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What Causes Chest Discomfort While Breathing At Night?

For 5 days now I have had chest discomfort. Most all the time, especially when sleeping at night and when trying to take deep breaths. I would say I am a bit short of breath and very rarely I involuntarily take like a double breath (try to catch my breath, if that makes sense. Like a child after a real bad bout of crying). A few days ago my blood pressure was 142/94 and I have been under well above normal levels of stress for quite awhile now. Is this anxiety or could it be something worse? I am healthy otherwise/workout regularly/ eat pretty well. 5 8 195. I don t have insurance to get checked out the way I would like. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Mike
Wed, 25 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that more likely your symptoms are of post prandial angina which needs proper cardiac evaluation to prevent unpleasant events. It’s recommended for you to get an ECG, Echocardiography and treadmill Test and consult a Cardiologist personally for physical evaluation and treatment.

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What Causes Chest Discomfort While Breathing At Night?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that more likely your symptoms are of post prandial angina which needs proper cardiac evaluation to prevent unpleasant events. It’s recommended for you to get an ECG, Echocardiography and treadmill Test and consult a Cardiologist personally for physical evaluation and treatment. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.