Heart disease?

Hi! I am a 24 yo male. Not overweight (Weight 55kg and height 168cm), not smoker, no heart issues history.

It started when I felt a throbbing pain slightly above my left flank. It lasts for like 3 seconds and it is gone but reoccurred like 5 times again on the same day then gone forever.

I thought it is no big deal, maybe just some kidney stone so I just drank more water for the next few days.

However, after like 3 days I began to have a bit of shortness of breath especially when I am lying down. The first night was still acceptable but the next was worse.

Then the next night, once I laid down, I can “hear” my heart beating in my mind and the standard shortness of breath. It was so strong that it woke me up. The heart rate is about 80+ when that is happening. The next morning I then went to a clinic and had an ECG done and the result are fine. The doctor guessed maybe it is anxiety.

Then the next night again when I was trying to sleep, I get the same hearing my heart beat problem, shortness of breath but now with chest pressure and a bit burning sensation feeling. I went to a hospital and took a blood test, ECG and chest x ray and everything is fine. The doctor is guessing maybe it is acid reflux that is causing the burning sensation so gave me some  Famotidine. Because it will have some side effects so I took Gaviscon double action tablet instead. The burning sensation did not get better but it seems to move down from my chest to my abdomen area and continue to burn for like 24 hours. The next few days I switch back to Famotidine and just hoping for the better.

Over the next few days, my symptoms seems to be switching. Lying down or not does not matters. I am getting chest pressure, mild chest pain and shortness of breath at times when I am doing normal stuffs like walking. My body seems to get the tingling sensation more often than normal. Both my hands’ biceps muscles are aching for no reason. I am sleeping better though but still I will wake up at least once when I sleep which isn’t normal for me. Once I woke up suddenly, feeling like vomiting but there is nothing to vomit but my heart is beating hard again.

Anyway, I finally visited a heart specialist clinic. I did a ECG, 2d echocardiogram and treadmill ECG and according to the doctor, there is nothing wrong with my heart. His guess is maybe other reasons like viral infection.

However, I am still having some trust issues because the symptoms are crazily similar to heart issues. Is anyone suffering the same problem as me? What are the chances after so many docotors and tests? How reliable is a 2d echocardiogram in spotting heart issues?

Additional information is my blood pressure seems to be lower than my normal 100-110 as time. Sometimes I can get like 90 and my heart beat as slow as 51. 

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