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Tightening In Chest, Sore Muscle Pain. Reason?
I am a healthy 58 yr old male. For the past month, I have been taking my blood pressure on a regular basis and have seen it rising fairly steady, today for the first time, I felt like a tightening in my chest. Not a sharp pain but a sore muscle pain like u would get in your legs after skiing for the day. Should I be concerned?
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
Hi, thanks for writing to HCM.
The typical features of chest pain of cardiac origin are as follows -
*Pain is diffuse in nature and is felt over the entire chest wall
* It may radiate to jaw, shoulder, neck and arm
* It is tight , sqeezing or choking in nature
* It is made worse by exertion or emotion
* relieved by rest
Its always better to get a cardiologists opinion (if in doubt) to rule out that your pain is not of cardiac origin.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
The typical features of chest pain of cardiac origin are as follows -
*Pain is diffuse in nature and is felt over the entire chest wall
* It may radiate to jaw, shoulder, neck and arm
* It is tight , sqeezing or choking in nature
* It is made worse by exertion or emotion
* relieved by rest
Its always better to get a cardiologists opinion (if in doubt) to rule out that your pain is not of cardiac origin.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
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