How does a heart attack feel? I'm only 29 (M) and get a severe sharp pain in the bottom left part of the heart every once in a while. I'm not sure if I can describe it properly, but it feels to me like a small part of the heart muscle is stuck behind a rib or something and can't get out of there. The pain is usually relieved after 15-30 seconds but only after I make a movement with my body (as if to give it more air) and press a little at the place where it hurts. Doctors say I'm completely ok, ECG is normal, I've had slight arrhythmia since birth, but am otherwise healtyh (knock wood). Does this 'qualify' as a heart attack or does anyone know what it is? The doctors are clueless but claim it's not a heart attack. Can anything be done to prevent this? Not that life is a picnic, but still - I'm too young to croak lol lol!! Thx. :)
2007-09-20
11:47:13
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