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What Causes Chest Pain Spreading To The Left Arm And Leg?
I woke up from a sound sleep with pain in the chest that went into my left arm and then my left leg and arm went numb to the point I had trouble moving. The next morning I was VERY tired and sore. My father has already had several heart attacks and we had genetic heart disease in our family. I have gone to the hospital several time and was told it was Angina. Nothing to worry about. My concern is this time it seemed a little different. Is this also normal for Angina? or could it have been a mild heart attack?
Wed, 9 Nov 2016
it was angina and nothing to worry about
this line seriously raises concern about the consulting dr you are under
a dull aching pain usually left side with radiation to left arm is a classical presentation of patient with angina.
angina happens when blood supply to your heart is less then what it needs to work properly
so an angina is basically a warning sign that your heart cannot recieve the amount of blood which it needs to work properly
without losing any time
go for
e.c.g
a 2 d echo cardiography
and tread mill test
all these test will be helpful in ruling out if it is angina or any other pain mimicking angina (as radiation to leg is very unlikely)
thank you
this line seriously raises concern about the consulting dr you are under
a dull aching pain usually left side with radiation to left arm is a classical presentation of patient with angina.
angina happens when blood supply to your heart is less then what it needs to work properly
so an angina is basically a warning sign that your heart cannot recieve the amount of blood which it needs to work properly
without losing any time
go for
e.c.g
a 2 d echo cardiography
and tread mill test
all these test will be helpful in ruling out if it is angina or any other pain mimicking angina (as radiation to leg is very unlikely)
thank you
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