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What Causes Pain In The Left Arm While Having GERD And Anxiety?
Question: Been having upper chest pains off and on for a couple days left arm pain to not crusing pain but hurting i think its a heart attack
No shortness of breath are dizzines
I have GERD and anxietey
No shortness of breath are dizzines
I have GERD and anxietey
Brief Answer:
not likely at your age unless verystrong personal history of heart disease
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
It is unlikely, unless you have a history of heart disease, that you are having a heart attack based on your age and the length of time you are having symptoms.
A heart attack occurs when a blood vessel in the heart becomes blocked, this means that it cannot give blood to a particular part of the heart.
A heart attack going on for days, with no blood going to a part of the heart for this period of time would require hospitalization. You would be short of breath because the heart has not been able to work well for days.
If one part of the heart is not getting enough blood then it would affect the pumping of heart, which would affect the blood going to all of the organs of the body.
In addition, chest pain in a heart attack are continuous, it is not an intermittent pain.
If you have a strong personal history of heart disease, then you should consider assessment but if this is not the case, then you can consider monitoring for now
Both GERD and anxiety can cause chest pain so these may be contributing to your discomfort
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
not likely at your age unless verystrong personal history of heart disease
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
It is unlikely, unless you have a history of heart disease, that you are having a heart attack based on your age and the length of time you are having symptoms.
A heart attack occurs when a blood vessel in the heart becomes blocked, this means that it cannot give blood to a particular part of the heart.
A heart attack going on for days, with no blood going to a part of the heart for this period of time would require hospitalization. You would be short of breath because the heart has not been able to work well for days.
If one part of the heart is not getting enough blood then it would affect the pumping of heart, which would affect the blood going to all of the organs of the body.
In addition, chest pain in a heart attack are continuous, it is not an intermittent pain.
If you have a strong personal history of heart disease, then you should consider assessment but if this is not the case, then you can consider monitoring for now
Both GERD and anxiety can cause chest pain so these may be contributing to your discomfort
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
No history of heart disease do you hurt in your neck and back with Gerd is it gas are what ive had it off and on for bout a year now but get kinda concenerd at times
Brief Answer:
not usually
Detailed Answer:
GERD does not usually cause pain in the neck and back, thankfully neither does a heart attack so this is not likely the cause of these symptoms
not usually
Detailed Answer:
GERD does not usually cause pain in the neck and back, thankfully neither does a heart attack so this is not likely the cause of these symptoms
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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