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Chest pain – Causes – Risk Factors – Symptoms – Diagnosis – Treatment | |
What are the symptoms of Chest Pain ? |
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Chest pain or pressure of mid sternal (under the breastbone) or slightly to the left may radiate to shoulder, arm, jaw, neck, back or other areas. Feeling of tightness, squeezing, crushing, burning, choking, or aching similar to "gas" or indigestion. No sharp localized pain. Precipitated by activity, stress or exertion. Usually for short duration, 1 to 15 minutes and relieved by rest. Chest pain radiating to the left arm is more likely to be related to a heart condition such as Angina and sometimes is an early sign of heart attack. |
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Posted by:
syras
Posted on: 10/11/2010 The typical symptoms of chest pain in women are: Chest “tightness,” “squeezing,” or “heaviness.” People describe this feeling as a weight or as a band being tightened around their chest. The pain is usually located on the left side of the chest above the bottom of the ribcage, but it’s often hard to define its exact location. Shortness of breath.Sweating, nausea, and an anxious feeling A pain in the left arm, neck and jaw.
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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guest
Posted on: 05/23/2008 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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Chest “tightness,” “squeezing,” or “heaviness.” People describe this feeling as a weight or as a band being tightened around their chest. The pain is usually located on the left side of the chest above the bottom of the ribcage, but it’s often hard to define its exact location.
Shortness of breath. Sweating, nausea, and an anxious feeling
A pain in the left arm, neck and jaw.