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teresa65890
teresa65890

Three weeks ago I was taken into hospital due to chest pain and hot flushes ecg clear so sent home since then I've had non stop pain in chest hot flushes shaking feeling light headed aches just about every where so I went to dr all she said was acid reflux anxiety and being over tired haven't slepted more then five hours for six months as baby don't like sleep ATM lol so ok I thought let's change things nope was at a&e yesterday two ecg clear plus bloods could this really be course of what dr said

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  • rocky31676
    rocky31676 teresa65890

    Posted

    Chest pain is a concern. When do you get those, and how often ? 
    • teresa65890
      teresa65890 rocky31676

      Posted

      Its all the time I might go a day without it but then the next day it's there all day it's a burning feeling that don't go

    • rocky31676
      rocky31676 teresa65890

      Posted

      It can be GERD, have you checked with doctor for this ? 

      Cardiac disease accounts for only 8-18% of all cases of chest pain and the majority of chest pain seen in primary care is due to more benign conditions - eg, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), muscle sprains, panic disorder or shingles.

      GORD is the most common cause of non-cardiac chest pain. One study found that 8% of those diagnosed clinically within primary care had a diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease, 83% were excluded as cardiac-based.

      Differential diagnosis

      Cardiac:

      Ischaemic: stable angina, acute coronary syndrome (ACS), coronary vasospasm (Prinzmetal's angina), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, aortic stenosis.

      Non-ischaemic: arrhythmias, aortic dissection, mitral valve disease, pericarditis.

      Respiratory: pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, pleurisy, lung cancer.

      Musculoskeletal: costochondritis, Tietze's syndrome, trauma, rib pain (including fracture, bone metastases, osteoporosis), radicular pain, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain (eg, fibromyalgia).

      Breast disease.

      Gastrointestinal: GORD, oesophageal rupture, oesophageal spasm, peptic ulcer disease, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, gastritis.

      Skin: herpes zoster infection.

      Psychological - eg, anxiety, depression, panic disorder.

      Others: sickle cell crisis, diabetic mononeuritis, tabes dorsalis.

  • joanne33336
    joanne33336 teresa65890

    Posted

    I was admitted to emergency a couple of years ago with chest pains and ecg was normal so was everything else but l was referred to a cardiologist and he asked me how was my thoracic spine. I had some issues with my neck and had surgery for trapped nerve previously. He informed me that it could be referred pain from my spine. Thought l would share this information with you, hope it helps.
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