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What Causes Chest Pain, Breathlessness And Fingers Numbness In The Left Hand?

Hi I am having chest pain which goes into my shoulder and top back Plus breathless in walking and going upstairs I have also notice sometimes when I talk I can t breath at same time and have to stop speaking ! My left arm the last two days feels very heavy and numb Going into my fingers Today my heart dos a flip flop sensation twice which felt odd I went to Drs two weeks ago and he did bloods ecg All good Should I go back I am 55 years old Always lead a heathy life
Mon, 5 Dec 2016
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Hello,
The pain I feel is quite characteristic for angina which is a short lasting heart attack. It can be either an exertional or a vasospastic type. Exertional means when you do some high intensity work like climbing stairs you get pain. Vasospastic is conditon where the blodd vessels supplying your heart constricts when they are supposed to dilate.
I would suggest you to go back and have a stress test done to eliminate angina. Your physician might even put you on nitrates to be used sublingually empirically. I advise to return for a reevaluation.
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What Causes Chest Pain, Breathlessness And Fingers Numbness In The Left Hand?

Hello, The pain I feel is quite characteristic for angina which is a short lasting heart attack. It can be either an exertional or a vasospastic type. Exertional means when you do some high intensity work like climbing stairs you get pain. Vasospastic is conditon where the blodd vessels supplying your heart constricts when they are supposed to dilate. I would suggest you to go back and have a stress test done to eliminate angina. Your physician might even put you on nitrates to be used sublingually empirically. I advise to return for a reevaluation.