Does Esophageal Chest Pain Need Hospitalization?

Patients with esophagogenic chest pain need to be hospitalized on a case-by-case basis.

If the patient's condition is mild and caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease, only mild chest pain can be treated by taking omeprazole enteric-coated tablets, rabeprazole sodium enteric-coated tablets, cimetidine capsules, etc. to inhibit gastric acid secretion, or by changing eating habits and reducing mental stress. Hospitalization is usually not required. If the patient is seriously ill, severe chest pain affects the quality of life, symptoms cannot be relieved by outpatient treatment, and complications such as reflux asthma and aspiration pneumonia usually require hospitalization.