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What Causes Tightness In Chest?
Question: I have chest tightness and i jave been deinking more than usual due to divorce stress. I smoke too and did cocaine the other night.
Get an ecg and other baseline investigations done. Stop drinking, smoking and using cocaine at the earliest.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What could it mean though? Is it definitely a serious problem?
Brief Answer:
it could be
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Sorry for my delayed response.
Yes, there could be serious underlying problem with the heart rate, probably an ischemia. It could also affect your lungs in the form of lung infections and chronic use can cause lung cancer. Cocaine can affect all the organs in the body. So, do take care and get the baseline investigations done.
Wish you good health.
it could be
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Sorry for my delayed response.
Yes, there could be serious underlying problem with the heart rate, probably an ischemia. It could also affect your lungs in the form of lung infections and chronic use can cause lung cancer. Cocaine can affect all the organs in the body. So, do take care and get the baseline investigations done.
Wish you good health.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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