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What Causes Chest And Arm Pains With Forehead Tightening?

Hi, my name is Michael. In the last few weeks, I've been having frequent pains and difficulty sleeping. The pains are persistent but mild for the most part, but sometimes it intensifies in my chest and arms. It feels as if they are tightening, especially on the left side. And furthermore, I'm beginning to feel the left side of my face and forehead tighten intermittently for several seconds, a dull pain around my left eye, and the feeling that my veins are bulging behind my let ear and upper-left forehead. My family usually dismisses these either as symptoms of anxiety attacks or gas buildup within my body, but I'm worried because most of it occurs on my left side, and it almost feels like I'm about to have a stroke or heart attack. I can't tell what it is, but it doesn't feel like my regular anxiety attacks. I need advice.
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Hi and pleased to answer you
Angina pectoris is a sign of myocardial ischemia, occurring when the oxygen requirements of the heart are higher than the intake by a coronary artery defect in blood supply to the heart muscle, by obstruction (atherosclerosis most often), Or by arterial spasm.
Angina is characterized by the occurrence of pain or chest discomfort for several minutes, typically caused by effort, anxiety, most often located in the heart region, which can radiate to the left arm, or to the jaw, realizing the classic stress angina attack in which the oxygen requirement of the heart increases while the coronary blood flow is already reduced, a usual manifestation of coronary insufficiency but not causing myocardial necrosis.
The gastritis corresponds to an inflammatory alteration of the gastric mucosa. There is no particular clinical picture of chronic gastritis, and sometimes it gives the same symptoms as angina.
I urge you to consult a cardiologist, first, cause the angina pectoris can be harmful to your live. But if the cardiologist checkup is normal, you can do a fibroscopic exploration of your stomach at the gastroenterologist office.
I’m sure that you have one of this two diseases.
May my opinion help you and best wishes?
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What Causes Chest And Arm Pains With Forehead Tightening?

Hi and pleased to answer you Angina pectoris is a sign of myocardial ischemia, occurring when the oxygen requirements of the heart are higher than the intake by a coronary artery defect in blood supply to the heart muscle, by obstruction (atherosclerosis most often), Or by arterial spasm. Angina is characterized by the occurrence of pain or chest discomfort for several minutes, typically caused by effort, anxiety, most often located in the heart region, which can radiate to the left arm, or to the jaw, realizing the classic stress angina attack in which the oxygen requirement of the heart increases while the coronary blood flow is already reduced, a usual manifestation of coronary insufficiency but not causing myocardial necrosis. The gastritis corresponds to an inflammatory alteration of the gastric mucosa. There is no particular clinical picture of chronic gastritis, and sometimes it gives the same symptoms as angina. I urge you to consult a cardiologist, first, cause the angina pectoris can be harmful to your live. But if the cardiologist checkup is normal, you can do a fibroscopic exploration of your stomach at the gastroenterologist office. I’m sure that you have one of this two diseases. May my opinion help you and best wishes?