Last Monday i started to get chest pains. So my mom took me to get it checked out. I had an EKG – nothing found – also nothing found in blood. Between tuesday and Friday it got worse because i kept thinking about it, (i am treated for anxiety as it is.) I thought i was having a heart attack. I mean i was not in agony but with everything that happened w/ my dad i was scared (he died of a heart attack at age 43 though he did smoke ALOT) Friday i still did not feel good even worse bcause i couldnt stop thinking about it. We called 911 and they took me right in. They did 2 ekg’s and 2 blood tests – nothing w/ cardiac and ekg was fine. I should also add the last few months i have been getting ALOT of indigestion. They brought in a GI dr and he is almost positive it’s GERD because that can cause pain which i did not know. He put me on nexium. Tomorrow i am going to a heart DR just to be sure. Could these be symptoms of GERD? The pain is in the left breatbone sometimes the right.
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Could definately be GERD. Could also be anxiety. if it comes and goes, especially when you are breathing, could also be pluerisy, asthma, or another respiratory problem.
It is good that you had both blood tests and EKG though. Although heart attacks at 17 are very rare, they are not impossible.
If it is GERD, you should have relief within a few days from the nexium. Notice if the pain is worse at night or after eating.. Gerd has a tendency to be worse at night.
wish i could help, i seem to be having the same problems as you, minus the anxiety. i guess they started when i was 17 also, so 2 years ago. i haven’t been to a doctor about it though. hopefully someone will have an answer for both of us. it is excruciating, like i’m being stabbed in the chest.
Sounds like GERD to me. Don’t worry about your heart. The GERD symptoms can be brought on by anxiety and are often confused with heart pain. The Nexium will help. If it doesn’t, ask your doctor for Zoton (lansoprazole), which is a more effective drug of the same class.