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What Causes Pain Under Breast Bone Inspite Of Smoking And Using Crystal Meth?

My brother is a 38 yr old black/Hispanic male, with sharp a burning pain in in the pit off his stomach just under the breast bone. My brother, has also been smoking and using crystal meth for nearly a year now. I know that there are many answers to his washing to de
Mon, 13 Feb 2017
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This is an area of the body that often has discomfort due to heart problems/heart attack. While there could be gastric stimulation, dyspepsia, esophageal spasm and other MILD symptoms from stimulants like methamphetamine, heart stimulation is more associated with stimulants. Too much stimulation of the cardiovascular system causes heart attacks. And symptoms in the GI tract are often associated with heart problems. Also, in theory there can be an abdominal embolism that is stressed/ruptured from stimulants and this is lethal if there is rupture of the large vessel (aorta).
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What Causes Pain Under Breast Bone Inspite Of Smoking And Using Crystal Meth?

This is an area of the body that often has discomfort due to heart problems/heart attack. While there could be gastric stimulation, dyspepsia, esophageal spasm and other MILD symptoms from stimulants like methamphetamine, heart stimulation is more associated with stimulants. Too much stimulation of the cardiovascular system causes heart attacks. And symptoms in the GI tract are often associated with heart problems. Also, in theory there can be an abdominal embolism that is stressed/ruptured from stimulants and this is lethal if there is rupture of the large vessel (aorta).