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Stabbing Pain In Lungs & Palpitations After Consuming Alcohol. Smoker, Suffer From Anxiety Attacks.
Hi there. I was out last night I comsumed alcohol but only a few drinks I am a smoker and I do suffer with anxiety attacks but this was a totally different experience. I started having a really dull but sharp stabbing pain at the front and the back of my lungs then I got up to dance and I started to have palpitations and I thought I was goin to collapse do you have any idea what this could be as Im really worried. Thanks.
Fri, 20 Jul 2012
Hello Dear
Persons drinking alcohol sometimes do develop palpitation, chest pain and fainting attacks; this usually occurs because of abnormality in heart rate after drinking alcohol most commonly - Atrial Fibrillation (Holiday Heart Syndrome) & Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT), these arrythmias originate above ventricles. You have to consult your cardiologist for proper checkup and treatment. Also avoid ALCOHOL drinking & Smoking.
Good Luck
Persons drinking alcohol sometimes do develop palpitation, chest pain and fainting attacks; this usually occurs because of abnormality in heart rate after drinking alcohol most commonly - Atrial Fibrillation (Holiday Heart Syndrome) & Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT), these arrythmias originate above ventricles. You have to consult your cardiologist for proper checkup and treatment. Also avoid ALCOHOL drinking & Smoking.
Good Luck
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