Chest pain and forearm pain Posted: 08-19-08 10:09am
I'm 38 years old, with no family history
of heart disease or high blood pressure.
I've been a runner for the last 8 years,
running up to 10 miles a dayfor 2 years
and 3-5 the rest several days a week. I'm
5 11 180 lbs. For the past year however, I
have not been running as much and now in
the last 2 months, not at all.
Why? Because I started having chest pain
at night when I laid down about 7 months
ago. I mentioned this to my doc who
suggested I take a Zantac and forget about
it. However, in the last 4 months its got
progressively worse. INow many days from
the time a wake up until the time I pass
out ( sitting up! ). 've been to the ER 4
times! Once in an ambulance, thinking I
was having a heart attack. All EKG, Chest
X-Ray's fine. Blood work fine. Tested for
Clot fine.
Symptons:
Intermitttent sharp pains on right side
right at rib cage
Same on left
Some days it hurts to swallow
Some times I get a nasty pain right in the
middle of my chest
Some days it feels like their is something
stuck at the base of my throat, pain in
the high chest area.
I've taken ant acids and have had little
results. My last trip to the ER I was
prescribed Protonix, which I've not taken
4 days in a row, wiht little change.
Before that I was taking 2 rinitidine per
day and still ending up in the hospital.
I think I'm going to die! I get these
pains and its scares me. I can't even walk
anymore without getting some pains.
I went for a Stress Test that I scheduled
but they could not get my rate up, partly
because I get some pains. Then got dizzy.
The techinician said your heart rate
looked good and your blood pressure was
fine when I got dizzy.
This is ruling my life! I have an
appointment in Ocotober for a Gerd
specialist but I'm scared to run or even
walk for excercise. I do smoke and have
smoked even when running 10 miles a day. I
know I need to quit.
Finally, I don't know if its related, but
I get pain in my left forearm. I play
drums and work from home typing emails all
day but don't know if this is considered
"radiating".
I have never been a hypo chondric or
anything like this.
Please help!
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kmcgoldrick65
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Chest Pain Posted: 08-19-08 15:06pm
Hey GoingGreen,
I would suggest to your doctor to run an
echo stress cardiogram just to rule
anything out with your heart. I get chest
pain often. I had an ekg, echo stress
cardiogram and all my blood work done
cardiac enzyemes everything was good.
Found out that I have a panic disorder and
General Axiety disorder. Have been on
lexapro 10mg daily and ativan 2mg per day,
which do help me. I am also seeing a
therapist to help me deal with my panic
disorder.
Also, just because Heart Disease and High
Blood Pressure does not run in your family
does not mean that you are not prone to
having these.
My mother had triple bypass, has diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholestrol. No
one else in the family have these
problems. I guess we are lucky for now.
You could have Panic Disorder chest pain
is one of the symptoms. When I first got
them I thought that I was literally going
to die. I have been to the hospital so
many times that the doctors know me. So I
know what it feels like.
