Pain in shest when swallowing cold liquid.

[jolleyhearted]

I posted a question a while ago regarding painfull swallowing and muscle pulls.  No one was able to answer so I thought I would ask again, though this time more specific.  I have pain when swallowing, but only when swallowing certain thins.  Cold water (or any cold liquid), ice crea or banana seem to produce pain.  Warm liquids and most solid foods (steak, chicken, bread, etc.) give no pain at all.  Has anyone had anything similar to this?  Th pain is on the left side of the sternum around the 4th or 5th rib.  I have a barium swallow and an appt with a gastro in late april, but wanted to see if anyone else has had this.

Thanks.

[jolleyhearted]

Thanks for the reply.  It has been almost a moth since this started and the symptoms are milder (not much) but still there.  There is also pain when I burp (or rather just before I burp), but again, it is in the middle of the sternum to the left of the sternum (by a about an inch).  Doc put me on nexium for the time being (which has not really helped, though the constant heartburn is gone).

Something I did not mention before is that I had trauma to the sternum last July (hockey hit) and had pain on both sides of the sternum.  The swallowing and burping pain pain feels very similar but is also very localized to one single point..

Anyone know if it is possible that the pain is not GI related, but actually coming from the ribs (or rib/sternum cartilage)?

[CakeisgoodFrostingisbetter]

Read this.     http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/esophagitis/DS01154

Me, my father, my aunt and my grandmother all have this pain  when we swallow.  Sometimes it feels like the food or liquid just wont go down.  Even water could be painful.  It's spasms of the esopha.