... Have you monitored your blood pressure over the past 10 years to see how yours varies during an average day? ... (2 replies)
... year history of anxiety and panic disorders as well as a phobia about heart attacks. ... (0 replies)
... For over two months now, I have been having a pain in my chest. It is very quick, lasting one or two seconds at the MOST. It is located in the upper chest, top of inner left breast. ... (1 replies)
... I know stress tests aren't perfect but I'd say the odds of a 16 y.o. who passes a stress test of having coronary heart disease is almost zero. ... (8 replies)
... The cause of pain is in the ideopathic zone. However, tests aren't infallable, more importantly are symptoms. ... (8 replies)
... Today i had the stress test. By the end of the last stage on the treadmill i was basically sprinting up a steep hill. After 20min of the test the chest pain did not come. What does this mean? ... (8 replies)
... Angina by definition would be pain, discomfort, tightness of the chest, etc. due to lack of oxygen to the heart muscle. But if left untreated it can become severe and there will be pain without exertion and no relief with rest. ... (8 replies)
... Chris,
I agree with KK, it sounds too much like exercise induced ischemia...typical angina pain.
If you can still fiddle with the appointment tomorrow, try to arrange for a NUCLEAR stress test. THat will tell you much more and will definitely rule out angina...or diagnose it. The plain stress test and cardiogram is less definitive...but better than nothing.
Good luck. (8 replies)
... The worst case scenario would be the pain is angina. This would indicate there is a lack of oxygen to the heart muscle. ... (8 replies)
... o male and i have been having a problem lately. About two weeks ago, while running in a XC race during the 2nd mile of the race the area around my heart began to hurt. ... (8 replies)
... To start off, I've been on different PPIs for GERD for about one year. About 3 years ago I went to the doc because of a squeezing pain I was feeling in my upper chest behind the breast bone. Like a strong pressure on top of my chest. I was checked out and was told it was GERD. ... (0 replies)
... hi my name is matt iam from nj and iam 24 years old 5'11'' 165lbs, iam a heavy equipment technician, over a year ago in sept 2011 i got in a bad fight with my good buddy and we beat our heads up pretty good, but the next day we were fine and laughed about it so then a week later i got a upper root canal and a week after that i went on a cruise with my girlfirend and friends to... (0 replies)
... skipped heart beats, strong painful heartbeats, etc. ... (15 replies)
... me, osteoarthritis, and chronic anxiety disorder plus I am a smoker. OK so here is the issue. Back in may I went to the ER because I was having stabbing, burning pain in the left side of my chest about level with the armpit, the pain radiated into my shoulder, ribs, and upper abdomen. ... (1 replies)
... comfort along with crampy feelings in my right arm, left arm and upper back around the shoulders. I also think that I've been having palpatations or some kind of heart arrythmia's. I haven't had any jaw pain but sometimes my neck hurts. I am about 50 pounds over weight, I'm 5"8 and weight 198. ... (0 replies)
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... However, about 2 months ago I started having these nighttime episodes in which my heart rate suddenly jumps way high, I can feel my heart beating in my chest, and my veins in my arms feel like they're going to burst. I also have shortness of breath and slight dizziness. ... (7 replies)
... hours sleep, once up it goes after a couple of minutes, after hot shower, stretching etc. I have no shortness of breathe, no other pain during any other time of the day. ... (0 replies)
... very weird. I am of normal height and weight, and I have had high cholesterol reports over the years. ... (3 replies)
... Roscoe, I've had three heart attacks, the first two I never had pains in my heart or Chest, It was all in my back and shoulders. I did have severe reflux, but I had that without the MI. ... (7 replies)
