days and I feel like I have a bobblehead. I really dont't understand what's going on with me...and I am so scared...:/

[kristy12]

Check for cervical spine arteries pathophysiology. I think the chiari is unlikely if the tonsils are above the foramen magnum. Your symtoms are too serious for the chiari 0 malformation (borderline). What medications are you using now? Maybe some of them could cause that type of side effect.

[selmaS]

  Just hang in there and educate yourself while you wait to see a specialist....know what they should be looking at and testing you for....that way you will know when you have found the right Dr for you.

[Brendaz20]

Thank you! I have not been checked for EDS, and I have not been seen by a Chiari Specialist yet. I don't know whether or not I have Chiari but my symptoms seem to relate 100% and I'm desperate for answers at this point...

[selmaS]

  Hi and welcome back !

Many with Chiari do have related conditions....like Ehlers-Danlos and one issue common with EDSers is a hiatal hernia....so in a way it is related...

Have you been checked for EDS?

There are many issues we all deal with and it is hard to know what is related and what is not....so it is important to know what related conditions  you have as well as they can affect how you feel and heal should you have surgery.