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What Causes Pain On Left Side Of Chest And Abdomen?

Posted on Mon, 9 Feb 2015

Question: Hello there i was taking a nap this afternoon and woke up to a rapid heart beat what coukd this be from and i am h pylori posotive i have had 4 ecg done in th last month 3 blood tests and 2 chest xrays and all came saying that my heart is fine i pften get chest pains on the left side of my chest abd left arm pain could thid be happening fron h pylori and i also am takibg the prevpac followed by lorazapam for my anxiety

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Arrhythmia

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Pain over the left side of the chest and abdomen is most likely to be gastritis since you are H pylori positive however it does not explain why you should wake up with a racing heart. Rapid beating heart is most like to be arrhythmia. Here is how you should go about it

1. Get your blood sugar tested as most often low sugars or high sugars can present this way
2. Get a Thyroid stimulating hormone done
3. Holter monitoring is ideal for you. A ECG is attached to your test and evaluated for 24 hours to look for abnormal heart beat

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (6 hours later)

Ok but this has only happend once and hasnt occured yet maybe i was just having a bad dream or something i an 21 years old and no one in my family has had heart problems

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Bad dreams

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for getting back.

Bad dream is a possibility only if you can recall a bad dream. Most people can recall a bad dream soon after waking up.
It is not necessary that heart problems should run in families and it is not true that it occurs only in the elderly age group. An evaluation of less harm than not evaluating.
I suggest you to get yourself evaluated if it occurs again.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Ok i had been walking all day and in having really bad leg pains and they are tingling the oain is pretty bad could this be fron walking lots because i can ffeel a pulse in my left foot

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (10 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Exertional pain

Detailed Answer:
hello

The pain is probably due to the walking, tingling could be because you are dehydrated. I recommend that you drink oral rehydration solution and Tylenol for the pain

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar