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Had Fever, Pain In Chest, Groin, Tightening Of Legs. What Is It?

Thank you. I had a body temp of 38.9 and at the same time I had very painfully chest pains, some of the pain seemed to start just above the belly button and the chest pain was in the middle of my chest, I also had pains in my groin and tightening in my legs. The chest pain was similar to bad indigestion, this went on for two hours. At the time I was unaware I had a fever as I was in bed and more concerned about chest pains I also Felt nauseous. I have since ended up with flu but the chest pains I felt was not the same as a chest infection I am a woman of 52. Could you tell me if a high temp can cause this and was it my heart that was the pain.
Sat, 20 Apr 2013
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When you experience high fevers, you can also feel "rigors", some shivering associated with muscle tension, mostly upper and lower extremities. It seems that you have been diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and this can certainly be a cause of chest pain, usually pleuritic type, meaning that it gets worse with coughing and deep inspiration. Nevertheless, heart disease can also be a cause of chest pain, and in fact it can present in atypical ways in women, such as indigestion. I believe that you might need to have your chest pain looked into if it persists after your acute infection, particulalrly if you have risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol or strong family history of heart diease.

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Dr Brenes-Salazar
Mayo Clinic Rochester
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Had Fever, Pain In Chest, Groin, Tightening Of Legs. What Is It?

When you experience high fevers, you can also feel rigors , some shivering associated with muscle tension, mostly upper and lower extremities. It seems that you have been diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and this can certainly be a cause of chest pain, usually pleuritic type, meaning that it gets worse with coughing and deep inspiration. Nevertheless, heart disease can also be a cause of chest pain, and in fact it can present in atypical ways in women, such as indigestion. I believe that you might need to have your chest pain looked into if it persists after your acute infection, particulalrly if you have risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol or strong family history of heart diease. Hope this helps Dr Brenes-Salazar Mayo Clinic Rochester