I am a 21 year old female and a mother of a 2 year old toddler. For the past couple of months I’ve been having chest pains. At first it just felt like pressure on and off. Then I started waking in the middle of my sleep because my chest would hurt and feel like it was being squeezed. Now my chest is hurting on a daily basis….and sometimes it hurts really bad when I take deep breaths and when I cough (mild cold symptoms have been causing me to cough frequently). Now I’m really starting to worry because if nothing is wrong with me why on earth would my chest be hurting on a daily basis? So…there’s got to be something wrong. Now I’m really going to see a doctor but I don’t know where to go or what kind of doctor I need to find? Am I supposed to just walk into the emergency room even though it’s not like I’m having a heart attack? Any advice on who or what I should do please! Thank you.
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Why do you assume you’re not having a heart attack? Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the US. And young women aren’t excluded. You need to go to the ER when you’re hurting after hours. And u need to go see a doc or 24-hr clinic at first light today.
You start with your general practitioner, who will likely prescribe tests. He/she may find that it’s not the heart but the lungs ( I had chest wall pain from asthma). If it’s the heart then you’d need a cardiologist as well- but you need a referral from a general practitioner either way.
Don’t mess with it and don’t wait. Go get checked out so you don’t face an unnecessary shortening of the life.
Even during hours, if you’re having chest pain go directly to the ER immediately. Let the professionals decide.
Good luck.
Anxiety attack? Make a doctors appt asap