Hi there

I have Mitral & Aortic prolapse, so I know how much these things can scare one . The first thing, as you most likely know allready, is just to stay calm . If you panick, it will only worsten the symptoms.

Just a couple of quick questions...

- Do you have any throught pain or itching
- Is the chest pain dull or sharp
- Have you had any stressfull events happen to you lately that might have made you nervous or anxious

Anxiety attacks can have symptoms close to what you describe...i.e. indigestion, tight-chest, chest pains, so I won't rule out the possibility of an anxiety attack

I can recall having had the exact same kind of weird belching along with sudden stab-pains in my chest...I never did find out what it was but it was scary to say the least.

No, I dont have any pain, itching, chest pain..THANKS GOD! I just have this soreness now where I had that tight squeeze. Hurts to take in a deep breathe. Im still belching some. I have some pressure now in my back. I don't know what is going on, but Im really freaked and trying not to because of the anxiety /panic.

I am not a doctor but if anything, I would have to guess that it is your mitral valve acting up as I have had the exact same experience once before and the more you talk about it, the more familiar it sounds.

From what I can remember, I didn't have any adverse affects from it and it passed on it's own in a while.

The best idea, would be to visit your cardiologist just as a routine visit to monitor if any changes has occurred from the last visit.

In general, prolapse and regurge is not a serious problem to be concerned about and very rarely causes serious complications. In my case however, it's not as simple and I need to see a cardiologist regularly but you would have been informed by your cardiologist if he had any concerns about it.

Just out of interest...while searching the net on it, I found something I wasn't aware of...

"Anxiety, panic attacks, and depression may be associated with mitral valve prolapse"

Thanks for your question that made me come across this one! This is really insightfull as I also suffer from Anxiety & Depression...