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What Causes Throbbing Pain In Heart Region?
What could cause a very mild throbbing pain in the heart region, just left of center of chest. It throbs about as often my heartbeat and on a scale of 1-10 it is probably a 1-3. Sometimes it's a little sharper than others and has been occuring about 2 hours now. Could it be heartburn or gas? I've never felt this exact mild pain before?
Thu, 18 May 2017
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Your symptoms could be related to inflammation.
Is the chest pain triggered by deep breathing or body movements? This would be indicative of a musculo-skeletal pain. In such case ibuprofen and acetaminophen would help relieve the pain.
I would recommend trying taking these drugs first. If the pain persists despite these painkillers, I would recommend consulting with your doctor and performing further tests:
- a chest X ray study
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Your symptoms could be related to inflammation.
Is the chest pain triggered by deep breathing or body movements? This would be indicative of a musculo-skeletal pain. In such case ibuprofen and acetaminophen would help relieve the pain.
I would recommend trying taking these drugs first. If the pain persists despite these painkillers, I would recommend consulting with your doctor and performing further tests:
- a chest X ray study
- a resting ECG
- complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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