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General Info about Chest Pain

Chest pain is a common symptom which can be caused by many different conditions. Some causes of chest pain require prompt medical attention, such as angina, heart attack, or tearing of the aorta. Other causes of chest pain can be evaluated electively, such as spasm of the esophagus, gallbladder attack, or inflammation of the chest wall. Therefore, an accurate diagnosis is important in providing proper treatment to patients with chest pain.

The cause of chest pain can range from an ordinary, harmless muscle pull to serious cardiac complication ultimately leading to cardiac arrest.

The heart, like the prince in a kingdom, in whose hands lie the chief and highest authority, rules over all; it is the foundation from which all power is derived, on which all power depends in the body.

-William Harvey, 1628


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Posted by: davidcox7 Posted on: 10/19/2009
Patients with diabetes type 1 often do not have any pain when experiencing heart attack. Their symptons are nausea, extreme fatigue and giddiness, but NO PAIN.
Any category 1 diabetic who experiences such symptons should view them as a real emergency and call a medic asap even if you think that the symptons are similar to food poisoning or a touch of influenza. Do not ignore them. YOU COULD BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
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Posted by: Mohan Posted on: 5/23/2008
Past 1 yr, had false alarms with chest discomfort, shortness of breath, tightness, squeeeze, split seconds of blacking out. 3 full heart scans, stress ECG, Blood tests - all good results. Am really fed up with this symptom, having it at the moment, what is my problem, docs say it could be gastro problem, how can this last for 48 hours, whereby i can feel my chest area like a playground???
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