What Causes Chest Pain Along With Numbness In Hands?

Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2015

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Question : At gym yesterday while exercising I experienced chest pains, painful breathing, and numb hands. I quit and came home and rested. Several hours before numbness in hands disappeared. Was this a cardiac event? Should I try to exercise today?

Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please get an electrocardiogram(ECG) done.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist, here to answer your query.

If you would have presented to me as an outpatient, I would have asked you to get an electrocardiogram (ECG) done straightaway. Though, numbness of hands is slight atypical for a cardiac event but with sudden onset chest pain on exertion and painful breathing, it can be a possibility. Please visit a physician urgently, get yourself physically examined and get an ECG done. If he finds any abnormality in lungs auscultation, he may also get a chest x-ray done. Also,get monitored your blood pressure, pulse and blood sugar.

Please follow up with the scanned image of reports. Don't get on exercises unless you get yourself evaluated.

Hope I have answered your query. If you have some follow up queries, I shall be glad to answer else, please close the thread-rate it and write a review.

Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

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