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What Treatment Is Suggested For Anxiety Leading To Chest Pain?

DEAR DOCTOR MY HUSBAnd has been diognosed having Atypicalchestpainthat causes anxiety and the pain keep shifting places around chest and upper abdomen He is 68 has thyroid bp diabetes and takes TELMA80 ,FENOLIP145 STARPRESSXL 50 ELTROXIN 150ECOSPRIN PAN TOP AND LIBRIUM What should be done for the pain
Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Welcome to HCM
We understand your concerns

I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. Anxiety is a disorder and not a disease. Organic diseases require medication to get cured. Disorders normally do not need medicine because they can be cured just with the help of some life style changes. Atypical chest pain that causes anxiety or anxiety that causes atypical chest pain. Later should be true in your husband's case.

Anxiety is the after effect of apprehension of a fear creating situation. Means your husband imagining fear and his body produces symptoms of fear when there is no reason for fear now. Psychotherapy and relaxation techniques can surely help your husband. For immediate pain management, use traditional household medicines like ginger and garlic with food.

Please post a direct query to me with all details in this website. I shall prescribe some psychotherapy techniques suitable to your husband and I am sure that his problem can be cured.

Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.
Good luck.
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What Treatment Is Suggested For Anxiety Leading To Chest Pain?

Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. Anxiety is a disorder and not a disease. Organic diseases require medication to get cured. Disorders normally do not need medicine because they can be cured just with the help of some life style changes. Atypical chest pain that causes anxiety or anxiety that causes atypical chest pain. Later should be true in your husband s case. Anxiety is the after effect of apprehension of a fear creating situation. Means your husband imagining fear and his body produces symptoms of fear when there is no reason for fear now. Psychotherapy and relaxation techniques can surely help your husband. For immediate pain management, use traditional household medicines like ginger and garlic with food. Please post a direct query to me with all details in this website. I shall prescribe some psychotherapy techniques suitable to your husband and I am sure that his problem can be cured. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.