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Heart attack or anxiety?

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eleazar33009
eleazar33009

Hi, I'm a 23 year old male, 5'10" around 200lbs. Hispanic. For the past 3-4 days i've had chest pain, arm pain, and back pain. The chest pain felt like someone was squeezing my esophagus. It lasted about a minute but was quite scary. It happened once when I was driving and hasn't came back. Today i've been having a dull ache on the inner elbow of my left arm. Where the arm folds/creases. It's a dull ache that last a few seconds then goes away. I also have a slight pack pain that comes and goes, like someone is poking me. It's about mid section on the left side. There's also some sharp pains under the breast/rib cage, very brief. Lasts about a second. Could this be trapped gas?

Could this be signs of a heart attack or anxiety? I've read so much on the Internet I don't know what I should do. I went to the Er in January because I thought I was having a heart attack. Did the EKG and everything was fine. I don't want to make another 4000$ trip to find it was just anxiety..

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  • madge07350
    madge07350 eleazar33009

    Posted

    Have you taken any antibiotics recently?
    • madge07350
      madge07350 eleazar33009

      Posted

      That is recently. What did you take? If it was an antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone class such as Cipro or Levaquin you could be suffering from a delayed reaction of toxicity.
    • eleazar33009
      eleazar33009 madge07350

      Posted

      I took Doxycycline Hyclate. Now that I think about it, could've been november or december that I took it. Could that still have a delayed reaction?
    • madge07350
      madge07350 eleazar33009

      Posted

      For a fluoroquinolone it is possible but I don't know about the Doxycycline.
    • eleazar33009
      eleazar33009 madge07350

      Posted

      I think I'll go to a doctor in a couple of days. What do you think he will tell me? What test do you think would I have to take?
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