I have had fairly severe pains in the centre of my chest 3 times in the past year, each time I find it hard to breath during the pain and I get sweaty palms and generally feel hot, is this indegestion or something more serious?
2007-01-04 23:22:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
YOUR BEST ADVICE
Get yourself a thorough medical examination by your doctor who will also ask for the relevant tests or referral.
There are numerous causes of chest pains. Some are benign with no consequences at all. But there are some deadly causes of the pain and ,in these cases, the diagnosis is sometimes sadly done on the postmortem table.
Between these two extremes there is a wide spectrum of the severity of the causes of chest pain. One cannot be accurate without a first hand expert assessment - your doctor in the first instance.
Best wishes. Look after yourself.
2007-01-05 05:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't take chances with chest pain. It may be that your heart is not getting enough oxygen due to blocked coronary arteries. The lack of oxygen is what causes the pain and it usually happens when you are active and gets better when you rest. It is usually in the center of the chest and accompanied by sweating and shortness of breath like you said. You usually don't get the severe pain with panic attacks but could be, heartburn is a possibility too, of course, but you should take everyone's advice and GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!
2007-01-04 23:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by steph c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and see your doctor; if it lasts about 5 minutes you could have early signs of angina. Go on a low fat diet and start to build up some gentle walking (British medical journal artlcle 2003, study carried out at York uni found this decreases number and severity of episodes) but don't let your doctor tell you it is panic etc - get it properly checked out. Also practice controlled breathing so that you can do it automatically if it happens again; this way you keep oxygen flow constant to the heart.
2007-01-05 00:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally their response was right, consult your doctor....
Chest pain can be cause by GI (gastrointestinal) or cardiac (heart), can also be chondral... gastric reflux can cause chest pain, and so was a impending cardiac problem. How was your pain relieved? how was it induced? whats the other accomapnying symptoms? do you have history of other illness?
besides all of these question your doctor need to examine your chest (characteristic of your heartbeat), and abdomen (palpate for anything that should not be in there). You need these and other thorough checkup to make sure and not miss out a proper diagnosis...
2007-01-04 23:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by Philly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally I would say that this is a case of indigestion, however, with the sweaty palms etc I would say this is something that needs to be checked out.
Does the pain radiate down your arms at all or down your legs?
Any way see a Dr.
2007-01-04 23:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by The Alchemist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably indigestion, but there's a chance that it's something more serious. One of the biggest causes of death in the UK is people thinking they've got indigestion. Get round the doctor's today. If the pain comes on first, dial 999.
2007-01-04 23:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that you should DEFINITELY have gone to your doctors about the first time it happened. Not coming on here.
He will give you a chest x-ray and blood tests etc and either set your mind at ease or put you on the right medication.
Its only a few quid to see the doctor, GO TODAY.
2007-01-04 23:24:54 · answer #7 · answered by abluebobcat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously..GET TO A DOCTOR!!!
Chest pains can indicate anything from the very serious, to something as mild as heartburn. But why take a chance?
2007-01-04 23:32:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should see a doctor about it. The chest pains could be from stress or something more serious.
2007-01-04 23:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't ever dismiss a pain in the chest especially as your describing always call an ambulance and get to the hospital pronto!!!you cant mess around with this kind of symptom its too dangerous!! i've been there and ended with triple by-pass so just put yourself in the consultants care and they are bloody marvellous. good luck old chap it will work out OK
2007-01-07 23:54:43 · answer #10 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋