Post Egd: Pain Under Chin?

[BrickHouse 358]

I had my EGD yesterday morning and last night I noticed a very sore spot just behind my chin bone. Anyone else experience this? What's it from?

[Mags 11]

What is EGD? I'm fairly new to this so Idk all the terms used.

[ShrinkyDinkMe22 376]

Yes! I experienced that as well the next day. My guess is the dr was probably holding our mouths while we were knocked out. Made the muscles sore. But I'm just guessing.

[Mags 11]

Ohhh, I get what you're saying. When you're under full anesthesia you get intubated (tube down your throat). Sometimes its easy to cause trauma in the mouth because a metal blade is inserted to pull up your chin to visualize the vocal cords. That's probably what happened.

[ladyhummingbird 13]

hi, finally a question i ccan answer....lol.... i am a nurse anesthetist and the sore spot is most likely from the the anesthetist or nurse (which ever you had) helping keep your airway open. quite often with obese pts i my hands will be as sore as their chin or jaw bones will be from having to help keep the airway open. also for an EGD you probably weren't intubated unless you had some specific problem....i've sedated pts for egds for 11 yrs and only had to intubate one patient. The soreness should go away in a day or two...you might even get a bruise....but know it was for a good reason---to keep your oxygen levels up.

[ladyhummingbird 13]

oh, i go for mine on wednesday so we'll see how sore i am.....lol

[BrickHouse 358]

Thanks for the explanation! It makes perfect sense. It's already a little better today.