Chest pain when eating rice.

i see its not just me. this happens every time i eat chinease rice unless i chew very very slow. its very painful and im scare to drink water because it may hurt even worse. i can only suffer it thru untill it goes down. its awful.

Thank you, me too! It's kinda painful while it goes down, but good to knowI love my Shrimp fried rice

Oh My heart goes out to ya, I know I can't give up my shrimp fried rice either

me too!

This can be a scary thing, I know when it happens to me, I live alone, and in the city I get Chinese food often, when I stay at the house I'm too far away from anyone to help, it can be frightening cause it's similar to choking in that the pain emanates from what "feels like the wind pipe neighborhood", and it is cause for concern. I have found that hot coffee worked better than my cold water, ? who knows. Thanks for all of your input though

you could be suffering from Anaphylaxis as the symptoms you are facing and symptoms of this disease are very similar
symptoms are - Get yourself consulted with a doctor soon.
• Abdominal pain
• Abnormal (high-pitched) breathing sounds
• Anxiety
• Chest discomfort or tightness
• Cough
• Diarrhea
• Difficulty breathing
• Difficulty swallowing
• Dizziness or light-headedness
• Hives, itchiness

I have exactly the same thing.. thought at first I was having a heart attack. It started in my thirties (I am now 47) and it took a while to put two and two together but it rice of any kind definitely sets it off. For me, drinking something bubbly like sparkling water does the trick. BELCHING takes the pressure off the chest and abdomen. Hope this helps..

I find when I have that problem, belching is the only thing that helps. Drinking sparkling water which I always have on hand now helps me to burp out the pain lodged in my chest from eating rice.

Yeh bad episode last night - just like you say having a drink to clear it seemed to make it worse - as if the rice was swelling - painful, frightening with reflux too - only when swallowing rice sometimes. I reckon I swallowed too much too fast. But the rice didn't seem to be cooked thoroughly

I don't want to stop anyone from getting the proper diagnosis but I don't think it is Anaphylaxis. I had this issue my entire life and I just have to eat rice very slowly and make sure it is cooked well. For those who never felt it, the closest thing you could equate it to is when eating white bread or peanut butter and you have to do the big painful swallow to get past it. My DR said that rice often expands and that is why fluids make it worse. It does not effect your breathing but many people panic and then all kinds of symptoms are open to happen.
Eat slow and relax

Yes, it is weird and bummed out....I love rice! Ugh!!!!!

Yes, I have the exact problem! I sometimes get sick.....right after I eat the rice...then I am fine....it is so weird!

Well, I have a thyroid condition ...had a goiter but it was killed after radioactive iodine treatment years ago. I do take synthroid, so why am I having issues?

Ditto exactly .....I love rice! ugh! I will try to crew it up better.....I was wondering what the heck was up with getting sick?????

I sometimes have the same problem when eating baked potatoes, the muscles of my gullet tighten up because they can't get a proper grip on the dry mush.
A sip of water usually frees the blockage, but in one bad case I had to take a sip of cooking oil to smooth the mushes progress.
The solution seems to be to chew our rice or taters more and not to try swallowing them dry.

Yes, I tend to either get sick or make myself get sick...otherwise I feel there is a lump in my throat...also I get the hiccups...so annoying!

It seems there are plenty of us out there....that get sick while eating rice. Phew. I thought I was the only one?

I'm not a doctor, at least not a practicing doctor and I don't even play one on TV.....but I will confirm what you already know......don't eat rice for now. Substitute it with another grain or breads until you find out what is causing this.

Rice often cause that. In fact my cousin had the same problem

I have the rice reaction too but mine is really weird. I only had the sticking sensation when I ate leftover rice. The first time I eat it I am ok but if I eat leftovers the next day I have the reaction. I have been free of this for 2 years now until tonight. I have been on a wheat free diet so I made a dish with rice flour in it. I immediately had the beef with the rice flour in it and got the chest pain and inability to swallow.
Can any one explain this?