chest pressure and tingling but results normal Posted: 02-13-08 11:00am
I'm a 37 yo male. I am normal weight but
do not exercise. My diet is generally low
fat, less than 30 grams a day total.
Probably closer to 20. I have normal blood
pressure and cholesterol numbers in the
low 160's. Last year at this time I had a
scare. I had been out shoveling and though
I was tired I felt fine afterwards. About
4 hours later I developed symptoms which I
thought were heart attack. Chest pressure,
not pain. aching in my left arm, tingling
in my left hand and the shakes. I have
history of heart issues. Well decided to
call the EMT's. They did an EKG and some
other stuff right in the house and said
they could find no problems. They said
they felt it was not a heart attack and
more like something muscular but theyd
take me to the hospital if I wanted. I
decided not to go.
The next morning I was feeling fine for
the most part but that evening the same
symptoms flared up. Decided to go the
hospital. After being there almost all
night and them doing all the normal
checks, Cardiac Enzyme, EKG's and chest
xrays among other things they found
nothing. A few days later I went for a
nuclear stress test. Again, nothing was
found at all. My doc felt it was all
anxiety related, or possibly acid reflux.
Since then I been getting the chest
pressure a bit on and off for the last
year but never aching or tingling.
Strangely it occurs moreso when I am lying
down but I do get it sitting up to. I
actually do take acid reducers time to
time when the pressure flares up. Not sure
it helps but I guess it does.
Well yesterday, almost a year later, I was
shoveled again and within an hour it
flared up the symptoms were more
pronounced closer to what I had originally
felt though not quite as bad. I don't know
what make of this.
Why would this problem begin for the first
time in my life right after shoveling and
then continue on and off from then on. If
it is acid reflux, why would shoveling
have triggered the problem. If its
muscular why would I have it a few times
week all year even if I wasn't doing
anything strenuous. I want to hear what
others have to say because my doc feels
its anxiety. I am supposed to see him soon
for my yearly physical so I am going to
discuss it with him again.
